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What's on? Top 10 TV and streaming tips for Thursday

RTE 09 Jan 2025
. Pick of the Day. First Dates Ireland, 9.30pm, RTÉ2. Streaming on RTÉ Player ... New or Returning Shows. Dragons’ Den, 8.00pm, BBC One ... Don’t Miss ... It also features the likes of Richard Burton, Sergio Leone, Don Siegel, Pauline Kael and Dilys Powell ... .
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In Memoriam: Those we lost in 2024

Fox31 Denver 31 Dec 2024
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — They came from every walk of life to make ours better, richer, more rounded ... The film critic Pauline Kael called her the “female Buster Keaton.” At her peak, Duvall was a regular star in some of the defining movies of the 1970s.
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How The Night Porter became 'the most controversial movie ever': The brutal sex and violence ...

The Daily Mail 29 Dec 2024
Fifty years on from its release, The Night Porter remains as controversial and shocking as it has ever been ... The 'marmalade scene' ... In her piece in The New Yorker, Pauline Kael likened the film to pornography, writing ... Darkness exists.' ... .
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This Was the Year of Elevated Trash

New York Magazine 26 Dec 2024
In her 1969 essay “Trash, Art, and the Movies,” critic Pauline Kael wrote of trash that “in its blatant and sometimes funny way of delivering action serves to remind us that one of the great appeals ...
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Jeff Goldblum's 10 best and 10 worst movies, ranked by critics

Business Insider 11 Dec 2024
Jeff Goldblum has remained popular for decades ... Tim P ... 10 ... 25% ... 9 ... L ... "'Invasion of the Body Snatchers' is more sheer fun than any movie I've seen since 'Carrie' and 'Jaws' and maybe parts of 'The Spy Who Loved Me,'" wrote Pauline Kael for The New Yorker.
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Marshall Brickman, Annie Hall and Manhattan co-writer who helped reinvent Woody Allen – obituary

The Daily Telegraph 04 Dec 2024
Even in 1979, the relationship between the 42-year-old hero and a 17-year-old schoolgirl raised eyebrows – Pauline Kael wondered “What man in his forties but Woody Allen could pass off a predilection ...
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Ridley Scott’s opens up on suffering blow in career

The News International 02 Dec 2024
Ridley Scott initial movies were a failure during that period ... Then came Alien which did well to some extent, but Blade Runner suffered a major blow from a legendary film critic Pauline Kael, who according to Scott “destroyed” him ... .
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Britain Already Has Blasphemy Laws

The Daily Sceptic 30 Nov 2024
Here’s an excerpt. All Ali wants to do is make the official ... In this country, we’re tough on blasphemy and tough on the causes of blasphemy ... (I always wondered what Pauline Kael would have sounded like from behind a burqa.) ... Worth reading in full.
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Britain has a blasphemy law in all but name

The Spectator 28 Nov 2024
All Ali wants to do is make them official ... The Prime Minister is too progressive to allow himself to disagree with a religious reactionary ... (I always wondered what Pauline Kael would have sounded like from behind a burqa.) Most popular. Rod Liddle ... .
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‘Kids were second to their drinking and partying’: Stephen Bogart, son of Bogie and Bacall, on his screen icon parents

The Observer 27 Nov 2024
He took his wife, Lauren Bacall. He took his whisky and his cigarettes ... Bogart and Bacall waved goodbye from the airport gangplank ... “Grant’s romantic elegance,” wrote film critic Pauline Kael, “is wrapped around the resilient, tough core of a mutt.” ... .
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How elites got the election wrong — and ignored those predicting Trump’s win

New York Post 25 Nov 2024
Most Americans view election surveys with both anticipation and skepticism ... Turns out there is ... Another objection ... The Times polling average results brings to mind a misquotation attributed to New Yorker film critic Pauline Kael more than 50 years ago.
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Have You Heard George's Podcast? helps us kick off the Podcast Pantheon

AV Club 25 Nov 2024
In the summer of 2014, Ira Glass and the team at This American Life knew they were onto something big ... The A.V ... Cahiers du cinéma, Pauline Kael, Roger Ebert—even Nathan Rabin—all helped to advance our shared lexicon for regarding and dissecting movies.
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A history of Hindi cinema: The 1960s

AV Club 22 Nov 2024
Welcome to a seven-part series on the History Of Hindi Cinema ... The films below are largely why. Bimal Roy’s masterpiece ... Pauline Kael referred to Tagore as “perfect,” and her serene beauty was the perfect foil for Khanna’s over-the-top romantic antics ... .
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Author, New Yorker staffer discusses his work, career at Peters library event

Observer-Reporter 12 Nov 2024
After all, the pantheon of writers that have been published in The New Yorker include the likes of Robert Caro, Woody Allen, Lillian Ross and Pauline Kael. Keefe persevered, though ... 7 at Peters Township High School ... It’s innate to who we are.” ... ....
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Ridley Scott Explains Why He Stopped Reading Reviews After Blade Runner

Cinema Blend 09 Nov 2024
But despite a legacy of groundbreaking films, the director wasn’t immune to the harsh sting of critical reception early in his career ... the searing reception to Blade Runner back in 1982, courtesy of renowned New Yorker critic Pauline Kael ... .

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