Idiot’s Delight (1939)
But oh that Shearer! Pauline Kael
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Masturbatory fantasy triple distilled.
James AgeeWhatever Happened to Baby Jane (1962)
You mean all this time we could have been Friends? On the Beach at Malibu. Baby Jane Hudson (Bette Davis) after her sister Blanche (Joan Crawford) reveals that Jane was not driving the car on that fateful night.
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Dr. Zhivago (1965)
It isn’t shoddy (except for the music); it isn’t soap opera; it’s stately,...
Read MoreThe Nanny (1965)
You gotta hand it to Davis, tough, she is a star. When she can’t dominate a movie with a good performance, she dominates it with a bad one. Pauline Kael
Read MoreUp the Down Staircase (1967)
she (actress Sandy Dennis) has made an acting style out of post-nasal drip. Pauline Kael
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Pauline Kael
The House on Carroll Street (1988)
She could be Charlton Heston’s daughter. (Referring to the performance of actress Kelly...
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