This year sees both legendary film critic Pauline Kael's centenary and an August season of films at BFI Southbank celebrating Cary Grant. Given Kael's seminal New Yorker essay about Grant, The Man From Dream City, I examined her writing on male stardom and male beauty for a piece at BFI. Check it out here.
This year sees both legendary film critic Pauline Kael's centenary and an August season of films at BFI Southbank celebrating Cary Grant. Given Kael's seminal New Yorker essay about Grant, The Man From Dream City, I examined her writing on male stardom and male beauty for a piece at BFI. Check it out here.
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