Kael, Pauline

Kael, Pauline( 1919– ),
California-born film critic for The New Yorker who retired in 1991. Her reviews are collected in I Lost It at the Movies (1965), Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (1968), Going Steady (1970), Deeper into Movies (1973; National Book Award, 1974), Reeling (1976), When the Lights Go Down (1980), 5001 Nights at the Movies (1982), Taking It All In (1984), State of the Art (1985), Hooked (1989), Movie Love, Complete Reviews1988–1991 (1992); and For Keeps, a vast selection of movie reviews from 1961–91 (1994).