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FLIX PIX (1297): “A Return to the: CITY OF GOD: 10 YEARS LATER”

Posted on June 18, 2024 by KPKeelan

CITY OF GOD: 10 YEARS LATER (directed by Cavi Borges & Luciano Vidigal, 2012) **+ (out of 5) . > The original coming of age film CITY OF GOD was one of the most amazing movies of its kind that I … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged arts, biographies, Brazil, Brazilian cinema, Cavi Borges, celebrity, cinema, criticism, documentaries, fame, films, gangs, ideas, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Luciano Vidigal, movies, opinion, reviews | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (1168): “Steven Spielberg Reimagines WEST SIDE STORY For a New Generation”

Posted on December 28, 2023 by KPKeelan

WEST SIDE STORY (directed by Steven Spielberg, 2021) **** (out of 5) . > I remember my reaction when I first heard that master technician Steven Spielberg was mounting a remake of this celebrated musical chestnut from the America of 1957: … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged Ansel Elgort, Ariana DeBose, arts, cinema, criticism, David Alvarez, drama, entertainment, films, Flix Pix, gangs, gentrification, ideas, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Leonard Bernstein, movies, musicals, opinion, Rachel Zegler, reviews, romance, Romeo and Juliet, Stephen Sondheim, Steven Spielberg, tragedy, violence, West Side Story | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (952): “A BRIGHTER SUMMER DAY in an Unsettled Taiwan”

Posted on December 8, 2022 by KPKeelan

A BRIGHTER SUMMER DAY (directed by Edward Yang, 1991) ****+ (out of 5) . > Edward Young directed this much-respected tragic romance from Taiwan, and at almost 4 hours long, it is almost 4 hours great. . Young takes a look … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged A Brighter Summer Day, arts, biography, cinema, coming of age, crime, criticism, drama, Edward Yang, Edward Young, entertainment, films, gangs, ideas, identity, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, love, movies, murder, opinion, people, reviews, Taiwan, Taiwanese Cinema, tragedy, violence, youth | Leave a comment

KPK on the Cinema (121): The Films of MARCH 2022

Posted on April 19, 2022 by KPKeelan

. > MARCH 2022! TIME MARCHES ON! (All films are rated on a 5-star basis and must be over a decade old to get 5 stars.) (All titles in PURPLE have been expanded for Flix Pix columns.) > This month I … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged A Big Hand For the Little Lady, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, addiction, AFI, Al Pacino, Alan Hale, Alana Haim, American Film Institute, animation, Ansel Elgort, Aretha Franklin, Ariana DeBose, Arthur O'Connell, arts, Audra McDonald, Aunjanue Ellis, backstage musicals, Benny Safdie, Bhutanese cinema, biography, Bradley Cooper, British cinema, Burgess Meredith, Buster Keaton, Catherine Deneuve, Charles Bickford, Charlotte Rampling, child abuse, Christine Ebersole, cinema, cliches, Clint Eastwood, comedies, comedy, coming of age, Cooper Hoffman, crime, criticism, Cry Macho, Danielle Haim, Dave Bautista, David Alvarez, Denis Villeneuve, Disney, drama, drifters, Dune, Dwight Yokam, Eileen Brennan, Elizabeth Hartman, entertainment, epics, escapes, Este Haim, families, fantasy, films, Forest Whitaker, Francis Ford Coppola, Frank Herbert, Fred Gwynne, friendship, gambling, gangs, Gary Goetzman, Gene Hackman, gentrification, George DiCaprio, Geraldine Page, gospel, Grant High School, Haim, Harriet Sansom Harris, Henry Fonda, Herman Munster, Hollywood, Hume Cronyn, ideas, insanity, irony, Italy, Jack Gilford, Jason Momoa, Jason Robards, Javier Bardem, Jennifer Hudson, Jerry Schatzberg, Joanne Woodward, Joel Wachs, John B. Sebastian, John C. Reilly, John Michael Higgins, John Randolph, Jon Peters, Josh Brolin, Karen Black, Kevin Keelan, Kevin McCarthy, King Richard, Kirk Douglas, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Leonard Bernstein, Licorice Pizza, Luca, Lucille Ball, Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom, madness, Marlon Wayans, Martin Luther King Jr., Maya Rudolph, melodrama, mental illness, mentoring, Mexico, Michael Hordern, movies, musical, musicals, musicians, New York City, opinion, Oscar Isaac, parenting, Paul Ford, Paul Thomas Anderson, Peter Kastner, Phil Silvers, Pixar, prisoners, psychological drama, Rachel Zegler, relationships, remakes, Repulsion, respect, reviews, Richard Williams, Rip Torn, road trips, Roman Polanski, romance, Romeo and Juliet, rural life, San Fernando Valley, Scarecrow, sci-fi, science fiction, Sean Penn, Serena Williams, sex, sex comedy, singers, slapstick, soul music, sports films, stardom, Stellan Skarsgård, Stephen Sondheim, Steven Spielberg, success, supernatural, Tail o’ the Cock, teachers, teaching, tennis, The Broadway Melody, There Was a Crooked Man, Timothée Chalamet, tragedy, Venus Williams, violence, Warren Oates, West Side Story, westerns, Will Smith, William Holden, You’re a Big Boy Now, Yours Mine and Ours, Zendaya, Zero Mostel | Leave a comment

“KPK Looks at the 2021 BEST PICTURE Nominees” (by KPKeelan)

Posted on March 21, 2022 by KPKeelan

. BELFAST CODA DON’T LOOK UP DRIVE MY CAR DUNE KING RICHARD LICORICE PIZZA NIGHTMARE ALLEY THE POWER OF THE DOG WEST SIDE STORY – – – – – – BELFAST (directed by Kenneth Branagh) ****+ > Altogether, over 14 … Continue reading →

Posted in QUIET in the BACK! | Tagged abuse, Academy Awards, Adam McKay, Ansel Elgort, Ariana DeBose, Ariana Grande, arts, Ashleigh Banfield, Aunjanue Ellis, Australian cinema, Bardem, Belfast, Benedict Cumberbatch, biography, Bradley Cooper, carnies, Cate Blanchett, Catholics, Charlotte Rampling, childhood, children of deaf adults, Chris Evans, Ciarán Hinds, cinema, climate change, Coda, coming of age, con men, conflict, criticism, Dave Bautista, David Alvarez, David Strathairn, deafness, Denis Villeneuve, disability, disaster films, division, Don’t Look Up, drama, Drive My Car, Dune, economics, Emilia Jones, entertainment, epics, Eugenio Derbez, families, fantasy, film criticism, film noir, films, Frank Herbert, fraud, gangs, gentrification, global warming, grifters, Guillermo Del Toro, Himesh Patel, ideas, Irish politics, Jane Campion, Jason Momoa, Jennifer Lawrence, Jesse Plemons, Jonah Hill, Josh Brolin, Jude Hill, Judi Dench, Keith Carradine, Kenneth Branagh, Kevin Keelan, Kiersten Dunst, King Richard, Kodi Smit-McPhee, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Leonard Bernstein, Leonardo DiCaprio, Licorice Pizza, Liev Schreiber, Mark Rylance, Marlee Matlin, Mary Steenburgen, memory, Meryl Streep, movies, musicals, Nightmare Alley, Northern Ireland, opinion, Oscar Isaac, Oscar nominees, parenting, Paul Thomas Anderson, Protestants, Rachel Zegler, Reinaldo Marcus Green, relationships, religion, remakes, revenge, reviews, Richard Jenkins, Richard Williams, romance, Romeo and Juliet, Ron Perlman, Rooney Mara, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Sarah Silverman, Serena Williams, Sian Heder, social satire, spiritualism, sports films, Stellan Skarsgård, Stephen Sondheim, Steven Spielberg, success, suggestions, tennis, The Power of the Dog, the troubles, Tim Blake Nelson, Timothée Chalamet, Toni Collette, tragedy, tribalism, Troy Kotsur, Tyler Perry, Venus Williams, violence, West Side Story, westerns, Will Smith, Willem Dafoe, Zendaya | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (182): “A Devastating Tour Through CARTEL LAND”

Posted on October 14, 2021 by KPKeelan

CARTEL LAND (directed by Michael Heineman, 2015) ****+ (out of 5) . > Oh man, was this potent stuff! So glad the Academy took notice and nominated this for best doc. It’s a real eye-opener! . Deep in the heart … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged art, Cartel Land, cinema, crime, criticism, documentaries, drugs, film criticism, films, gangs, ideas, Kevin Keelan, Knights Templar, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Matthew Heineman, Mexican gangs, Mexico, Michael Heineman, movies, opinion, reviews, violence | 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 (84): The Films of February 2019

Posted on July 8, 2021 by KPKeelan

. All hail February! Don’t blink, or you’ll miss it… (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 007, A Walk in the Woods, A.O. Scott, acting, action, adolescence, adventure, Angela Bassett, animation, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Appalachian Trail, archival footage, art, art theft, Arthur Penn, bank robbers, Ben Foster, Bill Bryson, Billy Bob Thornton, biography, Bo Burnham, Brad Bird, buddy films, Burt Lancaster, capers, Casey Affleck, Charles Grodin, cinema, classics, climate, cold war, comedy, coming of age, Communism, courtroom drama, crime, David Mamet, Dax Shepard, death, Debra Granik, Derek Flint, Disney, documentaries, drama, editing, Eighth Grade, Elsie Fisher, Emma Thompson, England, families, fantasy, fathers and daughters, fathers and sons, film criticism, film restoration, film technology, filmmaking, films, Forrest Tucker, French resistance, gangs, gender exploitation, growing up, Guy Pearce, Henry Cavill, hiking, historical drama, history, hormones, Iron Curtain, Jake Gyllenhaal, James Bond, James Coburn, Jean Reno, Jeanne Moreau, Jeff Bridges, Jessica Lange, Joanna Kulig, Joaquin Phoenix, John C. Reilly, John Frankenheimer, John Guillermin, John Huston, Jonathan Pryce, Kevin Keelan, King Kong, kitsch, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Leave No Trace, Lee J. Cobb, lovers, Margot Robbie, Mary of Scotland, Mary Queen of Scots, masterworks, Mission Impossible Fallout, movies, murder, My Abandonment, Natascha McElhone, nature, Nazis, Netflix, Nick Nolte, opinion, Orson Welles, Our Man Flint, parenting, Paul Rudd, Paul Scofield, Paweł Pawlikowski, period pieces, Peter Bogdanovich, Peter Jackson, Pixar, Polish cinema, politics, power, PTSD, Queen Elizabeth, racism, relationships, religion, remakes, reviews, Robert De Niro, Robert Downey Jr., Robert Duvall, Robert Redford, romance, Ronin, royalty, Rutger Hauer, Saoirse Ronan, satire, science fiction, Sean Bean, sex, sexism, Simon Pegg, Sissy Spacek, Sorry to Bother You, special effects, spies, spoilers, spoofs, Stellan Skarsgård, stuntwork, superheroes, survivalists, Telly Savalas, The Incredibles 2, The Judge, The Old Man & the Gun, The Other Side of the Wind, The Sisters Brothers, The Train, The Young Savages, They Shall Not Grow Old, They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead, Thomasin McKenzie, ticket prices, Tom Cruise, Tomasz Kot, tragedy, Vera Farmiga, Vincent D’Onofrio, Ving Rhames, violence, war, westerns, World War I, World War II, youth | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: gangs

FLIX PIX (1297): “A Return to the: CITY OF GOD: 10 YEARS LATER”

FLIX PIX (1168): “Steven Spielberg Reimagines WEST SIDE STORY For a New Generation”

FLIX PIX (952): “A BRIGHTER SUMMER DAY in an Unsettled Taiwan”

KPK on the Cinema (121): The Films of MARCH 2022

FLIX PIX (182): “A Devastating Tour Through CARTEL LAND”

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

KPK on the CINEMA (84): The Films of February 2019

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