About What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
- Released on March 22, 2019
Pauline Kael (1919–2001) was undoubtedly one of the greatest names in film criticism. A Californian native, she wrote her first review in 1953 and joined ‘The New Yorker’ in 1968. Praised for her highly opinionated and feisty writing style and criticised for her subjective and sometimes ruthless reviews, Kael’s writing was refreshingly and intensely rooted in her experience of watching a film as a member of the audience. Loved and hated in equal measure – loved by other critics for whom she was immensely influential, and hated by filmmakers whose films she trashed - Kael destroyed films that have since become classics such as The Sound of Music and raved about others such as Bonnie and Clyde. She was also aware of the perennial difficulties for women working in the movies and in film criticism, and fiercely fought sexism, both in her reviews and in her media appearances.
Full Cast of What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
Pauline Kael plays Self (archive footage)
Sarah Jessica Parker plays Pauline's Voice Over
Quentin Tarantino plays Self
David O. Russell plays Self
Alec Baldwin plays Self
Francis Ford Coppola plays Self
Paul Schrader plays Self
John Boorman plays Self
Robert Towne plays Self
Joe Morgenstern plays Self
James Wolcott plays Self
Gina James plays Self
William Whitworth plays Self
Marcia Nasatir plays Self
Christopher Durang plays Self
John Guare plays Self
Carol Baum plays Self
Tom Pollock plays Self
Molly Haskell plays Self
David V. Picker plays Self
David M. Edelstien plays Self
George Malko plays Self
Stephanie Zacharek plays Self
Greil Marcus plays Self
Craig Seligman plays Self
Michael Sragow plays Self
Brian Kellow plays Self
Carrie Rickey plays Self
Daryl Chin plays Self
Philip Lopate plays Self
Lili Anolik plays Self
Daniel Menaker plays Self
Jaime Manrique plays Self
Camille Paglia plays Self
Laurence McGilvery plays Self
Ortun Neisar plays Self
Chester Villalba plays Self
Dirk van Nouhays plays Self
Woody Allen plays Self
William Peter Blatty plays Self
Peter Bogdanovich plays Self
Dick Cavett plays Self
Joel F. Haberli plays Self
Jerry Lewis plays Self
Norman Mailer plays Self
Crew of What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael
- Pauline Kael
- Sarah Jessica Parker
- Quentin Tarantino
- David O. Russell
- Alec Baldwin
- Francis Ford Coppola
- Paul Schrader
- John Boorman
- Robert Towne
- Joe Morgenstern
- James Wolcott
- Gina James
- William Whitworth
- Marcia Nasatir
- Christopher Durang
- John Guare
- Carol Baum
- Tom Pollock
- Molly Haskell
- David V. Picker
- David M. Edelstien
- George Malko
- Stephanie Zacharek
- Greil Marcus
- Craig Seligman
- Michael Sragow
- Brian Kellow
- Carrie Rickey
- Daryl Chin
- Philip Lopate
- Lili Anolik
- Daniel Menaker
- Jaime Manrique
- Camille Paglia
- Laurence McGilvery
- Ortun Neisar
- Chester Villalba
- Dirk van Nouhays
- Woody Allen
- William Peter Blatty
- Peter Bogdanovich
- Dick Cavett
- Joel F. Haberli
- Jerry Lewis
- Norman Mailer