Tag Archives: Donald Sutherland

FLIX PIX (1139): “THE GREEN FOG Sees Hitchcock’s VERTIGO Through Guy Maddin’s Eyes”

Posted on October 25, 2023 by KPKeelan

THE GREEN FOG (directed by Guy Maddin, 2017) ****+ (out of 5) . > Leave it to experimental alchemist Guy Maddin to come up with a wholly new way to assemble a movie. . The congenital outlier from Canada breaks his … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged Alfred Hitchcock, Anthony Franciosia, Anthony Quinn, arts, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Chuck Norris, cinema, criticism, Dean Martin, Diane Lane, documentaries, Donald Sutherland, Doris Day, entertainment, experimental film, experimental films, Faye Dunnaway, films, Flix Pix, genius, Glenn Close, Guy Maddin, Humphrey Bogart, ideas, Jack Palance, Jacob Garchik, Janet Leigh, Jeff Bridges, Jim Brown, Joan Crawford, John Saxon, Justin Timberlake, Karl Malden, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Kronos Quartet, Lauren Bacall, Lee Remick, Martin Landau, mashups, Meg Ryan, Mel Brooks, Melanie Griffith, Michael Douglas, movies, opinion, reviews, Richard Basehart, Richard Gere, Rock Hudson, Sally Field, Sally Kellerman, Sandra Bullock, Sandra Dee, The Green Fog, Tony Curtis, tributes, Vertigo, Zsa Zsa Gabor | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (915): “Pioneering Black Filmmaker Euzhan Palcy Directs A DRY WHITE SEASON”

Posted on November 19, 2022 by KPKeelan

A DRY WHITE SEASON (directed by Euzhan Palcy, 1989) **** (out of 5) . > Donald Sutherland, Marlon Brando, Susan Sarandon and Jürgen Prochnow team up in the first film Hollywood ever entrusted to a black female director. . Euzhan Palcy … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged A Dry White Season, apartheid, arts, bigotry, cinema, corruption, courtroom drama, criticism, Donald Sutherland, entertainment, equality, Euzhan Palcy, films, ideas, injustice, Jürgen Prochnow, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Marlon Brando, movies, opinion, prejudice, racism, reviews, social justice, South Africa, Susan Sarandon | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (123): “The Films of May 2022”

Posted on August 31, 2022 by KPKeelan

. > MAY 2022. Months overdue, but this baby is delivered! (All films are rated on a 5-star basis and must be over a decade old to get 5 stars.) > This month I review the following 10 films: KELLY’S … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged action, Adolfo Celi, adventure, Adventures of Don Juan, Alan Hale, Alfred Molina, Andrew Garfield, Anya Taylor-Joy, Ben Hecht, Benedict Cumberbatch, black comedy, Burgess Meredith, Carol O’Connor, Carole Lombard, Charles Boyer, class, classics, Cliff Robertson, Clint Eastwood, Cluny Brown, comedies, comedy, comics, crime, David O. Selznick, Diana Rigg, Don Rickles, Donald Sutherland, Dorothy Parker, drama, Ernst Lubitsch, Errol Flynn, Eva Marie Saint, Eve Arden, Exodus, fantasy, Fredric March, Gavin MacLeod, gender, George S. Kaufman, Harry Dean Stanton, Hattie McDaniel, heists, historical epics, Israel, Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Jones, Jews, Kelly’s Heroes, Last Night in Soho, Lee J. Cobb, London, Maggie Smith, Margaret Hamilton, Marisa Tomei, marriage, Marvel, Melvyn Douglas, Merle Oberon, Moss Hart, murder, mystery, Nothing Sacred, Otto Preminger, Paul Newman, Peter Lawford, Peter Parker, Ralph Richardson, Raymond Burr, relationships, Rex Harrison, Richard Haydn, Ring Lardner Jr., Rita Tushingham, romance, Sal Mineo, scams, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Spain, Spider-Man: No Way Home, superheroes, supernatural, Susan Hayward, suspense, swashbuckling, swordplay, Telly Savalas, Terence Stamp, That Uncertain Feeling, The Honey Pot, Thomas Haden Church, Thomasin McKenzie, Tobey Maguire, Tom Holland, Una O'Connor, Willem Dafoe, William Wellman, World War II, Zendaya | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (735): “Bertolucci Revisits 1900”

Posted on August 21, 2022 by KPKeelan

1900 (directed by Bernardo Bertolucci , 1976) **** (out of 5) . > When the great Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci passed away, I decided to make a point of seeking out his films that had evaded my attention. . I had … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged 1900, art, Bernando Bertolucci, Burt Lancaster, cinema, criticism, Dominique Sanda, Donald Sutherland, Ennio Morricone, films, Gérard Depardieu, ideas, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, opinion, reviews, Robert De Niro, Sterling Hayden | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (118): The Films of December 2021

Posted on February 20, 2022 by KPKeelan

. > Another December- another year-end rush of great movies! (All films are rated on a 5 star basis and must be over a decade old to get 5 stars.) > This month I have some fun reviewing the following … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged 007, A Rainy Day in New York, Aardman Studios, absurdism, abuse, action, Adam McKay, addiction, Adrien Brody, Alejandro Jodorowsky, animation, Anjelica Huston, Anthony Bourdain, Ariana Grande, Arthur Hiller, Ashleigh Banfield, Australian cinema, B-movies, Ben Whishaw, Beneath the Planet of the Apes, Benedict Cumberbatch, Benicio Del Toro, Bill Murray, biography, Bob Balaban, Bob Cummings, brainwashing, British secret service, California, Cartoon Salon, Cate Blanchett, Charlton Heston, Cherry Jones, childhood, children, children of deaf adults, Chris Evans, Christoph Waltz, cinema, Coda, comedies, comedy, coming of age, conflict, conformity, cooking, corporate influence, criticism, culture, Dakota Johnson, Daniel Craig, death, Demián Bichir, depression, Diego Luna, Diego Maradona, Dirk Bogarde, disaster films, documentaries, Don Pedro Colley, Donald Sutherland, Don’t Look Up, Down’s Syndrome, drama, economics, Edward Norton, Elisabeth Moss, Elle Fanning, Emilia Jones, English cinema, entertainment, Ernst Lubitsch, espionage, estrangement, Eugenio Derbez, experimentation, exploitation, families, family, family drama, Fando y Lis, fantasy, fate, Filippo Scotti, film criticism, filmmaking, films, folktales, football, forgiveness, Frances McDormand, friendship, German cinema, global warming, grief, Henry Winkler, Hermione Gingold, Himesh Patel, humor, Ian Fleming, ideas, improvisation, independent films, individuality, Irish cinema, Irish folklore, isolation, Italian cinema, Italy, James Bond, James Franciscus, Jane Campion, Jason Schwartzman, Jeffrey Wright, Jennifer Lawrence, Jesse Plemons, John Cassavetes, John Hawkes, Jonah Hill, Jude Law, Julieta, Karl Malden, Keenan Wynn, Keith Carradine, Kevin Keelan, Kiersten Dunst, Kodi Smit-McPhee, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, land, Lashana Lynch, Léa Seydoux, legends, Leonardo DiCaprio, Leslie Caron, Liev Schreiber, life, Liiev Schreiber, Linda Harrison, Locksmith Animation, Lois Smith, manipulation, Mark Rylance, marketing, Marlee Matlin, Marlon Brando, Mathieu Amalric, Meryl Streep, metaphor, Mexican cinema, mind control, Monterey, mothers and daughters, movies, Naomie Harris, Naples, New York, New York City, No Time to Die, One Eyed Jacks, opinion, Owen Wilson, Paolo Sorrentino, Pedro Almodovar, peer pressure, people, personalities, pro wrestling, Promise Her Anything, psychological drama, race, Ralph Finnes, Rami Malek, Rebecca Hall, relationships, research, revenge, reviews, road trips, Roadrunner, Robin Wright, robots, romance, Ron Perlman, Ron’s Gone Wrong, Rory Kinnear, Saoirse Ronan, Sarah Silverman, sci-fi, science, science fiction, Selena Gomez, self esteem, sequels, Shadows, Shia LaBeouf, silent films, soccer, social criticism, social media, social satire, Spanish cinema, spies, suicide, supernatural, superstition, surrealism, survival, symbolism, technology, The Doll, The French Dispatch, The Hand of God, The Mind Benders, The Peanut Butter Falcon, The Power of the Dog, Thomas Haden Church, Tilda Swinton, Timothée Chalamet, tragedy, travel, Troy Kotsur, Tyler Perry, values, Victor Buono, Warren Beatty, Wes Anderson, westerns, Willem Dafoe, William Peter Blatty, Wolfwalkers, Woody Allen, Zach Galifianakis, Zack Gottsagen | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (103): The Films of September 2020

Posted on July 27, 2021 by KPKeelan

. SEPTEMBER 2020. Amid the global pandemic horror, the cinematic bounty overfloweth! (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 … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged 21 Days, 47 Ronin, A Dry White Season, aboriginals, action, adventure, Alps, Alvarez Kelly, Ann Sheridan‎, Anya Taylor-Joy, apartheid, Australian cinema, Authur Laurents, Autumn de Wilde, Bill Nighy, British politics, Carey Mulligan, Cary Grant‎, Civil War, colonialism, comedies, coming of age, divorce, documentaries, Donald Sutherland, drama, Ed Oxenbould, Edward Dmytryk, Edward G. Robinson, Elke Sommer, Emma., empowerment, endurance, equality, F.W. Murnau, families, farce, feminism, Fred Astaire, Fred Schepisi, Greek cinema, Harakiri, Henry James, High Heels, historical drama, history, Howard Hawks, humor, I Was a Male War Bride, Jake Gyllenhaal, James Woods, Jane Austen, Japanese cinema, John Cleese, John Entwistle, Johnny Flynn, Julie Delpy, Kathleen Turner, Keith Moon, Kenji Mizoguchi, Kirsten Dunst, Laurence Olivier, Maiden, Man With the Gun, Marilyn Monroe, Marlon Brando, Monty Python, music, musicals, mysteries, native populations, Nobel Prize, parody, Paul Dano, Paul Newman, Pedro Almodovar, performance, period pieces, Pete Townsend, Peter Cook, Peter Lawford, politics, racism, Richard Widmark, Robert J. Flaherty, Robert Mitchum, rock and roll, Roger Daltrey, romance, Royal Wedding, Sam Shepard, satire, silent films, Sofia Coppola, South Africa, south seas, Spanish cinema, Spencer Tracy, sports, survival, taboos, Tabu A Tale of the South Seas, The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, The Kids Are Alright, The Last Hurrah, The Nightcomers, The Prince and the Showgirl, The Prize, The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer, The Virgin Suicides, The Who, thrillers, Tracy Edwards, tragedy, tribal rituals, Turn of the Screw, violence, Vivien Leigh, Volker Schlöndorff, Voyager, westerns, Whitbread Round the World Race, wildlife, William Holden, World War II, yacht racing, Yorgos Lanthimos | Leave a comment

KPK on the Cinema (92): The Films of October 2019

Posted on July 16, 2021 by KPKeelan

. Rocktober! My favorite month. Another birthday and great weather in Santa Cruz by the sea. Welcome back, autumn. (All ratings are on a 5 star scale. Note that a classic only becomes a classic after a decade or more.) (Titles … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged 56 Up, A Private War, Aaron Paul, Abbas Kiarostami, action, Ad Astra, adventure, aging, animals, Antonino Banderas, aristocracy, art, Ash is Purist White, betrayal, biography, black culture, blacksploitation, Brad Pitt, Breaking Bad, Brian Wilson, Britain, Bryan Cranston, Bryce Dallas Howard, change, Charlotte Rampling, child abuse, children, China, Chinese cinema, Chris Parnell, Chris Pratt, cinema, classics, comedy, conflict, corruption, crime, crops, David Crosby, dinosaurs, documentaries, Dolemite Is My Name, Donald Sutherland, drama, Echo in the Canyon, Eddie Murphy, El Camino, epics, Eric Clapton, escape, families, fantasy, farmers, farming, fathers, film criticism, films, financial fraud, Fiona Apple, gangsters, Gary Oldman, gender roles, genetics, Geraldine Chaplin, Graham Nash, Hale County This Morning This Evening, HBO, historical fiction, humor, Iranian culture, J.A. Bayona, Jackson Browne, Jakob Dylan, James Cromwell, Jamie Dornan, Jennifer Fox, Jia Zhangke, John Sebastian, journalism, Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom, Keira Knightley, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Laura Dern, Laurel Canyon, Leo Tolstoy, life, Liv Tyler, Los Angeles, love, Marie Colvin, Matthew Heineman, memory, mental health, Meryl Streep, Michael Apted, Michelle Phillips, movies, music, musicians, nationalism, nature, Netflix, Norah Jones, nostalgia, obsession, opinion, parenting, Paul Conroy, people, performing, period pieces, Polish cinema, politics, privilege, Ralph Fiennes, Ramell Ross, rape, revenge, reviews, Ringo Starr, rock and roll, Roger McGuinn, romance, Rosamund Pike, science fiction, sequels, Sergei Bondarchuk, Seven Up series, shame, Sharon Stone, shell companies, social class, Soviet cinema, space travel, Stanley Tucci, Stephen Stills, Steven Soderbergh, success, survival, suspense, sustainability, the 1960’s, The Biggest Little Farm, The Duchess, the human condition, The Laundromat, the Panama papers, the seventies, The Tale, time, Toby Jones, Tom Petty, Tommy Lee Jones, USSR, values, Vince Gilligan, violence, war, War and Peace, Weather Forecast, Where is the Friends House?, Will Forte | Leave a comment

KPK on the Cinema (82): The Films of December 2018

Posted on July 6, 2021 by KPKeelan

. The Big Year-End Releases are out, and December found me in cinema-hyperdrive. Lots of fun stuff to examine this month. Prepare yourself! (All ratings are on a 5 star scale. Note that a classic only becomes a classic after a … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged 1900, 22 July, A Perfect Day, Alfonso Cuarón, aliens, Australian cinema, authority, Bandersnatch, Benecio del Toro, Bernando Bertolucci, big business, Billy Crudup, biography, Bird Box, Blades of Glory, Bruce Springsteen, Burt Lancaster, Buster Keaton, Charleze Theron, Charlie Brooker, childhood, cinematography, Clarence Clemmons, Claude Chabrol, comedies, Communism, crime, Day of the Soldado, Dennis Hopper, Dominique Sanda, Don Shirley, Donald Sutherland, drama, Duplass brothers, Edmund O’Brien, Ennio Morricone, fascism, filmmaking, Flash of Genius, Ford Motor Company, fraud, Gérard Depardieu, Green Book, Greg Kinnear, Guy Pearce, Happy as Lazzaro, Henry Jaglom, historical epics, history, Hollywood, horror, human smuggling, ice-skating, interactive, inventors, Italian cinema, Joel Edgerton, John Heder, John Huston, Josh Brolin, justice, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Mann, magical realism, Mahershala Ali, Mark Hogancamp, mass murder, Mercedes McCambridge, Mexican cinema, Mexico, Mexico City, motherhood, music, Netflix, NGO’s, Norman Foster, Norway, Orson Welles, Patti Scialfa, Paul Greengrass, Paul Mazursky, Peter Bogdanovich, Professor Philip Zimbardo, psychology, PTSD, racism, RGB, Rip van Winkle, Robert De Niro, Robert Pattinson, Robert Zemeckis, Roma, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Sandra Bullock, satire, Sicario, silent films, Springsteen On Broadway, Sterling Hayden, Steve Carell, storytelling, survivors, Susan Strasberg, suspense, Suzanne Bier, the Balkans, The Cameraman, The Notorious RBG, The Other Side of the Wind, The Rover, The Stanford Prison Experiment, The Supreme Court, Tim Robbins, Tony Vallelonga, trauma, Tully, Viggo Mortensen, violence, war, Welcome to Marwen, Welcome to Marwencol, Will Ferrell, World War II | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (54): The Films of August 2016

Posted on June 8, 2021 by KPKeelan

. Just back from 2 months in Ireland and renewing my movie jones. A treasure trove of highly touted films were waiting for me at my awesome local library when I returned. On the whole, they were as good as … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged 45 Years, agit-prop, Alicia Vikander, Allegiant, animation, Anomalisa, art, biography, Bruce Dern, Charlie Kaufman, Charlotte Rampling, Cheech Marin, Chinese cinema, cinema, Ciro Guerra, Columbian cinema, David Thewlis, documentaries, Donald Sutherland, drama, Duke Johnson, Eddie Redmayne, Elizabeth Banks, Embrace of the Serpent, Emma Stone, fantasy, film criticism, films, Ghibli Studios, Gorō Miyaziki, Hayao Miyazaki, history, Hollywood, Hunger Games, Irish cinema, Irrational Man, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jennifer Lawrence, Jimmy's Hall, Joaquin Phoenix, Jordanian cinema, Jose Quintero, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ken Loach, Kevin Keelan, Kill the Messenger, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Kurt Russell, Larry Blyden, live TV drama, Mariska Hargitay, marriage, melodrama, Michael Moore, Miles Teller, Mockingjay Part 2, movies, Naji Abu Nowar, NBC Sunday Showcase, opinion, Phillipe Petit, Quentin Tarantino, relationships, reviews, Robert Zemeckis, Samuel L. Jackson, science fiction, Seconds, Self/Less, Shailene Woodley, Tales From Earthsea, Tennessee Williams, The Danish Girl, The Hateful Eight, The Hunger Games, The Mermaid, The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone, The Walk, Theeb, thrillers, Tim Roth, Timothy Dalton, Tom Courtenay, Tom Hooper, transgender, TV dramas, Ursula Le Guin, Vivien Leigh, Warren Beatty, What Makes Sammy Run?, Where to Invade Next?, Willem Dafoe, Woody Allen | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Donald Sutherland

FLIX PIX (1139): “THE GREEN FOG Sees Hitchcock’s VERTIGO Through Guy Maddin’s Eyes”

KPK on the CINEMA (123): “The Films of May 2022”

FLIX PIX (735): “Bertolucci Revisits 1900”

KPK on the CINEMA (103): The Films of September 2020

KPK on the Cinema (82): The Films of December 2018

KPK on the CINEMA (54): The Films of August 2016

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