PROFILE: STANLEY KUBRICK (1966) by Jeremy Bernstein
Jeremy Bernstein’s 1966 profile of director Stanley Kubrick
Jeremy Bernstein’s 1966 profile of director Stanley Kubrick
This mediocre movie seems destined to be a tidal wave of a hit. Spielberg, who was perhaps the greatest of all pure, escapist movie directors, is being acclaimed for turning into a spiritual simp.
by Pauline Kael At the end of The Godfather Part II (1974), the story was complete—beautifully complete. Francis Ford Coppola knew it, and for over
by Pauline Kael Martin Scorsese’s GoodFellas has a lift. It’s like Raging Bull, except that it’s not domineering. It’s like Raging Bull made in a
Pauline Kael reviews “Planet of the Apes”, a 1968 science fiction film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner. Published in ‘The New Yorker’, February 17,1968
Pauline Kael reviews Sergio Leone’s “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly”. Published in ‘The New Yorker’, March 2, 1968
Pauline Kael reviews George Lucas’ Star Wars. Published in ‘The New Yorker’, September 26, 1977
No other film has ever dramatized urban indifference so powerfully; at first, here, it’s horrifyingly funny, and then just horrifying.
Pauline Kael reviews Luchino Visconti’s ‘The leopard’ (Il Gattopardo). Published in The New Yorker, September 19, 1983
Pauline Kael reviews Brian De Palma’s ‘Scarface’
Religious Pulp, or the Incredible Hulk by Pauline Kael As Jake la Motta, the former middleweight boxing champ, in Raging Bull, Robert De Niro wears
How do you make a good movie in this country without being jumped on? Bonnie and Clyde is the most excitingly American American movie since The Manchurian Candidate.
Sergio Leone’s Once upon a time in America reviewed by Pauline Kael
Pauline Kael’s appreciative but skeptical review of Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”, The New Yorker, 1980
Review of Stanley Kubrick’s “A Clockwork Orange” written by Pauline Kael and published in The New Yorker, January 1, 1972
Review of Stanley Kubrick’s Barry Lyndon, written by Pauline Kael and published in The New Yorker, December 29, 1975
Review of Michael Cimino’s The Deer Hunter, written by Pauline Kael and published in The New Yorker, December 18, 1978
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