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FLIX PIX (989): “MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM is Not What You Think”

Posted on December 26, 2022 by KPKeelan

MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM (directed by George C. Wolfe, 2020) *** (out of 5) . > My high hopes for this prestigious Netflix drama were squashed within the first half hour of the film. . I was not aware that it … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged arts, August Wilson, blues, Chadwick Boseman, cinema, criticism, drama, Fernando León de Aranoa, films, George C. Wolfe, ideas, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, movies, music, musicians, opinion, race, racism, reviews, Viola Davis | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (106): The Films of December 2020

Posted on July 30, 2021 by KPKeelan

. DECEMBER 2020! Seven 5-star classics! Bet that’s an all-time record. So without further ado… (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 … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged 20 Million Miles to Earth, A Night in Casablanca, action, African cinema, Alfred Hitchcock, aliens, Amanda Seyfried, Anne Bancroft, Anthony Franciosa, Anthony Hopkins, artists, arts, assassination, August Wilson, Benh Zeitlin, biography, blacksploitation, blues, Caoilinn Springall, Cary Grant, Chadwick Boseman, Chico Marx, Christianity, cinema, Citizen Kane, Claire Bloom, cold war, comedies, compromise, criticism, Crumbs, David Fincher, David Lynch, David O. Selznick, David Oyelowo, deformities, Demián Bichir, disaster films, drama, dysfunctional families, dystopia, exploitation, extremism, fantasy, Felicity Jones, films, Freddie Jones, Garson Kanin, Gary Oldman, George Clooney, George Cukor, George Roy Hill, Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Herman J. Mankiewicz, history, Hollywood, humanity, ideas, Incitement, Ingmar Bergman, Irene Dunn, Irving Thalberg, Israeli cinema, Jack Albertson, Jack Fincher, Jane Fonda, Jay Duplass, jazz, Jesus, Jim Hutton, John Forsythe, John Houseman, John Hurt, John McGiver, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Katherine Hepburn, Kevin Keelan, King Henry II, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Lois Nettleton, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, manhood, Mank, Marion Davies, marriage, Marx brothers, Max Von Sydow, mercenaries, movies, murder, music, musicals, My Favorite Wife, mythology, Netflix, new testament, Oakland, opinion, Orson Welles, outer space, Pedro Pascal, peril, Period of Adjustment, Peter O’Toole, Peter Pan, playwrights, post-apocalypse, power, Prospect, race, Radha Blank, rap, Ray Harryhausen, relationships, religion, reviews, Rod Taylor, romance, royalty, San Simeon, sci-fi, science fiction, screenwriting, screwball comedies, sex, sexuality, Shelley Winters, Sir John Gielgud, Sophie Tucker, Space is the Place, spies, Sun Ra, surrealism, Swedish cinema, Tennessee Williams, terrorism, The 40-Year-Old Version, the Bible, The Chapman Report, The Elephant Man, The Greatest Story Ever Told, The Lion in Winter, The Magician, The Midnight Sky, thrillers, Topaz, tragedy, Trent Reznor, true stories, Viola Davis, wealth, Wendy, Wendy Hiller, William Randolph Hearst, World Without End, writers | Leave a comment

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FLIX PIX (989): “MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM is Not What You Think”

KPK on the CINEMA (106): The Films of December 2020

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