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WHAT SHE SAID: The Art of Pauline Kael
February 21, 2020 - March 1, 2020
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“The most powerful, loved, and hated film critic of her time.” – Roger Ebert on Pauline Kael. In a field that has historically embraced few women film critics, Kael was controversial, witty, and fiercely discerning. Her decades-long berth at The New Yorker energized her fans (“Paulettes”) and infuriated her detractors. Her turbo-charged prose famously championed the New Hollywood Cinema of the late 1960s and ‘70s (Bonnie and Clyde, Carrie, Taxi Driver) and the work of major European directors (François Truffaut, Bernardo Bertolucci), while mercilessly panning some of the biggest studio hits (The Sound of Music). Sarah Jessica Parker voices Kael’s reviews; filmmakers Quentin Tarantino, Paul Schrader, and Francis Ford Coppola and critics Camille Paglia, Molly Haskell, Greil Marcus, and David Edelstein speak to her enormous gifts and influence.
Pauline Kael’s papers are archived at IU’s own Lilly Library; filmmaker Rob Garver researched Kael’s unpublished writings and watched her home movies, some of which are included in the film, at the Lilly. During breaks, he ate lunch at Bear’s Place!
released Dec 22, 2019 / 94 min / Pauline Kael, Bonnie and Clyde and the Essay that Changed Film Criticism
Friday, Feb 28
Beanpole – 7:15 – IU Fine Arts Theater
WHAT SHE SAID: The Art of Pauline Kael – 8pm – IU Fine Arts Theater
Saturday, Feb 29
Beanpole – 7:15 – IU Fine Arts Theater
Sunday, March 1 at Bear’s Place
WHAT SHE SAID: The Art of Pauline Kael – 5 pm – Last Chance!
Beanpole – 7:15
Friday, March 6
Lemon Tree (with guest speaker) – 7:30 – IU Fine Arts Theater
Saturday, March 7
Rigoletto – 4pm – IU Fine Arts Theater
Beanpole – 6:45 – IU Global Theater
Lemon Tree – 7:30 – IU Fine Arts Theater – Last Chance!
Sunday, March 8
Rigoletto – 4pm – IU Fine Arts Theater (Downstairs)
Beanpole – 7:30 – Bear’s Place – Last Chance!