kael

Even the uncompromising Pauline Kael recognized what was essentially the United Artists/auteur era as a sort of magical time.

Pauline Kael wrote about movies for a living, but never watched a movie more than once.

The inkeeper suddenly calling Kael by his name like they already know each other.

Pauline Kael (probably the most incisive and celebrated American critic in film history) built a legacy based pretty much on how much she much she enjoyed the film.

If Pauline Kael has an essay/review for an old movie, I'll read it after I've seen it, or before I see it a second time.

Yeah man, leaving your husband for Kael the interdimensional demon that lives in Sam Altman's basement sounds normal and healthy, who are we to judge.

For instance, when they both enter the cellar through a trapdoor, Kael goes first, but the innkeeper instructs him to close the trapdoor behind them, which makes no sense.

I mean I understand the feeling based on one's own situation that it would kill the browser but just like Pauline Kael thinking nobody voted for Nixon so how could he win the fact that you think it would kill the browser does not mean that they are out of touch for saying they won't do it despite it bringing in money.

Some "creators" like Wes Anderson actually went to great lengths to get Kael's opinion.

Pauline Kael said: “If you love movies you must love trash because most movies are trash” (I’m paraphrasing).

Carringer in "The Making of Citizen Kane" or Jonathan Rosenbaum in various books and articles, and even Kael's own biographer Brian Kellow.

I don’t know anyone who voted for him.” -- Pauline Kael I use ZFS on root.

Then there was the enigmatic, shadow-drawn Kael, whose mastery of the arcane was matched only by his mystery.

I personally find people like Lester Bangs, Robert Christgau, Pauline Kael, and Eileen Jones incredibly enjoyable to read.

I agree that PG is more authoritative but there's also this contrarian, almost Pauline Kael-esque quality to his writing.