Tag Archives: Canadian cinema

FLIX PIX (1206): “It’s One Man Versus HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS!”

Posted on March 16, 2024 by KPKeelan

HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS (directed by Mike Cheslik, 2024) *** (out of 5) . > Silly! Goofy! Wacky, surreal stuff! This movie is as loony as any film I’ve ever seen. . An obvious acolyte of fellow Canadian imagemaker Guy Maddin, Mike … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged arts, Canadian cinema, cinema, comedy, criticism, entertainment, films, Flix Pix, Hundreds of Beavers, ideas, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, melodrama, Mike Cheslik, movies, opinion, reviews, silent films, slapstick, surrealism | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (144): “The Films of FEBRUARY 2024”

Posted on March 1, 2024 by KPKeelan

. > 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 →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | 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 | Leave a comment

QuickPix (40): “Great DOCUMENTARIES For You to Savor, Vol. 9”

Posted on January 24, 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 adventure, art, Canadian cinema, cinema, conflict, control, criticism, entertainment, Everest, exploration, family secrets, films, George Mallory, ideas, Israel, Israeli cinema, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Liam Neeson, middle east, mountain climbing, movies, National Geographic, nature, opinion, Palestine, power, QuickPix, reviews, Sarah Polley, security, Stories We Tell, surveillance, The House I Live In, The Law in These Parts, The Wildest Dream | Leave a comment

QuickPix (1): “Great DRAMA For You to Savor, Vol. 1”

Posted on January 2, 2024 by KPKeelan

> Welcome to KPK’s “QuickPix”, a new feature here in KPKworld! > Enjoy these 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 … Continue reading →

Posted in QuickPix | Tagged Anna Rose Holmer, art, Canadian cinema, cinema, classics, criticism, drama, Elite Zexer, entertainment, films, healing, hysteria, ideas, Israeli cinema, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Marlon Brando, Monsieur Lazhar, Morituri, movies, opinion, QuickPix, reviews, Robert Wise, Sand Storm, suicide, teaching, The Fits, trauma, Trevor Howard, Wally Cox, William Redfeld, World War II, Yul Brynner | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (958): “Lunatic Filmmaker Guy Maddin Bids Us Enter THE FORBIDDEN ROOM”

Posted on December 11, 2022 by KPKeelan

THE FORBIDDEN ROOM (directed by Guy Maddin, 2015) ****+ (out of 5) . > Canada’s fractured genius Guy Maddin is absolutely one of a kind. No other filmmaker anywhere on the planet is in his lane. . Judging by his body … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged arts, Canadian cinema, Charlotte Rampling, cinema, criticism, entertainment, experimental film, films, Geraldine Chaplin, Guy Maddin, ideas, Isabella Rossellini, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Mathieu Amalric, movies, opinion, reviews, surrealism, The Forbidden Room, Udo Kier | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (661): “WAR WITCH and the Exploitation of Children For Political Ends”

Posted on July 15, 2022 by KPKeelan

WAR WITCH (directed by Kim Nguyen, 2012) **** (out of 5) . > This highly-praised Canadian Best Foreign Film entry to the Oscars was as good as the critics said it was. . Devastatingly good. . I’ve been waiting for … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged arts, Canadian cinema, child abuse, child soldiers, cinema, criticism, cruelty, drama, exploitation, films, ideas, Kevin Keelan, Kim Nguyen, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, opinion, reviews, violence, War Witch | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (597): “MOMMY is a Difficult But Rewarding Drama”

Posted on June 13, 2022 by KPKeelan

MOMMY (directed by Xavier Dolan, 2014) **** (out of 5) . > This French-Canadian import is a difficult film about raising a “difficult” child through his most difficult period. . MOMMY is set in a near-future, when Canada has amended … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged Anne Dorval, art, Canadian cinema, children, cinema, criticism, drama, family, films, ideas, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, life, love, Mommy, movies, opinion, relationships, reviews, Suzanne Clément, Xavier Dolan | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (117): The Films of November 2021

Posted on January 27, 2022 by KPKeelan

. > Love and war, heartless big business, off-kilter spiritual claptrap, a visit to the French countryside, ethics and morality, obsession, crime and racism… Life has a lot going on! (All films are rated on a 5 star basis and … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged absurdism, accidents, adaptations, aging, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Alexander Mackendrick, Amazon, Andrzej Wajda, Antonio Banderas, artists, arts, Ashes and Diamonds, assassins, Benedict Cumberbatch, biography, Burgess Meredith, Burt Lancaster, business, Canadian cinema, choices, cinema, Cinema Verite, classics, Coda, comedy, competitiveness, corruption, couples, Cousin Jules, crime, criticism, cyberbullies, David D'Amato, David Farrier, death, Denis Villeneuve, documentaries, Dominique Benicheti, drama, Ed Begley, England, English cinema, entertainment, exploitation, fantasy, Felice Guiteaux, fetishes, film, film noir, filmmaking, forgiveness, fraud, French cinema, George Bernard Shaw, George C. Scott, Glenn Corbett, guilt, Gun Crazy, Guy Hamilton, harassment, humor, ideas, illness, inventors, investigative journalism, irony, James Shigeta, John Dall, Jules Guiteaux, Julie Christie, Kevin Keelan, Kirk Douglas, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, life, Los Angeles, love, Maelström, manslaughter, Marie-Josée Croze, metaphor, Mexican cinema, morals, movies, murder, mysticism, nature, New Zealand cinema, obsession, opinion, Pain and Glory, pathos, patterns, Pedro Almodovar, Peggy Cummins, Penelope Cruz, period pieces, perversion, Petulia, plays, Polish cinema, quests, race, redemption, reviews, Richard Chamberlain, Richard Lester, Rod Serling, romance, Russ Tamblyn, sacrifice, Samuel Beckett, social satire, soldiers, Spanish cinema, spirituality, surrealism, symbolism, The Crimson Kimono, The Devil’s Disciple, The Electrical Life of Louis Wain, The Holy Mountain, the seasons, Tickled, time, tradition, tragedy, TV dramas, values, Van Heflin, violence, Waiting for Godot, Walter Burke, work, World War II, Zero Mostel | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (115): The Films of September 2021

Posted on November 13, 2021 by KPKeelan

. > THREE 4-and-a-half star movies? That’s a bountiful month! (All films are rated on a 5-star basis and must be over a decade old to get 5 stars.) Titles in purple have been expanded for Flix Pix columns. This … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged 9-11, A Quiet Place Part II, Al-Qaeda, aliens, American politics, arts, Bartosz Bielenia, Benedict Cumberbatch, biography, Body Double, Brian de Palma, buddies, Canada, Canadian cinema, Canadian history, Cillian Murphy, cinema, comedy, coming of age, conspiracies, Corpus Christi, corruption, Craig Wasson, crime, criticism, Cutter’s Way, detective stories, Djimon Hounsou, drama, Emily Blunt, enhanced interrogation, entertainment, extreme rendition, fantasy, films, forgiveness, fraud, genius, gig economy, Gitmo, homeland security, horror, horses, humor, ideas, imposters, inmates, Jane Wyman, Jeff Bridges, Jodie Foster, John Heard, John Krasinski, justice, Kevin Keelan, Kevin Macdonald, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Lapsis, Lee J. Cobb, Los Angeles, Love and Monsters, Matthew Rankin, Melanie Griffith, melodrama, military, Millicent Simmonds, Mohamedou Ould Salahi, morality, movies, murder, noir, opinion, policy, Polish cinema, prisoners, punishment, rehabilitation, religion, revenge, reviews, romance, San Francisco, satire, sci-fi, science fiction, Shailene Woodley, spirituality, surrealism, suspence, suspense, technology, terrorism, The Man Who Cheated Himself, The Mauritanian, The Mustang, The Twentieth Century, thrillers, torture, true stories, violence, war crimes, war on terror | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (97): The Films of March 2020

Posted on July 21, 2021 by KPKeelan

. March 2020 came in like a lamb… went out like a lion! This world we have taken for granted may never be the same again. One good thing about this social distancing, shelter in place era… Plenty of time … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged addiction, adventure, Africa, Agnes Moorehead, Amazon Prime, American Film Institute, animal abuse, Anne Wiazemsky, Arthur Laurents, Au Hasard Balthazar, ballooning, Barbary Coast, Bernhard Goetzke, Brian Keith, British cinema, brutality, burlesque, Canadian cinema, Captain Ahab, cattle, Charlotte Rampling, Clara Bow, classics, Come Inside My Mind, comedians, cowboys, crime, Crimean War, Dark Passage, David Hemmings, Delmer Daves, documentaries, Dr. Mabuse The Gambler, drama, Eddie Redmayne, Edward G. Robinson, Errol Morris, experimental film, families, farmers, farming, Felicity Jones, film noir, filmmaking, French cinema, Fritz Lang, Geraldine Chaplin, Guy Maddin, Gypsy, Gypsy Rose Lee, history, Humphrey Bogart, hypnotism, Ida Lupino, Isabella Rossellini, Jack Elam, Jack London, James Stewart, Jean Renoir, John Barrymore, John Garfield, John Gielgud, Jule Styne, Juliet Mills, Karl Malden, Lauren Bacall, Les Blank, Lewy Body Dementia, life, Mathieu Amalric, Maureen O’Hara, Michael Curtiz, military disasters, Moby Dick, murder, musicals, mysteries, Natalie Wood, Night Must Fall, Parkinson's disease, pirates, Poor Little Rich Girl, Robert Bresson, Robert Montgomery, Robin Williams, romance, Rosalind Russell, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, rural America, San Francisco, short films, showbusiness, silent films, Stephen Sondheim, storytelling, strippers, success, suicide, surrealism, survival, Tabu, The Aeronauts, The Charge of the Light Brigade, the Criterion Channel, The Forbidden Room, The Rare Breed, The Sea Wolf, The Southerner, thrillers, Tony Richardson, Trevor Howard, Udo Kier, Vanessa Redgrave, Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe, westerns | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Canadian cinema

FLIX PIX (1206): “It’s One Man Versus HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS!”

KPK on the CINEMA (144): “The Films of FEBRUARY 2024”

QuickPix (40): “Great DOCUMENTARIES For You to Savor, Vol. 9”

QuickPix (1): “Great DRAMA For You to Savor, Vol. 1”

FLIX PIX (958): “Lunatic Filmmaker Guy Maddin Bids Us Enter THE FORBIDDEN ROOM”

FLIX PIX (661): “WAR WITCH and the Exploitation of Children For Political Ends”

FLIX PIX (597): “MOMMY is a Difficult But Rewarding Drama”

KPK on the CINEMA (115): The Films of September 2021

KPK on the CINEMA (97): The Films of March 2020

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