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FLIX PIX (1176): “THE ZONE OF INTEREST Shows an Uncomfortable Light On the Banality of Evil”

Posted on March 8, 2024 by KPKeelan

THE ZONE OF INTEREST (directed by Jonathan Glazer, 2023) ****+ (out of 5) . > Johnathan Glazer’s fascinating, very alternate Holocaust drama poses a lot of thorny questions. . Among them: What is cinema for? Is it merely a mirror through … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged arts, Auschwitz, Christian Friedel, cinema, criticism, drama, entertainment, evil, experimental films, films, Flix Pix, Hannah Arendt, history, Holocaust, ideas, Johnathan Glazer, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, Nazis, opinion, Polish cinema, reviews, Rudolf Höss, Sandra Hüller, The Zone of Interest, World War II | Leave a comment

KPK on the Cinema (143): “The Films of January 2024”

Posted on February 1, 2024 by KPKeelan

. > January is always a busy movie month for me, as I make my annual effort to see as many of the nominated movies as I can before the annual Oscar ceremony rolls ‘round. This year I was far ahead … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged abuse, Adrian Belew, adventure, alcoholism, Alex Sharp, American Fiction, Amy Poehler, Anatomy of a Fall, Andes, animation, anthropophagy, apocalypse, Arthur Hunnicutt, arts, Augusto Pinochet, Auschwitz, bands, Beck Bennett, Bicycle Thieves, Big Sur California, Bill Bruford, black comedy, black holes, blind swordsman, Burt Lancaster, cannibalism, capers, children, Chilean cinema, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Chloe Grace Moretz, Chris Pine, Christian Friedel, Christopher George, cinema, Claire Denis, classics, comedies, comedy, coming of age, Cord Jefferson, corruption, courtroom drama, crime, criticism, Deborah Kerr, Dennis Hopper, dignity, disaster, disasters, documentary, drama, dramady, Dub Taylor, dystopia, Earl Holliman, Ed Asner, Ed Helms, El Conde, El Dorado, Elizabeth Taylor, Elle Fanning, empowerment, entertainment, Erika Alexander, erotic drama, ethics, Eva Marie Saint, evil, existentialism, experimental, experimental films, exploitation, faith, families, fantasy, film noir, films, French cinema, Gene Hackman, Good Morning, Hannah Arendt, Harry Belafonte, High Life, High Sierra, history, Holocaust, honor, horror, How to Talk to Girls at Parties, Howard Hawks, Hugh Laurie, I Died a Thousand Times, Icelandic cinema, ideas, In the Court of the Crimson King: King Crimson at 50, Jack Palance, James Caan, Japanese cinema, Jean Negulesco, Jeffrey Tambor, Jeffrey Wright, John Cameron Mitchell, John Krasinski, John Wayne, Johnathan Glazer, Juliette Binoche, Justine Triet, Kaneto Shindō, Kevin Keelan, Kiefer Sutherland, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Late Autumn, Lee Marvin, Leslie Uggams, Lilies of the Field, Lon Chaney Jr., Margot Robbie, Marilyn Monroe, marriage, matchmaking, Mia Goth, Monsters Vs. Aliens, Mouchette, movies, music, musicians, mystery, Nadine Nortier, nature, Nazis, Neil Gaiman, Nichole Kidman, Nimona, Onibaba, opinion, Otto Preminger, outer space, Pablo Larraín, partnering, Paul Rudd, Paula Luchsinger, Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez, performance, personalities, Peru, plane crashes, Polish cinema, political satire, poverty, progressive rock, publishing, race, racism, Rainn Wilson, Ralph Nelson, Reese Witherspoon, relationships, religion, remakes, Renée Zellweger, reviews, Richard Burton, Riz Ahmed, Robert Bresson, Robert Fripp, Robert Mitchum, Robert Pattinson, romance, Rory Calhoun, Rudolf Höss, RuPaul Charles, Ruth Wilson, Sandra Hüller, Sarah Sherman, satire, sci-fi, science fiction, Scott Wilson, Seth Rogan, Shelly Winters, Shintaro Katsu, Shirley MacLaine, skydiving, slow cinema, South America, Spanish cinema, Stanley Adams, Stephen Colbert, stereotypes, Sterling K. Brown, supernatural, survival, television, The Count, The Gypsy Moths, The River of No Return, The Sandpiper, The Society of Snow, The Tale of Zatoichi, The Zone of Interest, thrillers, Toby Amies, tolerance, Tommy Rettig, tragedy, true stories, Two For the Seesaw, vampires, westerns, Will Arnett, William Windom, World War II, Yakuza, Yasujirō Ozu, Z For Zachariah | Leave a comment

QuickPix (42): “Great DRAMA For You to Savor, Vol. 14”

Posted on January 25, 2024 by KPKeelan

> Welcome to KPK’s “QuickPix”, brief capsule reviews of very worthy films- not a stinker in the lot. Culled from my monthly compendiums, every title here is a 4 to 5 star movie. It don’t get any better than this. … Continue reading →

Posted in QuickPix | Tagged A Hijacking, Akira Kurosawa, Auschwitz, Buchenwald, Byambasuren Davaa, change, children, crime, Daniel Craig, Dostoyevsky, dramas, Ennio Morricone, exploitation, extortion, Fateless, globalization, Hungarian cinema, Imre Kertész, injustice, innocence, life, Mongolia, Mongolian cinema, negotiation, nomadic culture, nomads, POW's, prisoners of war, QuickPix, Russian literature, Somali pirates, Swedish cinema, The Cave of the Yellow Dog, The holocaust, The Idiot, thrillers, tragedy, World War II | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (125): “The Films of July 2022”

Posted on September 4, 2022 by KPKeelan

. > JULY 2022: Not many films to investigate his month. I was too busy creating 183 wonderful (mostly) new stories to unleash on an unsuspecting world in 2023! My Muse is working overtime. There are only 5 films, they … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged aboriginals, action, adventure, Aisling Franciosi, Arthur Hunnicutt, arts, assault, Auschwitz, Australia, Australian films, Baykali Ganambarr, beliefs, Ben Foster, Bill Maher, Bill Murray, Blackfoot Indians, Bob Balaban, boxing, Bruce Willis, children, Christianity, classics, comedy, coming of age, Dewy Martin, documentary, drama, Edward Norton, entertainment, film criticism, films, Frances McDormand, genius, growing up, guilt, Harvey Keitel, Howard Hawks, humor, hypocrisy, ideas, injustice, Islam, Jared Gilman, Jason Schwartzman, Jennifer Kent, Judaism, Kara Hayward, Kevin Keelan, kids, Kirk Douglas, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Larry Charles, love, Lucas Hedges, memory, Moonrise Kingdom, movies, Nazis, opinion, PTSD, puppy love, racism, relationships, religion, Religulous, revenge, reviews, Roman Coppola, romance, runaways, Sam Claflin, satire, social criticism, stories, survival, suspense, The Big Sky, The holocaust, The Nightingale, the sixties, The Survivor, thrillers, Tilda Swinton, traders, tragedy, trauma, violence, war crimes, Wes Anderson, westerns, wit, World War II | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (52): The Films of May 2016

Posted on June 6, 2021 by KPKeelan

. Time for another look at last month’s cinematic fare. Thirteen titles this time. Unfortunately I’ll be out of the country for June and July, so the summer is likely to be a cinema desert. Time to enjoy the bounty … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged '71, 60 Minutes, Aaron Sorkin, Abraham Zapruder, Anything Goes, art, Auschwitz, Billy Bob Thornton, Bing Crosby, biography, Brian Eno, Carol, Carrie Mulligan, Cate Blanchett, CBS News, cinema, Cole Porter, Crimson Peak, Dan Rather, Danny Boyle, Donald O’Connor, drama, Far From the Madding Crowd, film, film criticism, George W. Bush, Guillermo Del Toro, history, horror, Iran, Iranian cinema, It Follows, Jacki Weaver, Jafar Panahi, Jafar Panahi's Taxi, Jeremy Strong, Jessica Chastain, JFK, Kate Winslet, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Lee Harvey Oswald, Marcia Gay Harding, Marguerite Oswald, Mary Mapes, Matthias Schoenaerts, Mia Wasikowska, Mitzi Gaynor, movies, musicals, Northern Ireland, Parkland, Paul Giamatti, reviews, Robert Eggers, Robert Redford, romance, Rooney Mara, Seth Rogan, Son of Saul, Sonderkommando, Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, The holocaust, The Man Who Fell to Earth 1971-77, The Witch A New England Fable, Thomas Hardy, Thomas Vinterberg, Todd Solondz, Tom Hiddleston, truth, World War II, Zac Effron | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (25): The Films of January 2014

Posted on May 10, 2021 by KPKeelan

. I saw 14… (almost 15*) films during the 31 days of January 2014… (Ratings are on a 5 star scale. Note that a classic only becomes a classic after a decade or more.) (Titles in purple have been expanded for … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged Audrey Hepburn, Auschwitz, Buchenwald, capers, Cary Grant, Charade, cinema, Code 46, college, crime, Daniel Craig, Ennio Morricone, entertainment, Fateless, film criticism, films, George Kennedy, Henry Mancini, Hungarian cinema, Immortals, Imre Kertész, Iron Man 3, James Coburn, John Hurt, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Lady in the Lake, Longford, movies, opinion, Paris is Burning, POW's, prisoners of war, reviews, romance, screwball comedies, slapstick, Stanley Donen, The Act of Killing, The Big Wedding, The Phantom of the Paradise, The Story of Louis Pasteur, thrillers, Walter Matthau, Winnie the Pooh, World War II | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Auschwitz

FLIX PIX (1176): “THE ZONE OF INTEREST Shows an Uncomfortable Light On the Banality of Evil”

KPK on the Cinema (143): “The Films of January 2024”

QuickPix (42): “Great DRAMA For You to Savor, Vol. 14”

KPK on the CINEMA (52): The Films of May 2016

KPK on the CINEMA (25): The Films of January 2014

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