“The words 'Kiss Kiss Bang Bang,' which I saw on an Italian movie poster, are perhaps the briefest statement imaginable of the basic appeal of movies.”

About Pauline Kael

Critic • American

Pauline Kael was an influential American film critic known for her pugnacious, witty, and highly opinionated writing style. She wrote for The New Yorker magazine from 1968 to 1991, where her subjective and...