5001 Nights at the Movies
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5001 Nights at the Movies is a book compiling rilm critic Pauline Kael
Pauline Kael
Pauline Kael was an American film critic who wrote for The New Yorker magazine from 1968 to 1991. Earlier in her career, her work appeared in City Lights, McCall's and The New Republic....

's reviews from the silent era to the 1980s. They were originally written for The New Yorker
The New Yorker
The New Yorker is an American magazine of reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons and poetry published by Condé Nast...

’s 'Goings On About Town' section.

In her regular New Yorker column Kael wrote long, thoughtful critiques of the latest films. 5001 Nights is made up of abbreviated reviews of those longer articles and capsule critiques of dozens of other movies made throughout the 20th century. In a single paragraph Kael recaps American and foreign films. In a sentence or even a phrase she captures the film’s essence.

On Cavalcade (1933): “An orgy of British self-congratulation in the restrained, clipped style of Noel Coward.”

On The Godfather
The Godfather
The Godfather is a 1972 American epic crime film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, based on the 1969 novel by Mario Puzo. With a screenplay by Puzo, Coppola and an uncredited Robert Towne, the film stars Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Robert Duvall, Sterling Hayden, John Marley, Richard...

(1972): “A wide, startlingly vivid view of a Mafia dynasty, in which organized crime becomes an obscene nightmare image of American free enterprise.”

Each review includes basic information about the film, including director, year made and whether the movie is black and white or color.
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