Tag Archives: Abbas Kiarostami

FLIX PIX (1233): “AND LIFE GOES ON, Even After Heartbreaking Tragedy”

Posted on April 13, 2024 by KPKeelan

AND LIFE GOES ON (directed by Abbas Kiarostami, 1992) ***** (out of 5) . > Abbas Kiarostami’s half-documentary mediation on the aftermath of Iran’s deadly earthquake of 1990 has a quiet power that is difficult to pinpoint. . It was a … Continue reading →

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FLIX PIX (970): “Juliette Binoche in Abbas Kiarostami’s CERTIFIED COPY”

Posted on December 17, 2022 by KPKeelan

CERTIFIED COPY (directed by Abbas Kiarostami, 2010) **** (out of 5) . > This fine, if fairly static film, made by skilled Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami, is presented in French, English and Italian- very international indeed. . I actually think the … Continue reading →

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FLIX PIX (918): “WHERE IS THE FRIEND’S HOUSE? Children in Iranian Society”

Posted on November 21, 2022 by KPKeelan

WHERE IS THE FRIEND’S HOUSE? (directed by Abbas Kiarostami, 1987) *** (out of 5) . > Another low-key Abbas Kiarostami film from The Islamic Republic of Iran, this one is highly respected among film scholars. . I get that- even if … Continue reading →

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FLIX PIX (905): “The TASTE OF CHERRY is Bitter Indeed”

Posted on November 14, 2022 by KPKeelan

TASTE OF CHERRY (directed by Abbas Kiarostami, 1997) **** (out of 5) . > The late Abbas Kiarostami directed this somber Iranian existential drama about a man at the end of his rope. . He is just done with life, and … Continue reading →

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FLIX PIX (821): “24 FRAMES of Incomparable Beauty”

Posted on October 3, 2022 by KPKeelan

24 FRAMES (directed by Abbas Kiarostami, 2018) ***** (out of 5) . > Though it bears a kinship to the visual tone poems of Godfrey Reggio, Ron Fricke and Terrence Malick, this absolutely one-of-a-kind experimental film is truly unlike anything else … Continue reading →

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FLIX PIX (797): “Abbas Kiarostami Goes CLOSE-UP”

Posted on September 21, 2022 by KPKeelan

CLOSE-UP (directed by Abbas Kiarostami, 1990) *** (out of 5) . > Abbas Kiarostami was by all accounts, one of Iran’s great directors until his death in 2016. . After CERTIFIED COPY and 24 FRAMES, I am working my way through … Continue reading →

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KPK on the CINEMA (100): The Films of JUNE 2020

Posted on July 24, 2021 by KPKeelan

. JUNE 2020 was a busy film month! Not much else to do, if you have no sex partner and you can hardly heave the house! In this bunch, we get comedies, romances, dramas, animation, film noir, sci-fi, horror, caper … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged 10cc, 8½, A Boy and His Dog, A Ship to India, Abbas Kiarostami, abuse, addiction, Adventures in Psychedelics, Akira Kurosawa, Alan King, And Life Goes On, Andy Richter, Andy Williams, animals, animation, Anthony Bourdain, ants, art, assistants, bank robbers, Barbara Bel Geddes, battle of the sexes, belief, belonging, Ben Stiller, betrayal, Bill Kreutzmann, biography, Birger Malmsten, Blake Edwards, Book of Exodus, brotherhood, Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles, Bunny Lake is Missing, Burt Lancaster, Canadian films, capers, Carrie Fisher, celebrity, censorship, Cesar Romero, Chadwick Boseman, Charles Bronson, childhood, Christopher Walken, cinema, class, classics, Cold Turkey, comedies, coming of age, Communism, composers, crime, criticism, Czech cinema, Czechoslovakia, Da 5 Bloods, dada, Dan Duryea, Danny Kaye, Dash Shaw, David Cross, Deepak Chopra, Delmer Daves, Delroy Lindo, destruction, Dianne Foster, Diary of a Chambermaid, Dick Van Dyke, disaster films, documentaries, Don Johnson, Donald O’Connor, Donovon, drama, Drive a Crooked Road, drugs, Dyan Cannon, dystopia, earthquakes, Emilio D'Alessandro, emotion, environment, Ernest Borgnine, Experiment in Terror, faith, families, family secrets, fantasy, farce, fascism, fathers and sons, Federico Fellini, feminism, film history, film noir, filmmakers, filmmaking, films, folktales, Frankenstein, Fred MacMurray, Fred Willard, French cinema, friendship, Fritz Lang, Gary Cooper, Gaza, Gene Kelly, General Francisco Franco, George C. Scott, Georgina Hale, Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, God, God Went Surfing With the Devil, Guns N' Roses, Harlan Ellison, Have a Good Trip, Helen Gurley Brown, Henry Fonda, Herb Alpert, historical drama, Holger Löwenadler, hope, horror, humor, hunger, hypocrisy, ideas, identity, illness, Ingmar Bergman, injustice, insecurity, Iran, Iranian cinema, Israeli cinema, Italian cinema, Jack Elam, Jacques Tati, Jane Mansfield, Japanese cinema, jazz, jealousy, Jean Reno, Jeanne Moreau, Jesus, Jews, John Lennon, Jour de Fête, journalism, Judaism, Karl Malden, Ken Russell, Kevin Keelan, Kevin McCarthy, kidnapping, Kier Dullea, Kim Novak, Koker, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Lacey Schwartz, Land Without Bread, Las Hurdes, Lauren Bacall, Laurence Olivier, L’Age D’Or, Led Zeppelin, Lee Marvin, Lee Remick, legends, Lewis Black, lies, life, Life and Nothing More, Little White Lie, Louis Armstrong, LSD, Luis Buñuel, Mahler, Marcello Mastroianni, Maria Schell, Martin Balsom, Mélanie Thierry, metaphor, Michael Murphy, Mickey Rooney, Miloš Forman, monsters, Moses, movies, murder, musicals, musicians, My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea, Natalie Wood, Natasha, Natasha Lyonne, Natural disasters, Netflix, Nick Kroll, Nigel Davenport, Nina Paley, Noel Coward, Norman Lear, Oingo Boingo, opinion, oppression, Otto Preminger, Palestinians, parenting, peace, people, Phase IV, poverty, psychoactive substances, psychological drama, PTSD, Pushover, Quincy Jones, race, racism, Ramón Acín, Red Nichols, relationships, religion, resilience, reviews, Richard Quine, Rob Corddry, Robert Powell, romance, Rosie Perez, Ross Martin, S is For Stanley, sacrifice, Salvador Dalí, Sarah Silverman, Satchmo, satire, Saul Bass, scandals, sci-fi, science fiction, Sean Connery, Seder-Masochism, self doubt, Sex and the Single Girl, sexism, sexual politics, Sidney Lumet, sight gags, sisters, slapstick, smoking, social criticism, social justice, soldiers, Spain, Spanish cinema, Spike Lee, Stanley Kubrick, Stefanie Powers, Sting, stories, suffering, surfing, surrealism, surrealists, surveillance, suspense, Swedish cinema, symbolism, tabloids, teenage sexuality, teenagers, terrorism, The Age of Gold, The Anderson Tapes, the Bible, The Big Heat, The Burglar, the Church, The Firemen’s Ball, The Five Pennies, The Four Tops, The Hanging Tree, The Holy Land, The Men Who Tread on the Tiger’s Tail, The Pointer Sisters, The Spirit of the Beehive, the state, thriller, tobacco companies, Tony Curtis, tradition, tragedy, Tuesday Weld, Vera Cruz, Victor Erice, Vietnam War, violence, westerns, Will Forte, writer’s block, Zach Leary | Leave a comment

KPK on the Cinema (92): The Films of October 2019

Posted on July 16, 2021 by KPKeelan

. Rocktober! My favorite month. Another birthday and great weather in Santa Cruz by the sea. Welcome back, autumn. (All ratings are on a 5 star scale. Note that a classic only becomes a classic after a decade or more.) (Titles … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged 56 Up, A Private War, Aaron Paul, Abbas Kiarostami, action, Ad Astra, adventure, aging, animals, Antonino Banderas, aristocracy, art, Ash is Purist White, betrayal, biography, black culture, blacksploitation, Brad Pitt, Breaking Bad, Brian Wilson, Britain, Bryan Cranston, Bryce Dallas Howard, change, Charlotte Rampling, child abuse, children, China, Chinese cinema, Chris Parnell, Chris Pratt, cinema, classics, comedy, conflict, corruption, crime, crops, David Crosby, dinosaurs, documentaries, Dolemite Is My Name, Donald Sutherland, drama, Echo in the Canyon, Eddie Murphy, El Camino, epics, Eric Clapton, escape, families, fantasy, farmers, farming, fathers, film criticism, films, financial fraud, Fiona Apple, gangsters, Gary Oldman, gender roles, genetics, Geraldine Chaplin, Graham Nash, Hale County This Morning This Evening, HBO, historical fiction, humor, Iranian culture, J.A. Bayona, Jackson Browne, Jakob Dylan, James Cromwell, Jamie Dornan, Jennifer Fox, Jia Zhangke, John Sebastian, journalism, Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom, Keira Knightley, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Laura Dern, Laurel Canyon, Leo Tolstoy, life, Liv Tyler, Los Angeles, love, Marie Colvin, Matthew Heineman, memory, mental health, Meryl Streep, Michael Apted, Michelle Phillips, movies, music, musicians, nationalism, nature, Netflix, Norah Jones, nostalgia, obsession, opinion, parenting, Paul Conroy, people, performing, period pieces, Polish cinema, politics, privilege, Ralph Fiennes, Ramell Ross, rape, revenge, reviews, Ringo Starr, rock and roll, Roger McGuinn, romance, Rosamund Pike, science fiction, sequels, Sergei Bondarchuk, Seven Up series, shame, Sharon Stone, shell companies, social class, Soviet cinema, space travel, Stanley Tucci, Stephen Stills, Steven Soderbergh, success, survival, suspense, sustainability, the 1960’s, The Biggest Little Farm, The Duchess, the human condition, The Laundromat, the Panama papers, the seventies, The Tale, time, Toby Jones, Tom Petty, Tommy Lee Jones, USSR, values, Vince Gilligan, violence, war, War and Peace, Weather Forecast, Where is the Friends House?, Will Forte | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (90): The Films of August 2019

Posted on July 14, 2021 by KPKeelan

. AUGUST: A very slow movie month for me, as I was preoccupied with binging on season four of the original Twilight Zone. The thing that set these 18 episodes apart, was that these near-perfect little morality plays were expanded … Continue reading →

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KPK on the CINEMA (89): The Films of July 2019

Posted on July 13, 2021 by KPKeelan

. JULY! Not a big roster films this month, but several recurring elements: lots of family drama, serious foreign films, including glimpses into Iranian culture, female directors, biographies, and check out the dates. Most were released in 2018. Aside from … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: Abbas Kiarostami

FLIX PIX (1233): “AND LIFE GOES ON, Even After Heartbreaking Tragedy”

FLIX PIX (970): “Juliette Binoche in Abbas Kiarostami’s CERTIFIED COPY”

FLIX PIX (918): “WHERE IS THE FRIEND’S HOUSE? Children in Iranian Society”

FLIX PIX (905): “The TASTE OF CHERRY is Bitter Indeed”

FLIX PIX (821): “24 FRAMES of Incomparable Beauty”

FLIX PIX (797): “Abbas Kiarostami Goes CLOSE-UP”

KPK on the CINEMA (90): The Films of August 2019

KPK on the CINEMA (89): The Films of July 2019

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