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Tag Archives: Billy Wilder
FLIX PIX (1243): “Billy Wilder’s Light Lark: THE MAJOR AND THE MINOR”
THE MAJOR AND THE MINOR (directed by Billy Wilder, 1942) ***+ (out of 5) . > No- not major fun, it’s a minor film, but still a pleasure to watch. . A game Ginger Rogers shows her comic chops playing a … Continue reading →
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Tagged art, Billy Wilder, cinema, criticism, deceit, entertainment, films, fraud, Ginger Rogers, ideas, impostors, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, opinion, Ray Milland, reviews, romance, screwball comedies, The Major and the Minor
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KPK on the CINEMA (144): “The Films of FEBRUARY 2024”
. > This month: Three superhero flicks- one terrible, the other two, surprisingly good. Two animated films, one a disappointment, the other one pretty damn good. The biography of a comedy legend. A smattering of more obscure titles from the … Continue reading →
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Tagged A Foreign Affair, A Guy Named Joe, Abraham Lincoln, abuse, acceptance, action, Adolphe Menjou, adventure, Alan Arkin, Angela Bassett, animation, Anthony Asquith, Anthony Mann, Antonio Banderas, archeology, arts, awareness, Barry Nelson, beauty, Billy Crudup, Billy Wilder, biography, Bradley Cooper, British cinema, British history, Canadian cinema, Carl Reiner, Cary Grant, celebrity, children, Chris Pratt, cinema, Clifford Odets, comedy, comic books, corruption, coups, crime, criminals, criticism, cynicism, Dalton Trumbo, Dan Duryea, Daniel Kaluuya, Dave Bautista, David Niven, Dianne Wiest, Dick Powell, dictatorship, Disney, diversity, documentaries, documentary, drama, Dream Scenario, dreams, Dylan Gelula, dystopia, Edward Scissorhands, Elaine May, English history, entertainment, epics, escapes, Ester Williams, exploitation, extremism, fame, families, family separation, fantasy, films, Four Daughters, Fred Zinnemann, friendship, fulfillment, Guardians of the Galaxy, Guns of Darkness, Harrison Ford, Harry Lloyd, HBO, Henry Selick, historical fiction, Hugh Griffith, human rights, humor, humorists, Hundreds of Beavers, ideas, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, injustice, Iranian cinema, Irene Dunne, Islamic State, Issa Rae, Jackie Earle Haley, Jafar Panahi, James Hong, James Mangold, Jane Wyatt, Japanese cinema, Jean Arthur, John Cassavetes, John Lund, John Rhys-Davies, Johnny Depp, Jordan Peele, Julianne Nicholson, June Duprez, Kaouther Ben Hania, Karen Allen, Kathy Bates, Keegan-Michael Key, Kevin Keelan, King Richard III, Koji Yakusho, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Kristoffer Borgli, Leslie Caron, Lewis Milestone, Lionel Barrymore, love, Lucasfilm, Mads Mikkelsen, Malin Åkerman, Marlene Dietrich, Marlon Brando, Marvel Studios, Mel Brooks: Unwrapped, melodrama, Michael Cera, Mike Cheslik, Mikey and Nicky, military, Miss Ethel Barrymore, Montgomery Clift, movies, Mutiny On the Bounty, nature, Nazis, Ned Beatty, Netflix, Nicolas Cage, nihilism, No Bears, nonconformity, None But the Lonely Heart, opinion, oppression, Oscar Isaac, parable, patriarchy, Patrick Wilson, people, Perfect Days, Peter Falk, Philippa Langley, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Pom Klementieff, pop culture, radicalization, rape, relationships, reviews, Richard Harris, romance, Ruby Dee, Sally Hawkins, sci-fi, science fiction, seafaring, sequels, silent films, slapstick, slice of life, Spencer Tracy, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Stephen Frears, Steve Coogan, superheroes, supernatural, superstition, surrealism, Tahiti, talent, terrorism, The Lost King, The Search, The Tall Target, thrillers, Tim Burton, Tim Meadows, time travel, Toby Jones, Tokyo, tradition, tragedy, trauma, Trevor Howard, true stories, Tunisian cinema, underground filmmaking, Van Johnson, Victor Fleming, Vin Diesel, Vincent Price, Ving Rhames, Vol. 3, Ward Bond, Watchmen, Wendell & Wild, Will Geer, Wim Wenders, Winona Ryder, women, workers, World War II, Zack Snyder
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QuickPix (35): “Great COMEDIES For You to Savor, Vol. 5”
> 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 →
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Tagged A Shot in the Dark, Alfred Zeisler, art, Billy Wilder, Cary Grant, Charles Brackett, Cheaper By the Dozen, cinema, classics, Claudette Colbert, Clifton Webb, comedies, criticism, Don Ameche, Elke Sommer, entertainment, families, films, humor, ideas, John Barrymore, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Mary Astor, Midnight, movies, Myrna Loy, opinion, Peter Sellers, QuickPix, reviews, romance, screwball comedies, sequels, The Amazing Adventure, The Pink Panther, wit
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KPK on the CINEMA (133): “The Films of March 2023”
. > Time marches on, relentlessly, doesn’t it? 2023?! What happened to 2003? Well, here they are: the films of March 2023. Don’t blink, or another decade will pass you by… (All films are rated on a 5-star basis and must … Continue reading →
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FLIX PIX (862): “Billy Wilder’s Tragically Prescient ACE IN THE HOLE”
ACE IN THE HOLE (directed by Billy Wilder, 1951) ***** (out of 5) . > I have been looking for Billy Wilder’s very dark, cynical take on the depravity of the media since I projected it to a film class at … Continue reading →
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Tagged Ace in the Hole, arts, Billy Wilder, cinema, classics, corruption, criticism, cynicism, drama, exploitation, films, ideas, journalism, Kevin Keelan, Kirk Douglas, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, newspapers, opinion, reporters, reviews, The Big Carnival, the press
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FLIX PIX (673): “MIDNIGHT is a Frothy Screwball Delight!”
MIDNIGHT (directed by Frank R. Strayer, 1931) ***** (out of 5) . > MIDNIGHT is another utterly delightful screwball comedy from the director who brought us the sublime EASY LIVING. . A sassy Claudette Colbert, a roguish Don Ameche, an unctuous … Continue reading →
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Tagged arts, Billy Wilder, Charles Brackett, cinema, classics, Claudette Colbert, comedies, criticism, Don Ameche, films, Frank R. Strayer, ideas, John Barrymore, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Mary Astor, Midnight, movies, opinion, reviews
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KPK on the CINEMA (101): The Films of July 2020
. > JULY 2020! Most of us are still alive! Well that’s something… (All 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 →
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Tagged A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, Ace in the Hole, Adolph Green, Aldolph Green, Alfre Woodard, Alice Pearce, alienation, Allison Janney, Ally Sheedy, American history, Ann Miller, Anne Baxter, art, Arthur Kennedy, astronomy, Atacama Desert, Atlanta, Augusto Pinochet, Barbara Stanwyck, Barbra Bel Geddes, Best Foreign Film, Betty Comden, Betty Garrett, Bill O’Reilly, Billy Wilder, biography, Blood on the Moon, Bombshell, Brian Keith, British cinema, Brock Peters, Centennial Park bombing, Charlize Theron, child abuse, Chilean cinema, Chris Cooper, Christine Lahti, Ciarán Hinds, cinema, Cinema Verite, Clint Eastwood, comedies, concentration camps, corruption, courage, crime, criticism, Cynthia Erivo, David Holzman’s Diary, David Spade, denial, dictators, documentaries, Down in the Delta, drama, dramady, dysfunction, Edward Dmytryk, Edward G. Robinson, Elio Petri, Elmer Bernstein, Ennio Morricone, Eric Rohmer, exploitation, families, fascism, fathers and sons, FBI, films, forensics, Fox News, Françoise Fabian, Frank Ferguson, Frank Sinatra, Fred Rogers, Fritz Lang, Gene Kelly, genocide, George Reeves, Geraldo Rivera, Gian Maria Volonté, Girl With the Green Eyes, Glenn Ford, Gretchen Carlson, grief, Harriet, Harriet Tubman, Having a Wild Weekend, Herbie Hancock, heroism, Holland Taylor, Holocaust, ideas, Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion, Italian cinema, Jack Elam, Jaime Sánchez, Jane Fonda, Jay Roach, Jean Louis Trintignant, Jeanine Pirro, Jim McBride, John Boorman, John Hamm, John Lithgow, journalism, Juano Hernandez, Jules Munshin, justice, Kate McKinnon, Kathy Bates, Kathy Scruggs, Kevin Keelan, Kirk Douglas, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Lauren Lapkus, Laurence Harvey, Leonard Bernstein, Life During Wartime, love, Luis Buñuel, Lynn Redgrave, Malcolm McDowell, Margot Robbie, Marie-Christine Barrault, Marketa Kimbrell, Marlene Dietrich, Matthew Rhys, Maya Angelou, media, Megyn Kelly, Mel Ferrer, mercenaries, Mississippi, mocumentaries, mothers of the disappeared, movies, Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood, murder, musicals, My Night at Maud’s, Nazism, Netflix, New Orleans, New York, Nicole Kidman, Nostalgia For the Light, obsession, Olivia Wilde, On the Town, opinion, outlaws, Paul Reubens, Paul Walter Hauser, people, personalities, Peter Finch, policing, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, power, prostitution, PTSD, Rancho Notorious, Raymond St. Jacques, relationships, revenge, reviews, Richard Jewell, Richard Kind, Rita Tushingham, road trips, Rob Schneider, Robert Mitchum, Robert Preston, Robert Wise, rock and roll, Rod Steiger, Roger Ailes, romance, Rupert Murdoch, Russell Johnson, sailors, satire, Saul Bass, scandal, science, sexism, Shirley Henderson, Sidney Lumet, slander, slavery, spoofs, Stanley Donen, surrealism, survivor’s guilt, technology, terrorism, The Big Carnival, The Dave Clark Five, The Pawnbroker, The Phantom of Liberty, the press, the underground railroad, The Violent Men, The Wrong Missy, Todd Solondz, Tom Hanks, Tom Junod, trauma, Vera-Ellen, Walk on the Wild Side, Walter Brennan, westerns, William Frawley, workplace abuse, World War II
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“Shelter in Place and Watch Some Truly Great Movies on Kanopy!” (by KPKeelan)
. . Stuck at home while the world shuts down cold to avoid a very tiny bully? Don’t binge on TV shows that are more product than provocative. It has never been easier for the public to access truly wonderful … Continue reading →
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Tagged 5 Broken Cameras, A Man Called Ove, Ace in the Hole, Aguirre the Wrath of God, Alicia Vikander, Arctic, Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Jenkins, Billy Wilder, Brie Larson, Burt Lancaster, Buster Keaton, Cartel Land, Cecil B. DeMille, cinema, denial, Echo in the Canyon, Eighth Grade, Embrace of the Serpent, Ex Machina, Federico Fellini, film, Frank Capra, Gary Cooper, H.G. Wells, Harakiri, Holy Motors, hunger, I Am Not a Witch, Israel, Jafar Panahi, Jakob Dylan, Kanopy, Kevin Keelan, Kirsten Dunst, Klaus Kinski, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Lars von Trier, Last Year at Marienbad, Lina Wertmüller, lists, Loving Vincent, Mads Mikkelsen, Marina Abramović, Meet John Doe, Melancholia, Moonlight, movies, Mustang, Nowhere in Africa, Of Fathers and Sons, Oldboy, Omar, opinion, Palestine, Rachel Weisz, reviews, Robert Eggers, Room, Roy Andersson, Scarlett Johansson, Seven Beauties, Seven Chances, streaming movies, suggestions, Swept Away, Tanna, Terry Gilliam, The 10 Commandments, The Artist is Present, The Queen of Versailles, The Witch A New England Fable, The Zero Theorem, Theeb, Things to Come, This is Not a Film, Timbuktu, Timothy Spall, Under the Skin, Victoria, Vincent Van Gogh, War Witch, Werner Herzog, Willem Dafoe, You the Living
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