A book might be written on the injustice of the just.

Quote by Pauline Kael

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The critic is the only independent source of information. The rest is advertising.

The critic is the only independent source of information. The rest is advertising.

Citizen Kane is perhaps the one American talking picture that seems as fresh now as...

Citizen Kane is perhaps the one American talking picture that seems as fresh now as...

A mistake in judgment isn't fatal, but too much anxiety about judgment is.

A mistake in judgment isn't fatal, but too much anxiety about judgment is.

One of the surest signs of the Philistine is his reverence for the superior tastes...

One of the surest signs of the Philistine is his reverence for the superior tastes...

The first prerogative of an artist in any medium is to make a fool of...

The first prerogative of an artist in any medium is to make a fool of...

Where there is a will, there is a way. If there is a chance in...

Where there is a will, there is a way. If there is a chance in...

It seems likely that many of the young who don't wait for others to call...

It seems likely that many of the young who don't wait for others to call...

In the arts, the critic is the only independent source of information. The rest is...

In the arts, the critic is the only independent source of information. The rest is...

Trash has given us an appetite for art.

Trash has given us an appetite for art.

I see little of more importance to the future of our country and of civilization...

I see little of more importance to the future of our country and of civilization...

Kevin Costner has feathers in his hair and feathers in his head. The Indians should...

Kevin Costner has feathers in his hair and feathers in his head. The Indians should...

Movies are so rarely great art that if we cannot appreciate great trash we have...

Movies are so rarely great art that if we cannot appreciate great trash we have...

Where there is a will, there is a way. If there is a chance in...

Where there is a will, there is a way. If there is a chance in...

The critic is the only independent source of information. The rest is advertising.

The critic is the only independent source of information. The rest is advertising.

The words Kiss Kiss Bang Bang which I saw on an Italian movie poster, are...

The words Kiss Kiss Bang Bang which I saw on an Italian movie poster, are...

This movie is a toupee made up to look like honest baldness.

This movie is a toupee made up to look like honest baldness.

Movies are so rarely great art that if we cannot appreciate great trash we have...

Movies are so rarely great art that if we cannot appreciate great trash we have...

Movies bore me, especially my own.

Movies bore me, especially my own.

A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad.

A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad.

I've spent several years in Hollywood, and I still think the movie heroes are in...

I've spent several years in Hollywood, and I still think the movie heroes are in...

Summer afternoon, summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words...

Summer afternoon, summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words...