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September 3, 2001
Pauline Kael, American film critic and author (born 1919)
Pauline Kael
Pauline Kael was an American film critic who wrote for The New Yorker from 1968 to 1991. Known for her "witty, biting, highly opinionated and sharply focused" reviews, Kael often defied the consensus of her contemporaries.