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Pauline Kael Biography (1919-2001)

Born June 19, 1919, in Petaluma, CA; daughter of Isaac Paul (a farmer) and Judith (Friedman) Kael; children: Gina James. Addresses: Home--Massachusetts. Contact--c/o NAL Dutton, 375 Hudson St., New York, NY 10014-3657.

Nationality

American

Gender

Female

Birth Details

June 19, 1919

Petaluma, California, United States

Death Details

September 3, 2001

Great Barrington, Massachusetts

Famous Works

• Credits; Film Appearances
• Herself, Stelle Emigranti, 1983.
• Herself, Four from the New Yorker (documentary short), Aviva Films, 1988.
• Credits; Audiotape
• Pauline Kael, Movie Critic, National Public Radio (Washington, DC), 1986.
• Writings;Books
• I Lost It at the Movies: Film Writings, 1954-1965, Atlantic Monthly Press, 1965.
• Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Atlantic Monthly Press, 1968.
• Going Steady: Film Writings, 1968-1969, Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 1970.
• "Raising Kane," The Citizen Kane Book, Limelight Editions, 1971.
• Deeper into Movies, Little, Brown, 1973.
• Reeling, Little, Brown, 1976.
• 5,001 Nights at the Movies, Holt (New York City), 1982.
• When the Lights Go Down, Owl Books, 1983.
• Taking It All In, W. Abrahams Books, 1984.
• State of the Art, W. Abrahams Books, 1985.
• Spitting Images, W. Abrahams Books, 1985.
• Pauline Kael on Jonathan Demme: A Selection of Reviews Accompanying the Retrospective Jonathan Demme, an American Director, Walker Art Center (Minneapolis, MN), 1988.
• Hooked, Dutton (New York City), 1989.
• Movie Love: Complete Reviews, 1988-1991, Dutton, 1991.
• For Keeps: 30 Years at the Movies (includes selections from Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, I Lost It at the Movies, Movie Love, Reeling, and "Raising Kane"), Dutton, 1994.
• Conversations with Pauline Kael, edited by Will Brantley, University Press of Mississippi (Jackson, MS), 1996.
• Contributor to periodicals, including Film Quarterly, Massachusetts Review, Sight and Sound, Modern Writing, Second Coming, Movie Goer, New York TimesBook Review, and other publications.

Further Reference

Books:

• Slattery, William J., Claire Dorton and Rosemary Enright, The Kael Index:A Guide to a Movie Critics Work, 1954-1991, Libraries Unlimited (Englewood,CO), 1993.

Periodicals:

• Artforum, September, 1993.
• Book World, October 31, 1971.
• Commentary, April, 1995, p. 57.
• Interview, April, 1989.
• Modern Maturity, March/April, 1998.
• Newsweek, March 18, 1991.
• New Yorker, March 21, 1994, pp. 134-143.
• Village Voice, June 9, 1980.
• Washington Post Book World, January 26, 1992.
• Yale Review, April, 1993.