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For Keeps: 30 Years at the Movies (The Film Writings)

Pauline Kael

Paperback | Pages: 1312 pages

Rating: 4.48 | 385 Users | 19 Reviews

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Original Title:	For Keeps: 30 Years at the Movies
ISBN:	0452273080 (ISBN13: 9780452273085)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	The Film Writings

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During her 25-year tenure as film critic for The New Yorker, Pauline Kael established herself as one of America's most respected movie reviewers. This marvelous reprise of the most entertaining movie reviews ever written is a boon to serious moviegoers and the perfect companion in the age of the VCR. Today, the best place to find "the movies" is in books--and "the best books to go to remain those of Pauline Kael" (New York Magazine).

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Title	:	For Keeps: 30 Years at the Movies (The Film Writings)
Author	:	Pauline Kael
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 1312 pages
Published	:	September 1st 1996 by Plume (first published 1994)
Categories	:	Culture. Film. Nonfiction. Writing. Essays. Media Tie In

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Ratings: 4.48 From 385 Users | 19 Reviews

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I'm not as crazy about Pauline Kael as I'm about Anthony Lane as a film critic though she is excellent and is considered one of the best film critics by other critics, including Lane. This collection samples Kael's writings for the New Yorker for 30 years, including wonderful pieces on many good movies of the 70s and 80s such as the God Fathers, Blue Velvet, the French Connection, The Last Tango in Paris, and actors whom Kael admired, notably Cary Grant etc. Kael is sharp yet sensitive, profound

4 1/2 stars. Though I disagree with a lot of her opinions and her rule of only watching movies once, Kael was a great writer whose wit and perspective changed film criticism. Though she was at her best when she was being enthusiastic about something, even her snarkier, negative reviews made me want to go and see or rewatch most of the movies she was talking about - which might be the best thing you can say about a film critic.



I don't think I will ever 'finish' this book. It's a collection of reviews, and bigger than the bible. But I am happy to dip in and out every so often, and enjoy the wit and cleverness that is Ms Kael.

If there were some way I could give all of Pauline Kael's writing twelve stars, I would. My favorite critic of any medium or genre.

This is a monster of a book, nearly 1300 pages of film reviews culled from her several books. Some of the stuff Ive read before; I have a couple of her books. But the bulk of it is unfamiliar, and shes always interesting, even about movies you havent seen.

Note: this is a twelve-hundred page book. I didn't read it all, but focused mainly on reviews and essays on the movies I've seen. I maybe covered about an eighth of the book.I picked this up after seeing the recent documentary Life Itself on the life of Roger Ebert, noting the huge influence Kael had on his reviewing, and realizing I had read little to none of her work. Overall, it's powerful stuff --- Kael is especially good at separating craft from art while at the same time noting the joy