Pauline Kael

"Katharine Hepburn has surpassed herself--the most beautiful comedienne of the thirties and forties has become our greatest tragedienne; seeing her transitions in Journey, the way she can look eighteen or eighty at will, experiencing the magic in the art of acting, one can understand why the appellation "the divine" has sometimes been awarded to certain actresses...."

Pauline Kael
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (1968), p. 372

(originally posted October 2005)