Tag Archives: Clifford Odets

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

FLIX PIX (808): “THE BIG KNIFE Eviscerates the Hollywood Star-Making Machine”

Posted on September 27, 2022 by KPKeelan

THE BIG KNIFE (directed by Robert Aldrich, 1955) *** (out of 5) . > This overheated melodrama about the soul-killing star-making machinery of Hollywood must have been considered pretty tough and cynical in the mid-50’s. . It seems cloyingly naive and … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged art, cinema, Clifford Odets, criticism, fame, films, Hollywood, ideas, Jack Palance, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, opinion, reviews, Robert Aldrich, satire, stardom, The Big Knife | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (759): “Clifford Odets Looks at THE COUNTRY GIRL”

Posted on September 2, 2022 by KPKeelan

THE COUNTRY GIRL (directed by George Seaton, 1954) **** (out of 5) . > Theatrical director Bernie Dodd (William Holden in a very similar role to S.O.B.), has a problem. . His new musical is set to open soon, and the … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged alcoholism, art, Bing Crosby, cinema, Clifford Odets, criticism, drama, films, George Seaton, Grace Kelly, ideas, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, opinion, performers, reviews, The Country Girl, William Holden | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (85): The Films of March 2019

Posted on July 9, 2021 by KPKeelan

. March!! (I take neither blame nor credit.) Go forward, Time! (Not like we can do much about it anyway…) (All ratings are on a 5 star scale. Note that a classic only becomes a classic after a decade or more.) … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged action, Arctic, Ari Aster, art, Arthur Penn, Beautiful Boy, Beethoven, Ben Affleck, biography, Bonnie and Clyde, Brian de Palma, capers, cartooning, Charlie Human, China, Chris Pine, cinema, Clifford Odets, cold war, crime, death, disability, Don’t Worry, drama, England, espionage, exploitation, families, filmmakers, filmmaking, films, Florence Pugh, Friedrich Shiller, Funeral in Berlin, Gabriel Byrne, Garrett Hedlund, Gladys Aylward, grief, Gus Van Sant, Harry Palmer, He Won’t Get Far On Foot, heists, Hereditary, history, hitmen, Hollywood, horror, Iceland, Ida Lupino, ideas, infidelity, Ingmar Bergman, Ingrid Bergman, Jack Black, Jack Palance, Joaquin Phoenix, John Callahan, Jonah Hill, Kathy Bates, Kevin Costner, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, law enforcement, loss, love, Mads Mikkelsen, Maria Bello, melodrama, Michael Caine, Michael Sheen, Miss Macbeth, movies, music, Netflix, opinion, Oscar Isaac, Outlaw King, Pedro Pascal, period pieces, Polar, power, relationships, reviews, Robert Donat, Robert the Bruce, Rod Steiger, romance, royalty, Scotland, secret agents, sex, Shelley Winters, spies, Stig Olin, studio moguls, success, suicide, supernatural, survival, The Big Knife, The Highwaymen, The Inn of the Sixth Happiness, thrillers, To Joy, Toni Collette, tragedy, Triple Frontier, violence, webcomics, wilderness, William Sadler, Woody | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Clifford Odets

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

FLIX PIX (808): “THE BIG KNIFE Eviscerates the Hollywood Star-Making Machine”

FLIX PIX (759): “Clifford Odets Looks at THE COUNTRY GIRL”

KPK on the CINEMA (85): The Films of March 2019

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