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KPK on the CINEMA (141) “The Films of November 2023”

Posted on December 2, 2023 by KPKeelan

. > There goes November. Here comes the heavy hitters of Oscarbait season. Some good stuff this month- and I suspect, some great stuff next month! Let’s get started: (All films are rated on a 5-star basis and must be … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged A Time For Drunken Horses, Abu Ghraib, adaptations, Adolphe Menjou, Alan J. Pakula, All the Light We Cannot See, American culture, Amy Sedaris, and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy, animation, Anthony Doerr, Aria Mia Loberti, armed conflict, artists, arts, Bahman Ghobadi, Barbara Sukowa, battle, Ben Kingsley, Ben Platt, biography, Bob Balaban, Brenda Vaccaro, Brian de Palma, British cinema, Cameron Mitchell, Catherine O'Hara, celebrity, Cheaper By the Dozen, child actors, child labor, child soldiers, cinema, circus, classics, Clifton Webb, Columbian cinema, comedies, comedy, Confessions of a Nazi Spy, conspiracies, crime, criminals, criticism, Cromwell, cults, culture, Dalíland, Dark City, Dermot Mulroney, Desperate Souls, Devi, directing, Disney, documentaries, drama, Edgar Allen Poe, Edward G. Robinson, Elemental, Elia Kazan, entertainment, Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, escapes, espionage, European history, exploitation, fame, families, family, family films, fantasy, farce, fascism, filmmaking, films, France, Francis Lederer, Frank Bunker Gilbreth Jr., Fredric March, fundamentalism, Gala Dalí, gambling, Gloria Grahame, greed, guerillas, Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay, Hinduism, historical epics, history, horror, Hugh Laurie, Hume Cronyn, hysteria, ideas, Indian cinema, injustice, Iranian cinema, Joaquin Phoenix, John Cho, John Schlesinger, Jon Voight, Josephine, Jude Law, Julianne Nicholson, Kal Penn, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Lars Eidinger, Liam Neeson, Louis Hoffman, love, Man on a Tightrope, Manos, Mark Ruffalo, marriage, Melissa McCarthy, Molly Gordon, movies, Myrna Loy, Nancy Buirski, Napoleon, nature, Nazis, Neil Patrick Harris, Netflix, Nick Lieberman, obsession, occupied France, opinion, Oscar Isaacs, parents, parody, patriarchy, Paul Lukas, Paul Schrader, Paula Prentiss, persecution, personalities, Pixar, political assassinations, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, precious gems, professional gamblers, PTSD, radio, rebels, relationships, religion, resistance fighters, revenge, reviews, Richard Boone, Ridley Scott, Rob Corddry, Robert Sherwood, romance, Rose Byrne, Saint-Malo, Salvador Dalí, satire, Satyajit Ray, screenwriting, sequels, smuggling, spectacle, spies, spirituality, spoofs, Spy, superstition, survival, The Card Counter, The Conqueror Worm, The Grey, The Parallax View, Theater Camp, thrillers, Tiffany Haddish, torture, totalitarianism, tradition, true stories, TV miniseries, Tye Sheridan, Vanessa Kirby, Vincent Price, violence, war, Warren Beatty, William Daniels, witch hunts, Witchfinder General, wolves, World War II, zealotry | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (998): “The EXTRAORDINARY TALES of Edgar Allen Poe, Animated”

Posted on December 30, 2022 by KPKeelan

EXTRAORDINARY TALES (directed by Raul Garcia, 2015) ***+ (out of 5) . > Edgar Allen Poe- animated? That is a really great idea! . This visually striking animated compilation of five Edgar Allen Poe stories included: ‘The Tell-Tale Heart’, ‘The Fall … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged animation, arts, Bela Lugosi, Christopher Lee, cinema, criticism, Edgar Allen Poe, entertainment, Extraordinary Tales, films, horror, ideas, Julian Sands, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, opinion, Raul Garcia, reviews, suspense, The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Pit and the Pendulum, The Tell-Tale Heart | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (956): “Roger Vadim, Louis Malle and Federico Fellini Conjure SPIRITS OF THE DEAD”

Posted on December 10, 2022 by KPKeelan

SPIRITS OF THE DEAD (directed by Roger Vadim, Louis Malle & Federico Fellini, 1968) . > I had been looking for this European trilogy of Edgar Allen Poe stories for a long while. . My interest was perked by the … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged Alain Delon, anthologies, arts, Bridgette Bardot, Brigitte Bardot, celebrity, cinema, criticism, drama, Edgar Allen Poe, entertainment, fame, Federico Fellini, films, horror, ideas, Italian cinema, Jane Fonda, jealousy, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Louis Malle, Metzengerstein, movies, murder, mystery, opinion, Peter Fonda, regret, reviews, Roger Vadim, Spirits of the Dead, suspense, Terence Stamp, Toby Dammit, tragedy, violence, William Wilson | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (234): “THE RAVEN is Pure Schlock”

Posted on December 5, 2021 by KPKeelan

THE RAVEN (directed by Roger Corman, 1963) ** (out of 5) . > Quite possibly the most blatantly bad film I’ve ever enjoyed enough to sit through. (MONSTER X comes to mind… It could be a tie.) . Using the … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged Boris Karloff, criticism, Edgar Allen Poe, films, horror, Jack Nicholson, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, opinion, reviews, Richard Matheson, Roger Corman, The Raven | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (98): The Films of April 2020

Posted on July 22, 2021 by KPKeelan

. > April 2020 saw me focusing on films by two of the most durable, respected icons of the cinema- black actors whose intrinsic dignity and integrity made them role models for millions of African Americans and other ethnicities who … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged actors, addiction, Adolfo Celi, Al Gore, Alain Delon, alcoholism, angels, anti-Semitism, Bibi Anderson, bigotry, Bill Wise, Bobby Darin, Boris Karloff, Brigitte Bardot, Britannia Hospital, British cinema, Britt Ekland, Captain Nemo and the Underwater City, Carl Theodor Dryer, Chuck Connors, cinema, classics, climate, comedy, corruption, crime, criminals, Dennis Weaver, Diahann Carroll, directors, documentaries, drama, Duel at Diablo, Duke Ellington, dysfunction, ecology, Edgar Allen Poe, Edge of the City, Edward G. Robinson, environmentalism, expressionism, faith, families, fantasy, Federico Fellini, films, French cinema, Fritz Lang, gangsters, Gary A. Patton, German cinema, God, gun violence, Harry Belafonte, hatred, history, horror, Hubert Cornfield, ideas, immigrants, Inger Stevens, Israel, Jack Warden, James Garner, Jane Fonda, jazz, Jeff Gibbs, Jews, Joanne Woodward, John Cassavetes, John Ford, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Jules Verne, Kevin Keelan, killers, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Krisha Fairchild, labor, László Kovács, life, Lindsay Anderson, Live and Become, loss, Louis Armstrong, Louis Malle, love, Malcolm McDowell, Martin Ritt, Mel Ferrer, Metzengerstein, Michael Moore, Mick Travis trilogy, migrants, misogyny, mistaken identity, movies, murder, musicians, mystery, Nazism, Neil Hefti, No Way Out, nuclear apocalypse, oceans, Operation Moses, opinion, Otto Wernicke, Paris Blues, Paul Newman, people, Peter Bogdanovich, Peter Falk, Peter Fonda, Peter Sellers, Planet of the Humans, politics, power, Pressure Point, racism, Ralph Nelson, Reseda Drive-In Theater, reviews, Richard Widmark, Robert Ryan, Robert Wiene, Roger Vadim, Rudolf Klein, satire, sexism, showbusiness, Sidney Poitier, silent films, snipers, Spirits of the Dead, suspense, Targets, Terence Stamp, The Angel Levine, The Bobo, The Hands of Orlac, The Testament of Dr. Mabuse, The Whole Town’s Talking, the world, The World the Flesh and the Devil, thrillers, Tim O’Kelly, Toby Dammit, Trey Edward Shults, vampires, Vampyr, violence, westerns, white supremacy, William Wilson, xenophobia, Zero Mostel | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (61): The Films of MARCH 2017

Posted on June 15, 2021 by KPKeelan

. Gird your loins! This is another weighty one. Somehow, I averaged more than one movie per day… (All ratings are on a 5 star scale. Note that a classic only becomes a classic after a decade or more.) (Titles in … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged A Sound of Thunder, Alex R. Hibbert, Alice Through the Looking Glass, Amy Adams, animation, Anne Bancroft, Ant-Man, Apollonia, Arielle Holmes, Arrival, art, Arthur Kennedy, Ashton Sanders, Álvaro Longoria, Barry Jenkins, Bela Lugosi, Ben Kingsley, Bert Freed, Bill Wyman, Brian Keith, Burn, Burt Reynolds, Café Society, Caleb Landry Jones, Catherine McCormack, Charlie Watts, Choi Eun-hee, Christopher Lee, cinema, Crossfire Hurricane, David Oyelowo, Dean Martin, Denis Villeneuve, Dennis Hopper, Dheepan, Disney animation, documentaries, Don’t Bother to Knock, DPNK, drama, Dressed to Kill, Dwayne Johnson, Earl Holliman, Edgar Allen Poe, Edward Burns, Edward Snowden, Elmer Bernstein, Eugene Cernan, Extraordinary Tales, fantasy, film, For the Love of Spock, Forest Whitaker, Frederick Lau, George Kennedy, Girlfriend’s Day, Grandma, Heaven Knows What, history, Howard Da Silva, Iranian cinema, Ixcanul, James Gregory, James Westerfield, Jean Renoir, Jeannie Berlin, Jeremy Renner, Jesse Eisenberg, John Doucette, John Wayne, Johnny Depp, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Josh Safdie, Julian Sands, Jupiter Ascending, Karl Malden, Keith Richards, Ken Stott, Kevin Keelan, Kim Jong Il, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Kristen Stewart, Laia Costa, Leonard Nimoy, Lewis Carroll, Lily Tomlin, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Lloyd Nolan, Mahershala Ali, Marilyn Monroe, Marlon Brando, Martin Landau, Melissa Leo, Mia Wasikowska, Mick Jagger, Mike Shayne, Mila Kunis, Moana, Moana With Sound, Moonlight, Morituri, Morris Day, movies, Naomie Harris, Netflix, Nevada Smith, Nicholas Cage, Oliver Stone, opinion, Pat Hingle, Paul Fix, Paul Rudd, Paul Weitz, Percy Helton, Peter Yates, Prince, Purple Rain, Raf Vallone, Raul Garcia, Ray Bradbury, refugees, reviews, Rhys Ifans, Rhys Williams, Richard Widmark, Robert J. Flaherty, Rolling Stones, Sacha Baron Cohen, Sausage Party, science fiction, Sebastian Schipper, Seth Rogan, Shailene Woodley, Shin Sang-ok, Snowden, Sri Lanka, Stanley Adams, Star Trek, Steve Carell, Steve McQueen, Strother Martin, Suzanne Pleshette, Tamil Tigers, Tatum Channing, The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Fits, The Hunting Ground, The Last Man on the Moon, The Longest Yard, The Lovers and the Despot, The Mask of Red Death, The Pit and the Pendulum, The Propaganda Game, The Sons of Katie Elder, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Tribe, Tim Burton, Tom Wilkinson, Trevante Rhodes, Trevor Howard, Under the Shadow, Under the Sun, Victoria, Vitaly Mansky, Wally Cox, westerns, William Demarest, William Redfeld, Woody Allen, Yul Brynner, Zachary Quinto, Zin-mi | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (34): The Films of OCTOBER 2014

Posted on May 19, 2021 by KPKeelan

. > OCTOBER 2014: 31 days: 27 films reflecting the dynamic spectrum of cinema- from a Clint Eastwood western to a classic horror film; from English history to Norse mythology; from Greek tragedy to surreal biography; from the jazz clubs … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged A New Leaf, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Anthony Hopkins, Army of Crime, Benicio Del Toro, Boris Karloff, Chris Evans, Christian McBride, cinema, Clint Eastwood, Crazy Horse, Dark Glow, Death in the Garden, Edgar Allen Poe, Elaine May, Enemies A Love Story, Eric Bana, film criticism, films, Greatest Irish Artists, Harry Belafonte, Harry Dean Stanton, Honkytonk Man, Hyako Miyazaki, Il Grido, Jack Nicholson, Jacques Tati, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jenny Slate, Joe Kidd, Joon-ho Bong, Joshua Redman, Kansas City, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Lars von Trier, Little Soldier, Luis Buñuel, Lupin the 3rd, Marvel Comics, Medea, Michelangelo Antonioni, Miranda Richardson, movies, Mr. Hulot's Holiday, Natalie Portman, Obvious Child, opinion, Partly Fiction, Paul Mazursky, precautions, Quartet, reviews, Richard Matheson, Robert Altman, Roger Corman, Ron Silver, Scarlett Johansson, Simon of the Desert, Simone Signoret, Sinead O’Conner, Snowpiercer, Steve McQueen, The Blob, The Castle of Cagliostro, The Chieftains, The Dance of Reality, The Dark World, The Other Boylen Girl, The Raven, Thor, Tom Hiddleston, traditional music, Va Savoir, Vincent Price, Walter Matthau, Werner Herzog | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Edgar Allen Poe

KPK on the CINEMA (141) “The Films of November 2023”

FLIX PIX (998): “The EXTRAORDINARY TALES of Edgar Allen Poe, Animated”

FLIX PIX (956): “Roger Vadim, Louis Malle and Federico Fellini Conjure SPIRITS OF THE DEAD”

FLIX PIX (234): “THE RAVEN is Pure Schlock”

KPK on the CINEMA (98): The Films of April 2020

KPK on the CINEMA (61): The Films of MARCH 2017

KPK on the CINEMA (34): The Films of OCTOBER 2014

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