Subject:

Pauline Kael

  • Movies

    May 6, 2009

    J.J. Abrams's Star Trek will live long and prosper

    Franchise still going at warp speed decades later

  • Calendar

    January 21, 2009

    The Big Pink: A Tribute to the Last Waltz

    Franchise still going at warp speed decades later

  • Music

    January 21, 2009

    Kevin Costner (yep, that one), Private Dancer, and more

    Franchise still going at warp speed decades later

  • News

    December 31, 2008

    Humbled Mickey Rourke makes gutsy return to Hollywood

    Rourke gets back in the ring with The Wrestler

  • Movies

    April 16, 2008

    Film Highlight: Forgetting Sarah Marshall

    Rourke gets back in the ring with The Wrestler

  • Columns

    August 15, 2007

    Keep the Meter Running

    Rourke gets back in the ring with The Wrestler

  • Blogs

    October 17, 2006

    'Robert Christgau: Rock 'n' Roll Animal'

    Rourke gets back in the ring with The Wrestler

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2006

    Thursday audio: Pauline Kael on the Auteur Theory

    Rourke gets back in the ring with The Wrestler

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2006

    5/11: Morning Communique

    Rourke gets back in the ring with The Wrestler

  • News

    April 19, 2006

    The 25th Hour

    Before they could blink, it was coming at them, fast and flickering, from 40 countries at once — the Minneapolis-St Paul International Film Festival 2006

  • Movies

    February 15, 2006

    Your Guide to the Stars

    Screenwriter Robert Towne maps the psychology of the American bad-ass

  • Movies

    November 2, 2005

    She Found It at the Movies

    Give it up for Georgia Brown, 'Squid' director Noah Baumbach's film-critic mom

  • News

    June 29, 2005

    Hollywood's Phantom Menace

    Thirty summers after Jaws attacked intelligent filmmaking, the question remains: Why are the movies so bad? A search for answers with David Thomson

  • Movies

    February 23, 2005

    The Man Who Shot Too Much

    What took octogenarian auteur Sidney Lumet so long to get an Oscar? He made too many movies.

  • Movies

    December 8, 2004

    Confessions Of A Psycho-Critic

    Reeling from holiday fare, a movie reviewer goes head to head with his id

  • Music

    November 17, 2004

    The Anti-Rockist Protests Too Much

    A modest proposal for a New York Times critic who should let pop eat itself

  • Movies

    September 15, 2004

    That Sly Ol' Fox

    Our favorite 'Candidate' returns--to Madison Square Garden

  • Movies

    August 18, 2004

    A Sheep In Wolf's Clothing

    Michael Haneke's new film is noble--and that's a good thing

  • Movies

    March 24, 2004

    Life During Wartime

    'The Battle of Algiers' is joined by our own current campaign

  • Music

    February 11, 2004

    Real Life Rock Top 10

    Electrelane get their guns, David Denby misfires, and Two Poets should be shot

  • Movies

    December 3, 2003

    Legends of the Fall

    'The Last Samurai' reveals how the west was wan

  • Books

    December 4, 2002

    Bigger Than Ebert

    Is David Thomson the world's greatest film critic?

  • Movies

    July 17, 2002

    For Sayles

    The 'Sunshine State' politician remains worthy of running on the independent ticket

  • Movies

    July 3, 2002

    Billy Come Lately

    A satirist's belated acclaim mirrors our own screwy self-image

  • Movies

    April 24, 2002

    Return of the Monolith

    '2001' brings its enormous mysteries into the third millennium

  • Arts

    January 9, 2002

    The Year in Film

    The National Entertainment State Stands Firm--Then Runs Away

  • Movies

    November 7, 2001

    Teorema Of Relativity

    By Default, Pasolini's 1968 Salvo Signals the Key Battle in the Walker's 'Revolution'

  • Movies

    October 31, 2001

    God or Godard?

    A Series of Jean-Luc Godard's Favorite Films Sees the Critic-Turned Director Delivering Pronouncements From on High

  • Arts

    October 17, 2001

    Movie Matters

    After September 11: Projecting the future of entertainment at the New York Film Festival

  • Movies

    October 10, 2001

    Forever Now

    Jean-Luc Godard's jubilant Band of Outsiders seems as fresh today as in 1964

  • Movies

    September 12, 2001

    When the Lights Go Down

    Jean-Luc Godard's jubilant Band of Outsiders seems as fresh today as in 1964

  • Arts

    August 8, 2001

    What a Feeling

    An Oak Street retrospective pulls us back to the flashy days of Eighties cinema

  • Movies

    July 18, 2001

    Fellini's Inferno

    With Juliet of the Spirits, the devilish director of 8-1/2 welcomed his audience to hell--but grandly

  • Movies

    June 27, 2001

    Breaking the New Wave

    A critic and a curator butt keyboards over the Rohmer retrospective

  • Movies

    June 13, 2001

    Auteur Author

    A critic and a curator butt keyboards over the Rohmer retrospective

  • Movies

    June 6, 2001

    The Comforts of Home

    Twenty-four hours of watching paint dry with Eric Rohmer

  • Movies

    February 21, 2001

    After the Fall

    Sweet November shows that it ain't 1968 anymore

  • Books

    January 17, 2001

    Army of One

    With Movie Wars, film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum positions himself as the last line of defense against Hollywood tyranny

  • Movies

    August 16, 2000

    The Lost World

    Steven Spielberg's debut, The Sugarland Express, captures a humanity from before the age of the blockbuster

  • Movies

    July 26, 2000

    Blood on the Tracks

    The Coen Brothers' debut feature Blood Simple reopens the file on these reticent Minneapolitans

  • Arts

    March 29, 2000

    Austin Powers

    Reports from South by Southwest, where a Texas town becomes a mecca of indie music and film

  • Movies

    January 5, 2000

    Commanding Cinema

    Krzysztof Kieslowski's The Decalogue is a must-see epic of moral dilemmas

  • Movies

    October 20, 1999

    $800-an-Hour John

    Being John Malkovich is easier done than said

  • Movies

    June 23, 1999

    The Black Man Scrubs, the White Man Cleans Up

    Being John Malkovich is easier done than said

  • Arts

    May 26, 1999

    Over There

    While American critics script eulogies for foreign film, this year's festival at Cannes suggests that reports of its death are an exaggeration

  • Arts

    April 14, 1999

    Taking it All In

    While American critics script eulogies for foreign film, this year's festival at Cannes suggests that reports of its death are an exaggeration

  • News

    December 16, 1998

    Freeze Frame

    Forget Fargo and A Simple Plan: A quarter-century ago, The Heartbreak Kid had Minnesota down cold

  • Movies

    August 12, 1998

    Working All the Angles

    Forget Fargo and A Simple Plan: A quarter-century ago, The Heartbreak Kid had Minnesota down cold

  • Feature

    June 1, 1998

    Out With Clout

    In corporations and churches, in classrooms and capital corridors, these 100 Queers have contributed to the "Good Life" in Minnesota.

  • Arts

    May 27, 1998

    Fear and Loathing in Cannes

    An outsider's diary from Le Festival, where world cinema meets Planet Hollywood

  • More >>

Most Popular Stories

for free stuff, news info & more!
Browse Voice Nation
  • Voice Places

    Voice Places

    Discover restaurants, nightlife, travel, shopping...

  • VOICE Daily Deals

    VOICE Daily Deals

    Get 50 to 90% off every day on restaurants, movies, massages...

  • Best Of

    Best Of...

    More than 10,000 of the BEST things to eat, drink, and experience

  • My Voice Nation

    My Voice Nation

    Join the Village Voice community and get exclusive deals and info

  • Happy Hour

    Happy Hour

    Your local Happy Hour guide at your fingertips

or

Log in or Sign up

Social Connect:

Use your favorite account to access My Voice Nation.


Use your My Voice Nation account to log in:





Forgot password?
or

Sign Up or Log in

Social Connect:

Sign up for My Voice Nation with your preferred network.


Sign up for a My Voice Nation account:



Privacy policy