Kael
Americannoun
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"The greatest directors and cinematographers are passing on their know-how," Kael said, citing "Rise of the Raven", a Hungarian co-produced historical TV series released this year.
From Barron's ● Nov. 30, 2025
In her 1986 review, the legendary Pauline Kael famously summed up “Top Gun” as “a recruiting poster that isn’t concerned with recruiting but with being a poster.”
From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2025
The spot included a quote from critic Pauline Kael as writing The Godfather was “diminished by its artsiness”, when her actual review was decidedly positive.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2024
Publications have revisited the film with more positive takes: “The movie is like visual rock, and it’s bursting with energy,” Pauline Kael wrote in the New Yorker in 2014.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2024
"Here, Kael," said the father, singling out a fair-haired, intelligent-looking little fellow, "you can show the young lady the way to widow Marget Erikson's."
From Little Tora, The Swedish Schoolmistress and Other Stories by Sarah S. (Sarah Schoonmaker) Baker
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