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FLIX PIX (848): “I Have Long Been Curious About I AM CURIOUS (YELLOW)”

Posted on October 17, 2022 by KPKeelan

I AM CURIOUS (YELLOW) (directed by Vilgot Sjöman, 1967) **** (out of 5) . > I remember when this scandalous European shocker hit the L.A. art houses around 1970- the way this got the nation’s knickers in a twist! . Well, … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged arts, attitudes, banned films, censorship, cinema, controversy, criticism, culture, entertainment, erotica, films, I Am Curious (Yellow), ideas, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Lena Nyman, movies, opinion, reviews, sex, sexuality, socialism, Swedish cinema, Vilgot Sjöman | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (649): “THE SALESMAN is More Fine Humanistic Filmmaking From Iran’s Asghar Farhadi”

Posted on July 9, 2022 by KPKeelan

THE SALESMAN (directed by Asghar Farhadi, 2016) **** (out of 5) . > More fine Iranian cinema from Asghar Farhadi who gave the world ABOUT ELLY and A SEPARATION. . Both are absolutely fine, thoughtful films about real people in … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged actors, arts, Asghar Farhadi, cinema, controversy, criticism, Death of a Salesman, drama, films, forgiveness, ideas, Iranian cinema, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, opinion, revenge, reviews, The Oscars, The Salesman | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (615): “TRUTH Hasn’t Got Much to Say About Truth”

Posted on June 22, 2022 by KPKeelan

(directed by James Vanderbilt, 2015) *** (out of 5) . > This fact-based drama tells the story of the fall of CBS News anchor Dan Rather, after reporting questionable stories about George W. Bush’s questionable military history. . The explosive … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged art, biography, Cate Blanchett, cinema, controversy, criticism, Dan Rather, films, history, ideas, James Vanderbilt, journalism, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Mary Mapes, movies, news, newscasters, opinion, reviews, Robert Redford, scandal, truth | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (590): “MAKING THE BOYS (in the Band)”

Posted on June 10, 2022 by KPKeelan

MAKING THE BOYS (directed by Crayton Robey, 2009) ***+ (out of 5) . > This illuminating documentary about the making of Mart Crowley’s groundbreaking gay themed play and subsequent movie was very enlightening indeed. . I lived through this era, … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged AIDS, art, cinema, controversy, Crayton Robey, criticism, documentaries, films, homosexuality, ideas, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Making the Boys, Mart Crawley, movies, opinion, plays, reviews, The Boys in the Band, theatre | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (535): “BEING ELMO: A PUPPETEER’S JOURNEY with Kevin Clash”

Posted on May 13, 2022 by KPKeelan

BEING ELMO: A Puppeteer’s Journey (directed by Constance A. Marks, 2011) *** (out of 5) . > This loving documentary is a great, grinning pleasure to watch. . It’s hard not to love the story of a dreamy but talented kid … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged art, Being Elmo, cinema, Constance A. Marks, controversy, criticism, drama, films, Frank Oz, ideas, Jim Henson, Kermit Love, Kevin Clash, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, opinion, puppetry, puppets, reviews, The Muppets | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (99): The Films of May 2020

Posted on July 23, 2021 by KPKeelan

. MAY 2020 and the “shelter-in-place” lockdown drones on… Seeing boatloads of great films, but too much sitting down! Starting to feel like the film reviewer’s equivalent of John Lennon’s complaint “I’ve got blisters on me fingers!”- only that’s not … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Brighter Summer Day, Akira Kurosawa, Alfred Molina, Anne Bancroft, art, Arthur C. Clarke, Arthur Hiller, bank robberies, banned films, Ben Gazzara, capers, censorship, cinema, classics, Claudette Colbert, comedies, coming of age, Constance Towers, controversy, crime, criticism, Dan Duryea, Dean Stockwell, death, Denholm Elliott, Dick Shawn, divorce, drama, drug dealing, Ed Asner, Ed Begley, Edward G. Robinson, Edward Young, Emil Jannings, England, environmental illness, erotica, ethics, experimental film, families, family, family films, fantasy, Fay Wray, feudal Japan, feudalism, film noir, films, folklore, French cinema, Fritz Lang, futurism, gangs, Gary Oldman, Geoffrey Chaucer, German cinema, grief, H. G. Welles, HAL, HarBel Productions, Harry Belafonte, heists, Holy Rollers, horror, humanity, I Am Curious (Yellow), ideas, Imitation of Life, injustice, Irène Jacob, irony, Italian cinema, Japanese cinema, jealousy, Jean Louis Trintignant, Jesse Eisenberg, Joan Bennett, Joel McCrea, John Ford, John Wayne, Jonathan Winters, Joseph Losey, Julianne Moore, Julie Delpy, Juliette Binoche, justice, Justin Bartha, Keir Dullea, Kenji Mizoguchi, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Krzysztof Piesiewicz, Lena Nyman, Louise Beavers, love, masterpieces, Meantime, metaphor, Mike Leigh, miracles, morality, murder, Natalie Wood, Ned Sparks, obsession, Odds Against Tomorrow, opinion, Orthodox Jews, Pat O'Brien, peace, Penelope, people, Peter Bogdanovich, Peter Falk, Phil Daniels, Pier Pasolini, pimps, power, racism, revenge, reviews, Robert Ryan, Robert Wise, Roland Young, romance, Ronin, Safe, Saint Jack, samurai, Sanjuro, Sansho the Bailiff, Scarlet Street, science fiction, sex, sexuality, silent films, Singapore, slavery, smuggling, socialism, Stanley Kubrick, suicide, suspense, Swedish cinema, Sydney Pollack, Taiwan, Telly Savalas, Thatcherism, The Boy With Green Hair, The Canterbury Tales, The Circus, the Civil War, The Horse Soldiers, The Man Who Could Work Miracles, The Most Dangerous Game, The Slender Thread, Three Colours: Blue, Three Colours: Red, Three Colours: White, Tim Roth, Todd Haynes, Toshiro Mifune, tragedy, trilogies, Turner Classic Movies, Variety, Vilgot Sjöman, violence, William Holden, women, World War II, youth, Zbigniew Zamachowski | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (83): The Films of January 2019

Posted on July 7, 2021 by KPKeelan

. ALL HAIL A NEW YEAR OF MOVIES, MOVIES, MOVIES! (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 Flix Pix columns. … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged Abbas Kiarostami, action, adoption, aging, Aiden Gillen, AIDS, allegations, Amanda Seyfried, American history, Angela Lansbury, animation, Anthony Mackie, art, Barry Jenkins, Ben Whishaw, Benecio del Toro, Benedict Cumberbatch, biography, bisexuality, Black Panther, Black Widow, Blake Lively, Bohemian Rhapsody, Bradley Cooper, Brazilian cinema, Brian May, Brue Dern, Bryan Singer, Captain America, Chadwick Boseman, Chappaquiddick, childhood, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Chris Pratt, cinema, class, Colin Firth, comic books, conservation, controversy, courtroom dramas, crime, crisis, D.O.A., dancing, Dave Bautista, David Fletcher, David Ives, David Warner, degradation, Dick Van Dyke, Disney, Disneynature, Doctor Strange, Don Cheadle, drama, ecology, Ed Helms, Edmund O’Brien, Edward Kennedy, Elizabeth Olsen, Ellen Burstyn, Emily Blunt, Emily Mortimer, Emma Stone, Emmanuelle Seigner, England, environment, Ethan Hawke, ethics, excess, fame, families, fantasy, fertility, film noir, films, First Reformed, Freddy Mercury, French cinema, gender, Ghost in the Mountains, Golden Globes, Guardians of the Galaxy, Gwilym Lee, Gwyneth Paltrow, Harrison Ford, historical drama, HIV, Idris Elba, If Beale Street Could Talk, immortality, inequality, Infinity War, Io, Iranian cinema, Iron Man, Israeli cinema, James Baldwin, James Cromwell, Japanese cinema, Jason Clarke, Jim Gaffigan, Joe Kennedy, Josh Brolin, Josh Gad, Judaism, Julie Waters, justice, Kate Hudson, Kate Mara, Kathryn Hahn, Kevin Keelan, KiKi Layne, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Live Aid, love, Mark Ruffalo, Marshall, Marvel Studios, Mary Jo Kopechene, Mary Poppins Returns, Mathieu Amalric, Meryl Streep, Michiel Huisman, Mike Meyers, morality, movies, murder, music, musicals, musicians, nature, Netflix, Nicholas Hoult, Olivia Colman, opinion, Oscars, P.T. Travers, Paul Bettany, Paul Giamatti, Paul Schrader, period pieces, Peter Dinklage, photography, politics, power, Private Life, Queen, Queen Anne, race, Rachel Weisz, racism, Rami Malek, rape, relationships, religion, reviews, rivalry, Robert Downey Jr., rock 'n' Roll, Roman Polanski, romance, S & M, San Francisco, Scarlett Johansson, science fiction, Senator Ted Kennedy, sequels, sex, sexism, sexuality, Shoplifters, singing, snow leopards, Spider-Man, spirituality, Stan Lee, Stephan James, Sterling K. Brown, success, suicide, superheroes, Tamara Jenkins, Taste of Cherry, terrorism, Thanos, The Age of Adaline, The Avengers, The Favourite, The Hulk, The Second Mother, The Women’s Balcony, Thor, Thurgood Marshall, Tom Holland, tragedy, Venus in Fur, Vin Diesel, Vision, War Machine, wildlife, William Hurt, Yorgos Lanthimos, Zoe Saldana | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (70): “Wear Your Hazmat Suit When Wading Into WETLANDS!”

Posted on June 24, 2021 by KPKeelan

WETLANDS (directed by David Wnendt, 2013) **** (out of 5) . > I loved this film! No. Wait. I hated this film! It was excruciating to watch. No. Wait. It was crazy fun! It’s… complicated. . Of the 5,000+ films I’ve seen in my life, WETLANDS was, … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged Carla Juri, cinema, comedy, controversy, criticism, David Wnendt, entertainment, film criticism, films, German cinema, humor, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, opinion, reviews, suggestions, vulgarity, Wetlands | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: controversy

FLIX PIX (848): “I Have Long Been Curious About I AM CURIOUS (YELLOW)”

FLIX PIX (649): “THE SALESMAN is More Fine Humanistic Filmmaking From Iran’s Asghar Farhadi”

FLIX PIX (615): “TRUTH Hasn’t Got Much to Say About Truth”

FLIX PIX (590): “MAKING THE BOYS (in the Band)”

FLIX PIX (535): “BEING ELMO: A PUPPETEER’S JOURNEY with Kevin Clash”

KPK on the CINEMA (99): The Films of May 2020

KPK on the CINEMA (83): The Films of January 2019

FLIX PIX (70): “Wear Your Hazmat Suit When Wading Into WETLANDS!”

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