Tag Archives: Chilean cinema

FLIX PIX (1199): “EL CONDE: A Vampire Preys Upon the Chilean People””

Posted on February 23, 2024 by KPKeelan

EL CONDE (directed by Pablo Larraín’, 2023) *** (out of 5) . > Chilean director Pablo Larraín’s dark fantasy recasts the brutal dictator Augusto Pinochet as a 250-year-old vampire. To the people who suffered under his brutal regime, that’s must sound … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged arts, Augusto Pinochet, black comedy, Chilean cinema, cinema, corruption, criticism, El Conde, entertainment, films, Flix Pix, horror, ideas, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, opinion, Pablo Larraín, Paula Luchsinger, political satire, reviews, supernatural, The Count, vampires | 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 (39): “Great DRAMA For You to Savor, Vol. 13”

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 Anna Karina, biography, Byambasuren Davaa, change, Chile, Chilean cinema, class, coming of age, culture, docu-dramas, experimental film, French cinema, Jean Luc Godard, Machuca, Mongolia, My Life to Live, new wave, nomads, teenage sexuality, The Cave of the Yellow Dog, tradition, Vivre Sa Vie | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (1039): “NOSTALGIA FOR THE LIGHT: Astronomy and the Mothers of the Disappeared”

Posted on March 25, 2023 by KPKeelan

NOSTALGIA FOR THE LIGHT (directed by Patricio Guzmán, 2010) ****+ (out of 5) . > I remember noticing this title at the top of the heap as the best reviewed film in release at that moment. . It scored a 9.2, if … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged arts, astronomy, Atacama Desert, Augusto Pinochet, Chile, Chilean cinema, cinema, criticism, dictators, documentaries, films, forensics, genocide, grief, history, ideas, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, mothers of the disappeared, mourning, movies, Nostalgia For the Light, opinion, Patricio Guzmán, reviews, science, South America, tragedy | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (707): “Jodorowsky is Back With ENDLESS POETRY”

Posted on August 7, 2022 by KPKeelan

ENDLESS POETRY (directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky, 2016) *** (out of 5) . > A big fan of art house filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky, I was not a big fan of this film. It had its magic, but this second chapter of his … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged Alejandro Jodorowsky, art, biography, Chilean cinema, cinema, coming of age, criticism, Endless Poetry, families, films, ideas, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, opinion, poetry, reviews, surrealism, symbolism, youth | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (593): “NERUDA: Celebrated Poet, Flawed Man”

Posted on June 11, 2022 by KPKeelan

NERUDA (directed by Pablo Larraín, 2016) ***+ (out of 5) . > Stylish, stylized retelling of the cat-and-mouse game the celebrated Chilean poet and Communist politician played with dictator Augusto Pinochet’s secret police. . It’s kind of a noir affair- … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged art, Augusto Pinochet, biography, Chilean cinema, cinema, criticism, films, ideas, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Luis Gnecco, movies, Neruda, opinion, Pablo Larraín, Pablo Neruda, poets, politics, reviews | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (343): “GLORIA is Glorious”

Posted on February 6, 2022 by KPKeelan

GLORIA (directed by Sebastián Lelio, 2013) ***+ (out of 5) . > What’s not to love about Gloria? . Girls just want to have fun, and Gloria is no exception. Divorced with grown children, our Chilean heroine has a lot of life left … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged aging, Chilean cinema, criticism, films, Gloria, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, love, movies, opinion, Paulina Garcia, reviews, Sebastián Lelio, Sergio Hernández, sex, women | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (110): The Films of April 2021

Posted on August 3, 2021 by KPKeelan

. Oscar season! O rapture. (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 Flix Pix columns.) > This month I review the … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged #MeToo, A Man For All Seasons, abuse, action, addiction, aging, Aida?, alcohol, alcoholism, ambition, Americans, Andra day, animation, Another Round, Australian cinema, Bertrand Tavernier, big agra, biography, blockbusters, Bo Burnham, Bosnian cinema, brotherhood, Bruce Beresford, campers, capitalism, Carey Mulligan, caste system, Catholic church, childbirth, childhood, Chilean cinema, Chloé Zhao, Chris Pratt, Christopher Nolan, class, Clémence Poésy, Collective, comedies, coming of age, conscience, corruption, crime, criminals, Danish cinema, David Straithairn, death, Death Watch, Disney, documentaries, drama, dramas, drinking, drugs, dying, economic refugees, economics, Ed Harris, elderly, Ellen Burstyn, England, ethnic cleansing, family, family drama, fantasy, farming, fires, Francis McDormand, French cinema, Fritz Lang, Garrett Hedlund, gay films, gender, genocide, George MacKay, George Patton, globalism, government, grief, grieving, Harry Dean Stanton, Harvey Keitel, Helena Zengel, Henry Fonda, Himesh Patel, historical drama, Holocaust, humanity, identity, India, itinerant workers, Jasna Đuričić, jazz, Jesse Eisenberg, Jews, John David Washington, John Hurt, John Ratzenberger, journalism, justice, Kanopy, Kenneth Branagh, King Henry VIII, Klaus Barbie, Korean immigrants, Lee Daniels, legends, Leo McKern, lesbians, Leslie Jordan, love, Mads Mikkelsen, Marcel Marceau, mass murder, Matthias Schweighöfer, media, medical fraud, Michael Caine, midwives, Minari, musicians, Natasha Lyonne, Nazis, Netflix, News of the World, Nicholas Hoult, noir, Nomadland, nursing homes, Octavia Spencer, Onward, Paul Greengrass, Paul Scofield, peer pressure, people, persecution, Pieces of a Woman, Pixar, politics, Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Promising Young Woman, Puberty Blues, Quo Vadis, racism, rape, rebellion, rebels, relationships, reporters, resistance, revenge, Robert Bolt, Robert Pattinson, Robert Shaw, romance, Romanian cinema, Romy Schneider, Russell Crowe, satire, sci-fi, science fiction, sex, sexism, Shia LaBeouf, social criticism, Strange Fruit, success, supernatural, surf culture, survival, Susannah York, Sylvia Sidney, Tallulah Bankhead, Tenent, The Mole Agent, the press, The True History of the Kelly Gang, The United States Vs. Billie Holiday, The White Tiger, Thomas Vinterberg, Tom Hanks, Tom Holland, Tracey Ullman, tragedy, Trevante Rhodes, Vanessa Kirby, Vanessa Redgrave, violence, visual effects, war crimes, We the Animals, Wendy Hiller, westerns, World War II, You Only Live Once, youth | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (101): The Films of July 2020

Posted on July 25, 2021 by KPKeelan

. > 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 →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | 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 | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (78): The Films of August 2018

Posted on July 2, 2021 by KPKeelan

. A busy cinema month for me. Looks like the dark stories in TALE OF TALES impressed me the most. I love that twisted storybook stuff… (All ratings are on a 5 star scale. Note that a classic only becomes a … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged Agnès Varda, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Alfred Hitchcock, All The Money in the World, Amadeus, animals, Antonio Salieri, Armie Hammer, art, artists, Ben Bradley, biography, Bob Odenkirk, Bradley Whitford, Call Me By Your Name, Chantal Goya, Chilean cinema, chimps, Christopher Plummer, cinema, cold war, comedy, crime, criticism, cult films, Cynthia Nixon, Daniel Day-Lewis, Daniel Ellsberg, David Cross, designers, Director’s Cut, documentaries, Dominique Pinon, drama, Elizabeth Berridge, Elizabeth Olsen, Encke King, Endless Poetry, F. Murray Abraham, fairytales, family films, fantasy, fashion, filmmakers, filmmaking, films, François Truffaut, French cinema, friendship, Giambattista Basile, gore, graphic novels, Harry Palmer, Helena Bonham Carter, history, Hitchcock Truffaut, Hollywood, homosexuality, horror, humans, humor, I Tonya, ideas, Italian cinema, J. Paul Getty, Jacques Cluzaud, Jacques Perrin, James Ivory, Jane, Jane Goodall, Jean Luc Godard, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Jeffrey Jones, Jeremy Renner, João Pedro Rodrigues, John Barry, John C. Reilly, John Steuart Curry, JR, Judy Davis, Justin Long, Kenneth McMillan, Kenny Baker, Kevin Keelan, Kevin Smith, Kevin Spacey, kidnapping, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Los Angeles Plays Itself, love, Marc Caro, Mark Wahlberg, Masculin Féminin, Matteo Garrone, melodrama, Meryl Streep, Michael Caine, Michael Perkins, Michelle Williams, Miloš Forman, mime, moviemaking, movies, murder, Nancy Kerrigan, Nat Turner, Nate Parker, National Geographic, nature, new wave, opera, Paul Hamy, Paul Thomas Anderson, period pieces, Peter Shaffer, Phantom Thread, photography, politics, pop culture, Portuguese cinema, privilege, puppetry, reviews, Ridley Scott, romance, Salma Hayek, Sarah Paulson, satire, Simon Callow, slavery, spies, Steven Spielberg, stories, style, surrealism, suspense, Tale of Tales, the 1960’s, The Birth of a Nation, The Circus, The Ipcress File, The Ornithologist, the Pentagon Papers, The Post, the sexes, the Washington Post, The Young and Prodigious T. S. Spivet, Thom Andersen, thrillers, Timothée Chalamet, Timothy Hutton, Toby Jones, Tom Hanks, Tom Hulce, Tonya Harding, Tracy Letts, Tusk, Vincent Cassel, Vincent Schiaveli, wealth, wildlife, Wind River, Winged Migration, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Chilean cinema

FLIX PIX (1199): “EL CONDE: A Vampire Preys Upon the Chilean People””

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

QuickPIX (39): “Great DRAMA For You to Savor, Vol. 13”

FLIX PIX (1039): “NOSTALGIA FOR THE LIGHT: Astronomy and the Mothers of the Disappeared”

FLIX PIX (707): “Jodorowsky is Back With ENDLESS POETRY”

FLIX PIX (593): “NERUDA: Celebrated Poet, Flawed Man”

FLIX PIX (343): “GLORIA is Glorious”

KPK on the CINEMA (101): The Films of July 2020

KPK on the CINEMA (78): The Films of August 2018

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