(via The McSweeney’s Store – How to Beard Yourself Like Brian Wilson poster)
2/28/2012
2/5/2012
Courage and criticism
Courage is not a virtue frequently associated with the criticism beat, but it lies near the heart of [Pauline] Kael’s achievement—not because she was unsqueamish about praising and slamming movies (though she was) but because, from the time she wrote her first review until the moment she retired, in 1991, her authority as a critic relied solely on her own, occasionally whimsical taste.