Unofficial Academy Awards Discussion Board

Isn't interesting how many people remember Kael today and have forgotten Renata Adler... Kael didn't need some tedious theory to write about movies - she told us what she liked or didn't like and then told us why. I don't understand why that's so difficult for people to understand. Many of her detra...

Pauline Kael was a brilliant, gifted critic. I remember the thrill of getting the NEW YORKER each week and reading her reviews - she guided me to many great films. I also wrote her twice, expressing my admiration for her talents, and received sweet, modest handwritten notes from her. She meant a lot...

Maybe I am old-fashioned or a little too sensitive, but I don't understand celebrating someone's death, particularly someone like Sidney Lumet who, in the scheme of things, was harmless...



Edited By markyboo on 1302390104

I never thought I would ever read anyone with tastes as lowbrow as Rex Reed, but Tom O'Neill has descended to new and embarrassing depths of stupidity. He is probably the type of person who would prefer a night at the theater with "Abie's Irish Rose" over "The Glass Menagerie"! ...