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A book by this writer includes provocative categories like “Strained Seriousness” and “Less Than Meets the Eye.” (15[1])This writer received hate mail for an effusive piece that claimed Psycho made “previous horror films look like variations of Pollyanna.” The alien warlord in Galaxy Quest is named after this husband of Molly Haskell. This writer posited three concentric rings of (*) technique, personal style, and interior (-5[1])meaning in an essay that inspired the response “Circles and Squares” by Pauline Kael. This longtime (10[1])writer for The Village Voice left Billy Wilder and Stanley Kubrick out of a “pantheon” of 14 directors that appeared in his book American Cinema. For 10 points, name this American critic who popularized the term “auteur theory.” ■END■ (0[1])

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