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QuickPix (5): “Great DRAMA For You to Savor, Vol. 2”

Posted on January 4, 2024 by KPKeelan

> Welcome to KPK’s “QuickPix”, brief capsule reviews of very worthy films- not a stinker in the lot. Culled from my monthly compendiums, every title here is a 4 to 5 star movie. It don’t get any better than this. … Continue reading →

Posted in QuickPix | Tagged adventure, art, Belgian cinema, change, cinema, classics, cowboys, criticism, disability, drama, entertainment, ethnicity, explorers, extremism, family, films, Fred Zinnemann, grief, grieving, ideas, illness, Israel, Israeli cinema, Johan Heldenbergh, Kevin Keelan, Kirk Douglas, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, life, Lonely Are the Brave, love, Marlon Brando, mideast conflict, movies, opinion, PTSD, QuickPix, reviews, romance, shell shocked, terrorism, The Attack, The Broken Circle Breakdown, The Lost City of Z, The Men, thrillers, trauma, violence, Walter Matthau, World War II | Leave a comment

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

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

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QuickPix (5): “Great DRAMA For You to Savor, Vol. 2”

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