Preach, Pauline! ‘What She Said’ Celebrates the Legacy of Pauline Kael
What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael (USA, 95 min.) Dir. Rob Garver Most film critics can name the review that got them hooked. For me, it was Manohla Dargis’s review of A History of Violence for the New York Times. It was a marvel to read a New York based critic who completely understood the film’s decidedly Canadian sense of humour. Reading Dargis’s review was as much of a thrill as watching the film, if not more. She dug into the film, studied it within the context of its production, and celebrated David Cronenberg’s subversive elevation of a potboiler by playing