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KPK on the Cinema (143): “The Films of January 2024”
. > 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 →
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FLIX PIX (974): “THE SLENDER THREAD Between Life and Death”
THE SLENDER THREAD (directed by Sydney Pollack, 1965) ****+ (out of 5) . > Here is another film I had been searching for a great many years, and it’s a gem. . Sydney Pollack directs from a Life Magazine story about … Continue reading →
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“IN MEMORIAM: Saying 24 Goodbyes in 2021” (by KPKeelan)
. > You get to a certain age in life, and you begin to take an interest in the obituaries. . For most of us, it does not mark a morbid preoccupation with death, but rather an awareness that one’s … Continue reading →
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KPK on the CINEMA (109): The Films of March 2021
. MARCH 2021: The month that was and the films that made it memorable. Dig in, compatriots! (All films are rated on a 5 star basis and must be over a decade old to get 5 stars.) (Titles in purple … Continue reading →
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KPK on the CINEMA (99): The Films of May 2020
. 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 →
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