Tag Archives: genocide

FLIX PIX (1147): “QUO VADIS, AIDA?: Ethnic ‘Cleansing’ in Bosnia”

Posted on November 12, 2023 by KPKeelan

QUO VADIS, AIDA? (directed by Jasmila Žbanić, 2020) **** (out of 5) . > I am really glad this excellent film was nominated for best International Feature (formerly: Best Foreign Language Film). I would probably never have seen it otherwise. . … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged arts, Bosnian cinema, cinema, criticism, drama, entertainment, ethnic cleansing, films, Flix Pix, genocide, grieving, ideas, Jasmila Žbanić, Jasna Đuričić, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, mass murder, movies, opinion, Quo Vadis Aida, reviews, survival, tragedy, violence, war crimes | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (1039): “NOSTALGIA FOR THE LIGHT: Astronomy and the Mothers of the Disappeared”

Posted on March 25, 2023 by KPKeelan

NOSTALGIA FOR THE LIGHT (directed by Patricio Guzmán, 2010) ****+ (out of 5) . > I remember noticing this title at the top of the heap as the best reviewed film in release at that moment. . It scored a 9.2, if … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged arts, astronomy, Atacama Desert, Augusto Pinochet, Chile, Chilean cinema, cinema, criticism, dictators, documentaries, films, forensics, genocide, grief, history, ideas, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, mothers of the disappeared, mourning, movies, Nostalgia For the Light, opinion, Patricio Guzmán, reviews, science, South America, tragedy | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (937): “John Ford’s Well-Meaning But Flawed CHEYENNE AUTUMN”

Posted on November 30, 2022 by KPKeelan

CHEYENNE AUTUMN (directed by John Ford, 1960) ****+ (out of 5) . > I have an interesting history with this fine, but flawed John Ford western: . As a kid, I went to the movies once, alone, to see a matinee. … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged American history, arts, betrayal, Cheyenne Autumn, cinema, comedy, criticism, Edward G. Robinson, entertainment, films, genocide, ideas, Indians, James Stewart, John Ford, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, opinion, reviews, Ricardo Montalban, Richard Widmark, westerns, Wyatt Earp | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (876): “THE INTERPRETER is The Best Slovakian Film You Have Not Seen

Posted on October 31, 2022 by KPKeelan

THE INTERPRETER (directed by Martin Šulík, 2018) ****+ (out of 5) . > A nervous 80-year old man knocks on a door, fingering the gun in his pocket. . After finding a book detailing his war crimes, ‘Jiri’ has traveled to … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged Ali Ungár, arts, cinema, closure, criticism, drama, entertainment, films, genocide, history, Holocaust, ideas, Jews, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Martin Šulík, movies, Nazis, opinion, Peter Simonischek, redemption, responsibility, revenge, reviews, Slovakian cinema, The Interpreter, the past, tragedy, trauma, World War II | Leave a comment

“HUBRIS” (a poem by KPKeelan) [9-14-13]

Posted on September 14, 2022 by KPKeelan

. It’s a slaughter. Indigenous cultures everywhere- compromised, corrupted, squashed, obliterated in a lingering death, an ongoing murder, unfolding in angry horror all around us. But history no longer exists, genocide, so commonplace we barely raise an eyebrow. (Ho-hum, same … Continue reading →

Posted in From 2013: Poems From a Turbulent Year | Tagged 2013, America, compassion, complacency, conscience, decline, exploitation, failure, genocide, history, humanity, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, life, memory, morals, murder, poems, poetry, power, social criticism, society, survival, values | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (694): “Angelina Jolie’s Devastating FIRST THEY KILLED MY FATHER”

Posted on August 1, 2022 by KPKeelan

FIRST THEY KILLED MY FATHER (directed by Angelina Jolie, 2017) ****+ (out of 5) * > In her third turn in the director’s chair, Angelina Jolie just nails the horror of the Khmer Rouge and the sweltering hot beauty of Cambodia … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged Angelina Jolie, art, Cambodia, cinema, criticism, drama, films, First They Killed My Father, genocide, history, ideas, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, opinion, oppression, Phnom Penh, reviews, the Khmer Rouge, tragedy, war | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (339): “There is No Denying DENIAL”

Posted on February 4, 2022 by KPKeelan

DENIAL (directed by Andrew Scott, 2016) **** (out of 5) . > Rachel Weisz, Tom Wilkerson and Timothy Spall all kick ass in this asskicking drama about a slimy Holocaust denier who brings a defamation suit against the wrong author. . … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged Andrew Scott, courtroom drama, criticism, denial, films, genocide, Holocaust, justice, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, opinion, Rachel Weisz, reviews, Timothy Spall, Tom Wilkinson, World War II | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (110): The Films of April 2021

Posted on August 3, 2021 by KPKeelan

. Oscar season! O rapture. (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.) > This month I review the … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged #MeToo, A Man For All Seasons, abuse, action, addiction, aging, Aida?, alcohol, alcoholism, ambition, Americans, Andra day, animation, Another Round, Australian cinema, Bertrand Tavernier, big agra, biography, blockbusters, Bo Burnham, Bosnian cinema, brotherhood, Bruce Beresford, campers, capitalism, Carey Mulligan, caste system, Catholic church, childbirth, childhood, Chilean cinema, Chloé Zhao, Chris Pratt, Christopher Nolan, class, Clémence Poésy, Collective, comedies, coming of age, conscience, corruption, crime, criminals, Danish cinema, David Straithairn, death, Death Watch, Disney, documentaries, drama, dramas, drinking, drugs, dying, economic refugees, economics, Ed Harris, elderly, Ellen Burstyn, England, ethnic cleansing, family, family drama, fantasy, farming, fires, Francis McDormand, French cinema, Fritz Lang, Garrett Hedlund, gay films, gender, genocide, George MacKay, George Patton, globalism, government, grief, grieving, Harry Dean Stanton, Harvey Keitel, Helena Zengel, Henry Fonda, Himesh Patel, historical drama, Holocaust, humanity, identity, India, itinerant workers, Jasna Đuričić, jazz, Jesse Eisenberg, Jews, John David Washington, John Hurt, John Ratzenberger, journalism, justice, Kanopy, Kenneth Branagh, King Henry VIII, Klaus Barbie, Korean immigrants, Lee Daniels, legends, Leo McKern, lesbians, Leslie Jordan, love, Mads Mikkelsen, Marcel Marceau, mass murder, Matthias Schweighöfer, media, medical fraud, Michael Caine, midwives, Minari, musicians, Natasha Lyonne, Nazis, Netflix, News of the World, Nicholas Hoult, noir, Nomadland, nursing homes, Octavia Spencer, Onward, Paul Greengrass, Paul Scofield, peer pressure, people, persecution, Pieces of a Woman, Pixar, politics, Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Promising Young Woman, Puberty Blues, Quo Vadis, racism, rape, rebellion, rebels, relationships, reporters, resistance, revenge, Robert Bolt, Robert Pattinson, Robert Shaw, romance, Romanian cinema, Romy Schneider, Russell Crowe, satire, sci-fi, science fiction, sex, sexism, Shia LaBeouf, social criticism, Strange Fruit, success, supernatural, surf culture, survival, Susannah York, Sylvia Sidney, Tallulah Bankhead, Tenent, The Mole Agent, the press, The True History of the Kelly Gang, The United States Vs. Billie Holiday, The White Tiger, Thomas Vinterberg, Tom Hanks, Tom Holland, Tracey Ullman, tragedy, Trevante Rhodes, Vanessa Kirby, Vanessa Redgrave, violence, visual effects, war crimes, We the Animals, Wendy Hiller, westerns, World War II, You Only Live Once, youth | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (102): The Films of August 2020

Posted on July 26, 2021 by KPKeelan

. AUGUST 2020: A sombre time, but a great crop of movies! So many 4-and-a half and five-star films! Oh, the bounty, amid all the horror! Just pinch me. (All ratings are on a 5 star scale. Note that a classic … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged A Disability Revolution, activism, Adir Miller, Africa, Ali Ungár, American Indians, Americana, Americans with Disabilities Act, Andy Devine, animation, Anne Hathaway, Anthony Mann, apartheid, Austrian cinema, beekeeping, bees, Bill Plympton, Bill Pullman, Bruno Ganz, Burt Lancaster, Camp Jened, Cannibal! The Musical, Carl Reiner, celebrity, Chris Evans, Christopher Plummer, Cinema Verite, closure, colonialism, comedies, coming of age, corporate crime, courtroom drama, Crip Camp, Criss Cross, Dan Duryea, dancing, Daniel Craig, Dark Waters, Delmer Daves, Devil’s Doorway, Dick Van Dyke, disability, documentaries, Don Johnson, Dorotha Segda, drama, dreams, Du Pont, Earl Hamner Jr., Edgar Buchanan, Edward Everett Horton, Esy Morales, family films, fantasy, Frank Oz, Fred Astaire, genocide, Ginger Rogers, Hair High, Henry Fonda, Holocaust, homesteading, Honeyland, human rights, humor, Hungarian cinema, I Married a Strange Person, Idiots & Angels, Ildikó Enyedi, Inside Daisy Clover, Israeli cinema, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jews, John Carradine, John Doucette, John Ford, John Wayne, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Kenya, Knives Out, M. Emmet Walsh, Macedonia, Macedonian cinema, magical realism, Mare Winningham, Mark Ruffalo, Matt Stone, Mau-Mau, Maureen O’Hara, Michael Shannon, Michele Lee, Mickey Rooney, murder, musicals, Mutant Aliens, My 20th Century, mysteries, Natalie Wood, Nazis, noir, Out in the Dark, people, Percy Helton, Peter Simonischek, Plymptoons, poisoning, pollution, queer cinema, racism, redemption, relationships, responsibility, revenge, Revengeance, Rian Johnson, Richard Brooks, Robert Redford, Robert Siodmak, Robert Taylor, Rock Hudson, Roddy McDowall, Ruth Gordon, satire, Sidney Poitier, Sigmund Freud, Slovakian cinema, Something of Value, South Africa, Spencer’s Mountain, Stagecoach, success, surrealism, survival, Teflon, The Comic, The Interpreter, The Matchmaker, the past, The Tobacconist, The Tune, The Waltons, Tim Robbins, Todd Haynes, Toni Collette, Top Hat, trauma, Trey Parker, tribalism, violence, Wally Cox, westerns, whodunit, World War II, Yvonne De Carlo | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (101): The Films of July 2020

Posted on July 25, 2021 by KPKeelan

. > JULY 2020! Most of us are still alive! Well that’s something… (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 … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, Ace in the Hole, Adolph Green, Aldolph Green, Alfre Woodard, Alice Pearce, alienation, Allison Janney, Ally Sheedy, American history, Ann Miller, Anne Baxter, art, Arthur Kennedy, astronomy, Atacama Desert, Atlanta, Augusto Pinochet, Barbara Stanwyck, Barbra Bel Geddes, Best Foreign Film, Betty Comden, Betty Garrett, Bill O’Reilly, Billy Wilder, biography, Blood on the Moon, Bombshell, Brian Keith, British cinema, Brock Peters, Centennial Park bombing, Charlize Theron, child abuse, Chilean cinema, Chris Cooper, Christine Lahti, Ciarán Hinds, cinema, Cinema Verite, Clint Eastwood, comedies, concentration camps, corruption, courage, crime, criticism, Cynthia Erivo, David Holzman’s Diary, David Spade, denial, dictators, documentaries, Down in the Delta, drama, dramady, dysfunction, Edward Dmytryk, Edward G. Robinson, Elio Petri, Elmer Bernstein, Ennio Morricone, Eric Rohmer, exploitation, families, fascism, fathers and sons, FBI, films, forensics, Fox News, Françoise Fabian, Frank Ferguson, Frank Sinatra, Fred Rogers, Fritz Lang, Gene Kelly, genocide, George Reeves, Geraldo Rivera, Gian Maria Volonté, Girl With the Green Eyes, Glenn Ford, Gretchen Carlson, grief, Harriet, Harriet Tubman, Having a Wild Weekend, Herbie Hancock, heroism, Holland Taylor, Holocaust, ideas, Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion, Italian cinema, Jack Elam, Jaime Sánchez, Jane Fonda, Jay Roach, Jean Louis Trintignant, Jeanine Pirro, Jim McBride, John Boorman, John Hamm, John Lithgow, journalism, Juano Hernandez, Jules Munshin, justice, Kate McKinnon, Kathy Bates, Kathy Scruggs, Kevin Keelan, Kirk Douglas, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Lauren Lapkus, Laurence Harvey, Leonard Bernstein, Life During Wartime, love, Luis Buñuel, Lynn Redgrave, Malcolm McDowell, Margot Robbie, Marie-Christine Barrault, Marketa Kimbrell, Marlene Dietrich, Matthew Rhys, Maya Angelou, media, Megyn Kelly, Mel Ferrer, mercenaries, Mississippi, mocumentaries, mothers of the disappeared, movies, Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood, murder, musicals, My Night at Maud’s, Nazism, Netflix, New Orleans, New York, Nicole Kidman, Nostalgia For the Light, obsession, Olivia Wilde, On the Town, opinion, outlaws, Paul Reubens, Paul Walter Hauser, people, personalities, Peter Finch, policing, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, power, prostitution, PTSD, Rancho Notorious, Raymond St. Jacques, relationships, revenge, reviews, Richard Jewell, Richard Kind, Rita Tushingham, road trips, Rob Schneider, Robert Mitchum, Robert Preston, Robert Wise, rock and roll, Rod Steiger, Roger Ailes, romance, Rupert Murdoch, Russell Johnson, sailors, satire, Saul Bass, scandal, science, sexism, Shirley Henderson, Sidney Lumet, slander, slavery, spoofs, Stanley Donen, surrealism, survivor’s guilt, technology, terrorism, The Big Carnival, The Dave Clark Five, The Pawnbroker, The Phantom of Liberty, the press, the underground railroad, The Violent Men, The Wrong Missy, Todd Solondz, Tom Hanks, Tom Junod, trauma, Vera-Ellen, Walk on the Wild Side, Walter Brennan, westerns, William Frawley, workplace abuse, World War II | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: genocide

FLIX PIX (1147): “QUO VADIS, AIDA?: Ethnic ‘Cleansing’ in Bosnia”

FLIX PIX (1039): “NOSTALGIA FOR THE LIGHT: Astronomy and the Mothers of the Disappeared”

FLIX PIX (937): “John Ford’s Well-Meaning But Flawed CHEYENNE AUTUMN”

FLIX PIX (876): “THE INTERPRETER is The Best Slovakian Film You Have Not Seen

FLIX PIX (694): “Angelina Jolie’s Devastating FIRST THEY KILLED MY FATHER”

FLIX PIX (339): “There is No Denying DENIAL”

KPK on the CINEMA (102): The Films of August 2020

KPK on the CINEMA (101): The Films of July 2020

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