What She Said: The Art Of Pauline Kael - 2018 - 6/10

Doc on the acerbic writer skips lightly over her personal life, going straight into her film critic career.
Her’s are extended reviews and, as such, space must be filled.
Meaning, full plots and often spoiling twists and endings.
Far too many times, she attacks actors and directors, on what seem whims.
Kael’s method has always been polarizing (I am not a fan).
I have always found her an exceptional, perceptive writer, but an insensitive reviewer.
Her reviews read better AFTER one sees the film.
She is spot-on in lambasting inferior critics who pander to studios, or write in a pompous term paper style.
Nonetheless, this is essential for cinema fans, and is bursting with clips / scenes.