Pauline Kael
About
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Also Known As
Pauline B Kael
Birth Place
Petaluma, California, USA
Born
June 19, 1919
Died
September 03, 2001
Cause of Death
Complications From Parkinson's Disease
Biography
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A film critic, long with The New Yorker, Pauline Kael brought her witty, often catty, idiosyncratic yet extremely well-written and compulsively readable style and strong, insightful, and usually debatable positions to her reviews from the 1960s until the early 90s. Numerous collections of her reviews have been published, including "5001 Nights at the Movies."...
Filmography
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For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism
(2009)
Herself
Four From the New Yorker
(1988)
Herself
Stelle Emigranti
(1983)
Herself
For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism
(2009)
Other
Four From the New Yorker
(1988)
Other
Stelle Emigranti
(1983)
Other
Family & Companions
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James Broughton
Husband
Poet, filmmaker. Father of Kael's daughter Gina.
Bibliography
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"Conversations with Pauline Kael"
Will Brantley (editor), University of Mississippi Press (1996)
"Hooked"
Pauline Kael (1989)
"State of the Art: Film Writings 1983-1985"
Pauline Kael (1985)
"Taking It All In"
Pauline Kael (1984)
Biography
A film critic, long with The New Yorker, Pauline Kael brought her witty, often catty, idiosyncratic yet extremely well-written and compulsively readable style and strong, insightful, and usually debatable positions to her reviews from the 1960s until the early 90s. Numerous collections of her reviews have been published, including "5001 Nights at the Movies."
Filmography
Cast (Feature Film)
For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism
(2009)
Herself
Four From the New Yorker
(1988)
Herself
Stelle Emigranti
(1983)
Herself
Misc. Crew (Feature Film)
For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism
(2009)
Other
Four From the New Yorker
(1988)
Other
Stelle Emigranti
(1983)
Other
Life Events
1953
Began career as film critic; first piece published in City Lights, a magazine based in San Francisco, California
1955
Ran the Berkeley Cinema Guild and Studio
1965
Published first collection, "I Lost It at the Movies"
1967
Hired by editor William Shawn to contribute to The New Yorker
1991
Resigned from The New Yorker; last review appeared February 11
Family
Isaac Paul Kael
Father
Polish immigrant.
Judith Kael
Mother
Rosa Kael
Sister
Born in November 1913.
Gina James
Daughter
Born in 1948; father, James Broughton.
Companions
James Broughton
Husband
Poet, filmmaker. Father of Kael's daughter Gina.
Bibliography
"Conversations with Pauline Kael"
Will Brantley (editor), University of Mississippi Press (1996)
"Hooked"
Pauline Kael (1989)
"State of the Art: Film Writings 1983-1985"
Pauline Kael (1985)
"Taking It All In"
Pauline Kael (1984)
"5001 Nights at the Movies"
Pauline Kael (1982)
"When the Lights Go Down: Film Writings 1975-1980"
Pauline Kael (1980)
"Reeling"
Pauline Kael (1976)
"Deeper into Movies"
Pauline Kael (1973)
"Going Steady: Film Writing 1968-1969"
Pauline Kael (1970)
"Kiss Kiss Bang Bang"
Pauline Kael (1968)
"I Lost It at the Movies: Film Writings 1954-1965"
Pauline Kael (1965)
"For Keeps"
Pauline Kael
"Movie Love: Complete Reviews, 1988-1991"
Pauline Kael
