The New Yorker, December 23, 1972 P. 52
Review of "Images", directed by Robert Altman, from an original screenplay by Altman, plus improvisations.
Pauline Kael wrote for The New Yorker from 1967 until her retirement, in 1991. She died in 2001.
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