Publications list

KPFA (Berkeley, CA)

KPFA (Berkeley, CA) is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer^® when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): Pauline Kael.

Rating	Title \| Year	Author	Quote
	8 1/2 (1963)	Pauline Kael	This is the first (and, predictably, not the last) movie in which the director seems to be primarily interested in glorifying his self-imprisonment. Posted Oct 18, 2023 Edit critic review
	Fires on the Plain (1959)	Pauline Kael	Cautious as I am about superlatives, I think the term “masterpiece” must be applied to Fires on the Plain. It has the disturbing power of great art: it doesn't leave you quite the same. Posted Oct 17, 2023 Edit critic review
	Odd Obsession (1959)	Pauline Kael	Ichikawa’s cold, objective camera observes the calculations and designs, the careful maneuvers in lives that are fundamentally driven and obsessive. Posted Oct 17, 2023 Edit critic review
	Breathless (1959)	Pauline Kael	Breathless, the most important New Wave film which has reached the United States, is a frightening little chase comedy with no big speeches and no pretentions. Posted Oct 17, 2023 Edit critic review
	Shoeshine (1946)	Pauline Kael	If people cannot feel Shoeshine, what can they feel? Posted Sep 29, 2023 Edit critic review
	Lawrence of Arabia (1962)	Pauline Kael	Lawrence of Arabia is the most literate and intelligent and tasteful and the most beautiful of the modern expensive spectacle films. And I wish it had never been made. Posted Nov 17, 2020 Edit critic review
	The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962)	Pauline Kael	With so many styles incorporated, it's no wonder that the film has no style, nor does it have anything that might pass for aesthetic structure. The bits and pieces are choppily assembled, with clumsily overlapped dialogue serving as makeshift bridges. Posted Nov 17, 2020 Edit critic review