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KPK on the CINEMA (145): “The Films of MARCH 2024”

Posted on April 1, 2024 by KPKeelan

. > Eight 4-star films! Damn, that’s a good month. So much cinematic pleasure. Let’s dig in! (All films are rated on a 5-star basis and must be over a decade old to get 5 stars.) Titles in PURPLE have been … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged #MeToo, 1921, A Minute's Wait, Aaron Jackson, abuse, acceptance, action, Adam Arkin, adventure, Alex Sharp, Alex Wolff, Amber Heard, American Samoa, Andre Brugher, Andreas Malm, animation, anthologies, Anya Taylor-Joy, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, arts, Ashley Judd, Austin Butler, Bill Nighy, biographies, Black Americans, Blitz Bazawule, Bowen Yang, British cinema, British folk heroes, British history, bureaucracy, capitalism, Cavalcade, change, Charlotte Rampling, Christopher Walken, cinema, classics, Coleman Domingo, comedy, coming of age, cooking, corruption, crime, criticism, Cyril Cusack, Daniel Goldhaber, Danielle Brooks, Dave Bautista, David Allen Grier, death, Denis Villeneuve, Dick Powell, Dicks: The Musical, disasters, discrimination, Dolph Lundgren, Donald Trump, drama, Dune: Part Two, ecoterrorism, Elizabeth Moss, Elvis Presley, England, entertainment, environmental activism, epics, families, family ties, Fantasia Barrino, fantasy, farce, fate, feminism, films, Florence Pugh, folk heroes, football, fossil fuels, Frank Herbert, Frank O'Connor, friendship, Fucking Identical Twins, Gene de Paul, Geoffrey Keen, global warming, grief, Gwyneth Paltrow, Halle Bailey, Harvey Weinstein, historical epics, historical fiction, How to Blow Up a Pipeline, Howard Keel, humor, ideas, Ikiru, illness, Irish cinema, Irish culture, irony, Isabella Rossellini, It Happened Tomorrow, Jack MacGowran, James Austin Johnson, James Neilson, Jane Powell, Jason Mamoa, Javier Bardem, Jennifer Ehle, Jenny Slate, Jodi Kantor, John Ford, John Rhys-Davies, Johnny Mercer, Jon Batiste, Josh Brolin, Josh Sharp, Julie Newmar, justice, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Lady Gregory, Léa Seydoux, Lesley Stahl, life, Linda Darnell, living, Louis Gossett Jr, love, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, Martin J. McHugh, Martin Short, Marvel films, Megan Mullally, Megan Thee Stallion, Megan Twohey, Michael Fassbinder, Michael Hordern, Michael Kidd, Michael Sarnoski, mockumentaries, monkeywrenching, mortality, movies, musicals, Nathan Lane, nature, New York Times, Next Goal Wins, Nick Offerman, Nicolas Cage, Noel Coward, oceans, opinion, Patricia Clarkson, Patrick MacGoohan, Patrick Wilson, pets, philosophy, Pig, pollution, Priscilla, profanity, protest, Rebecca Ferguson, relationships, remakes, René Clair, resistance, reviews, romance, Russ Tamblyn, sabotage, Samantha Morton, Sasha Lane, sci-fi, science fiction, sequels, Seven Brides For Seven Brothers, sexism, sexual assault, She Said, silent films, smugglers, soccer, Sofia Coppola, sports, Stanley Donen, Stellan Skarsgård, superheroes, supernatural, Taika Waititi, Taraji P. Henson, Terry Gilkyson, The Color Purple, The Johnstown Flood, The Majesty of the Law, the rape of the Sabine Women, The Rising of the Moon, The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh, the troubles, The Wonderful World of Color, Thomas Rongen, thrillers, time, time travel, Timothée Chalamet, true stories, truffle hunters, Tyrone Power, underdogs, Walt Disney, Whoopi Goldberg, Will Arnett, Willem Dafoe, World War I, Zendaya | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (138): “The Films of August 2023”

Posted on September 1, 2023 by KPKeelan

. > Last month: OPPENHEIMER. This month: BARBIE. What an odd couple. (What would their offspring look like? A plastic Shiva- destroyer of worlds and purveyor of high fashion?) Kinda slow month. Busy realizing some old, previously unrecorded stories. Three … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged 65, Abraham Lincoln, Adam Driver, Adolf Hitler, adventure, Agnes Moorehead, Alexander Graham Bell, America Ferrera, anti-nuclear, Arlene Dahl, arts, Barbie, Bernard Herrmann, Broken Lance, Cast Ronald Colman, cattlemen, Cesar Romero, Chico Marx, cinema, classics, Cleopatra, Colm Bairéad, comedy, coming of age, County Waterford, criticism, Dennis Hopper, Diane Baker, dinosaurs, drama, Dua Lipa, Edward Dmytryk, Edward Everett Horton, entertainment, families, fantasy, farce, feminism, films, Gaelic language, gender roles, geology, girls, Greta Gerwig, Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Hedy Lamarr, Hippocrates, ideas, Ireland, Irish cinema, Irwin Allen, James Mason, Joan of Arc, John Carradine, John Cena, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Jules Verne, Kate McKinnon, Katharine Hepburn, Kenan Wynn, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Lucille Ball, Margot Robbie, Marie Antoinette, Mark Antony, Mattel, Michael Cera, miners, Moses, movies, Napoleon, Nero, Noah Baumbach, opinion, parody, Pat Boon, patriarchy, Peter Lorre, Queen Elizabeth, ranchers, reviews, Rhea Perlman, Richard Widmark, Robert Wagner, romance, Ruth Handler, Ryan Gosling, Satan, sci-fi, science fiction, sexism, Simu Liu, Sir Isaac Newton, Sir Walter Raleigh, Spencer Tracy, stereotypes, The Quiet Girl, The Story of Mankind, Vincent Price, Virginia Mayo, westerns, Will Farrell, William Shakespeare, Without Love, women | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (129): “The Films of November 2022”

Posted on February 3, 2023 by KPKeelan

. > Still writing furiously in November of 2022, so I only treated myself to a film every 3 days or so. I did manage to see two absolutely terrific films though. Read on to see which films they were… (All … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged Adrien Brody, aliens, animation, artists, arts, Asian Americans, B-movies, Barry Keoghan, Bela Lugosi, biography, Brendan Gleeson, Brett Morgan, camp, Carl Reiner, celebrity, cinema, Colin Farrell, Colin Powell, comedy, coming of age, crime, criticism, culture, David Bowie, David Oyelowo, Disney, documentaries, Douglas Sirk, drama, dramas, Drive My Car, Ed Wood, Elliott Gould, emotional maturity, entertainment, family, films, friendship, grief, growing up, healing, history, hormones, horror, Ida Lupino, ideas, Imitation of Life, Irish cinema, Japanese cinema, John Gavin, Kerry Condon, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Lana Turner, life, loss, love, marriage, Mel Brooks, memories, mental illness, Moonage Daydream, movies, murder, music, mystery, New York, Nicholas Ray, noir, nostalgia, On Dangerous Ground, opinion, philosophy, Pixar, Plan 9 From Outer Space, race, redemption, regret, relationships, remakes, restaurants, reviews, Robert Ryan, rock and roll, rock stars, rural Ireland, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Sam Rockwell, San Fernando Valley, Sandra Dee, Saoirse Ronan, satire, sci-fi, science fiction, See How They Run, The Automat, The Banshees of Inisherin, tragedy, trauma, Turning Red, Vampira, whodunnit, women | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (1014): “Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson Shine in Martin McDonagh’s THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN”

Posted on January 30, 2023 by KPKeelan

. THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN (directed by Martin McDonagh, 2022) ****+ (out of 5) . > Martin McDonagh scores again, gifting us with another near-perfect film. He and his gifted brother John Michael (THE GUARD, CALVARY), just may be Ireland’s greatest … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged Academy Awards, arts, Barry Keoghan, Brendan Gleeson, cinema, Colin Farrell, criticism, drama, entertainment, films, Flix Pix, friendship, humor, ideas, Ireland, Irish cinema, Kerry Condon, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Martin McDonagh, mental illness, metaphor, movies, opinion, reviews, rural Ireland, The Banshees of Inisherin, tragedy, trauma, violence | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (118): The Films of December 2021

Posted on February 20, 2022 by KPKeelan

. > Another December- another year-end rush of great movies! (All films are rated on a 5 star basis and must be over a decade old to get 5 stars.) > This month I have some fun reviewing the following … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged 007, A Rainy Day in New York, Aardman Studios, absurdism, abuse, action, Adam McKay, addiction, Adrien Brody, Alejandro Jodorowsky, animation, Anjelica Huston, Anthony Bourdain, Ariana Grande, Arthur Hiller, Ashleigh Banfield, Australian cinema, B-movies, Ben Whishaw, Beneath the Planet of the Apes, Benedict Cumberbatch, Benicio Del Toro, Bill Murray, biography, Bob Balaban, Bob Cummings, brainwashing, British secret service, California, Cartoon Salon, Cate Blanchett, Charlton Heston, Cherry Jones, childhood, children, children of deaf adults, Chris Evans, Christoph Waltz, cinema, Coda, comedies, comedy, coming of age, conflict, conformity, cooking, corporate influence, criticism, culture, Dakota Johnson, Daniel Craig, death, Demián Bichir, depression, Diego Luna, Diego Maradona, Dirk Bogarde, disaster films, documentaries, Don Pedro Colley, Donald Sutherland, Don’t Look Up, Down’s Syndrome, drama, economics, Edward Norton, Elisabeth Moss, Elle Fanning, Emilia Jones, English cinema, entertainment, Ernst Lubitsch, espionage, estrangement, Eugenio Derbez, experimentation, exploitation, families, family, family drama, Fando y Lis, fantasy, fate, Filippo Scotti, film criticism, filmmaking, films, folktales, football, forgiveness, Frances McDormand, friendship, German cinema, global warming, grief, Henry Winkler, Hermione Gingold, Himesh Patel, humor, Ian Fleming, ideas, improvisation, independent films, individuality, Irish cinema, Irish folklore, isolation, Italian cinema, Italy, James Bond, James Franciscus, Jane Campion, Jason Schwartzman, Jeffrey Wright, Jennifer Lawrence, Jesse Plemons, John Cassavetes, John Hawkes, Jonah Hill, Jude Law, Julieta, Karl Malden, Keenan Wynn, Keith Carradine, Kevin Keelan, Kiersten Dunst, Kodi Smit-McPhee, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, land, Lashana Lynch, Léa Seydoux, legends, Leonardo DiCaprio, Leslie Caron, Liev Schreiber, life, Liiev Schreiber, Linda Harrison, Locksmith Animation, Lois Smith, manipulation, Mark Rylance, marketing, Marlee Matlin, Marlon Brando, Mathieu Amalric, Meryl Streep, metaphor, Mexican cinema, mind control, Monterey, mothers and daughters, movies, Naomie Harris, Naples, New York, New York City, No Time to Die, One Eyed Jacks, opinion, Owen Wilson, Paolo Sorrentino, Pedro Almodovar, peer pressure, people, personalities, pro wrestling, Promise Her Anything, psychological drama, race, Ralph Finnes, Rami Malek, Rebecca Hall, relationships, research, revenge, reviews, road trips, Roadrunner, Robin Wright, robots, romance, Ron Perlman, Ron’s Gone Wrong, Rory Kinnear, Saoirse Ronan, Sarah Silverman, sci-fi, science, science fiction, Selena Gomez, self esteem, sequels, Shadows, Shia LaBeouf, silent films, soccer, social criticism, social media, social satire, Spanish cinema, spies, suicide, supernatural, superstition, surrealism, survival, symbolism, technology, The Doll, The French Dispatch, The Hand of God, The Mind Benders, The Peanut Butter Falcon, The Power of the Dog, Thomas Haden Church, Tilda Swinton, Timothée Chalamet, tragedy, travel, Troy Kotsur, Tyler Perry, values, Victor Buono, Warren Beatty, Wes Anderson, westerns, Willem Dafoe, William Peter Blatty, Wolfwalkers, Woody Allen, Zach Galifianakis, Zack Gottsagen | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (80): “Brendon Gleeson Shines in a Brilliant and Egregious CALVARY”

Posted on July 4, 2021 by KPKeelan

CALVARY (directed by John Michael McDonough, 2014) * (out of 5) . > This Irish drama was easily one of the best films I’ve ever seen and, simultaneously, one of the biggest disappoint-ments I have ever experienced at the movies. … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged art, Brendan Gleeson, Calvary, Chris O’Dowd, cinema, criticism, entertainment, film criticism, films, Ireland, Irish cinema, John Michael McDonough, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, M. Emmet Walsh, movies, opinion, reviews | 1 Comment

KPK on the CINEMA (65): The Films of JULY 2017

Posted on June 19, 2021 by KPKeelan

. Lots of very fine films to take a quick look at this month- a slew of four-and-a-half star flicks. That’s some bounty! Good times continue for the film industry, as the tools of the art become cheaper and more … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged 20th Century Women, A Monster Calls, Aferim!, aging, Alan Bennett, Alex Lehmann, aliens, animation, Annette Bening, art, autobiography, Benicio Del Toro, Billy Crudup, biography, Blue Jay, Brian Keith, Captain Chesley Sullenberger, Che, Chloe Grace Moretz, Christopher Nolan, Cillian Murphy, cinema, Clint Eastwood, comedy, criticism, Devil's Bride, documentaries, drama, dramedy, Dreamworks, Dunkirk, Duplass brothers, Dutch cinema, dystopia, Elle, Elle Fanning, Elton John, England, epics, Ernesto Guevara, erotica, families, fantasy, Felicity Jones, feminism, films, Five Came Back, France, Francis Ford Coppola, Frank Capra, Gabriel García Bernal, George Stevens, German cinema, Greta Gerwig, growing up, Guillermo Del Toro, gypsies, Hailee Steinfeld, Haley Mills, Harry Styles, historical drama, history, Hugh Jackman, humor, Ian Paisley, Irish cinema, Isabelle Huppert, Jane Fonda, John Ford, John Huston, Julia, Kelly Fremon Craig, Kenneth Branagh, Kevin Keelan, Kevin Kline, Kid Charlemagne, Korean cinema, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Laura Linney, Laura Prepon, Lawrence Kasdan, Lewis MacDougall, Liam Neeson, Liev Schreiber, Lillian Hellman, Logan, love, LSD, Luis Gnecco, Maggie Smith, Mark Duplass, Mark Rylance, Martin McGuinness, Maureen O’Hara, Michaël Dudok de Wit, Mike Mills, Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children, movies, nature, Nazis, Neruda, Netflix, Nicholas Sand, Operation Dynamo, orange sunshine, Owsley Stanley, Pablo Neruda, Park Chan-wook, Patrick Stewart, Paul Greengrass, Paul Verhoeven, Peter Simonischek, poetry, poets, politics, psychedelics, Radu Jude, reviews, Roma, romance, Romania, Romanian cinema, Sam Elliot, Sandra Hüller, Sarah Paulson, Scandinavia, She's Beautiful When She's Angry, Sigourney Weaver, Steely Dan, Steven Soderbergh, Steven Spielberg, Sully, The Edge of Seventeen, The Fifth Wave, The Handmaiden, The Hero, The Journey, The Lady in the Van, The Parent Trap, The Red Turtle, The Road to El Dorado, The Sunshine Makers, thrillers, Tim Burton, Tim Rice, Tim Scully, Timothy Spall, Tom Hanks, Tom Hardy, Toni Erdmann, Tuulia Eloranta, Vanessa Redgrave, violence, warfare, William Wyler, witch hunts, Wolverine, women’s lib, Woody Harrelson, World War II, X-Men | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (54): The Films of August 2016

Posted on June 8, 2021 by KPKeelan

. Just back from 2 months in Ireland and renewing my movie jones. A treasure trove of highly touted films were waiting for me at my awesome local library when I returned. On the whole, they were as good as … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged 45 Years, agit-prop, Alicia Vikander, Allegiant, animation, Anomalisa, art, biography, Bruce Dern, Charlie Kaufman, Charlotte Rampling, Cheech Marin, Chinese cinema, cinema, Ciro Guerra, Columbian cinema, David Thewlis, documentaries, Donald Sutherland, drama, Duke Johnson, Eddie Redmayne, Elizabeth Banks, Embrace of the Serpent, Emma Stone, fantasy, film criticism, films, Ghibli Studios, Gorō Miyaziki, Hayao Miyazaki, history, Hollywood, Hunger Games, Irish cinema, Irrational Man, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jennifer Lawrence, Jimmy's Hall, Joaquin Phoenix, Jordanian cinema, Jose Quintero, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ken Loach, Kevin Keelan, Kill the Messenger, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Kurt Russell, Larry Blyden, live TV drama, Mariska Hargitay, marriage, melodrama, Michael Moore, Miles Teller, Mockingjay Part 2, movies, Naji Abu Nowar, NBC Sunday Showcase, opinion, Phillipe Petit, Quentin Tarantino, relationships, reviews, Robert Zemeckis, Samuel L. Jackson, science fiction, Seconds, Self/Less, Shailene Woodley, Tales From Earthsea, Tennessee Williams, The Danish Girl, The Hateful Eight, The Hunger Games, The Mermaid, The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone, The Walk, Theeb, thrillers, Tim Roth, Timothy Dalton, Tom Courtenay, Tom Hooper, transgender, TV dramas, Ursula Le Guin, Vivien Leigh, Warren Beatty, What Makes Sammy Run?, Where to Invade Next?, Willem Dafoe, Woody Allen | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (39): The Films of MARCH 2015

Posted on May 24, 2021 by KPKeelan

. I saw 31 films in March 2015, including comedies, dramas, film noir, documentaries, filmed theatre, classics, and period pieces- a great variety of movies from the United States, Great Britain, Ireland, France, Belgium, Germany, Sweden and the Czech Republic. … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged 20000 Days On Earth, Aaron Swartz, Adam Sandler, American Women, animation, arts, Ben Vereen, Beyond Therapy, Blake Edwards, Cedric the Entertainer, Charlie Grapewin, Charlie Rose, children's rights, Chris Rock, Christopher Durang, cinema, classics, comedies, Dante's Inferno, Dear White People, Dermot Mulroney, Disney, documentaries, Donegal, drama, Elizabeth Moss, Elizabeth Pena, Elliot Gould, Faust, film criticism, film noir, films, Force Majeure, French cinema, Gabourey Sidibe, German cinema, Ghosts of the Abyss, Ginger Rogers, Howard Hawks, ideas, Inspector Clouseau, Ireland, Irish cinema, Jaco Van Dormael, Jake Gyllenhaal, James Cameron, James Cromwell, James Garner, Jan Švankmajer, Jared Leto, Jason Schwartzman, Jay Pharoah, Jay Reinke, Jerry Seinfield, Johnathan Pryce, Judge Ciavarella, Kevin Hart, Kevin Keelan, Kids For Cash, Killer’s Kiss, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Latino culture, Leslie Jones, Listen Up Philip, lost boys of Sudan, Luis Guzmán, Ma Vie En Rose, Marilyn Monroe, Michael Che, Monkey Business, movies, Mozart’s Sister, Mr. Nobody, My Life in Pink, Nick Cave, Nightcrawler, One Little Indian, opinion, Paul Muni, Pearl S. Buck, Peter Sellers, Raymond Chandler, reviews, Robert Altman, Rosario Dawson, Stanley Kubrick, suggestions, The Aaron Swartz Story, The Book of Life, The Boxtrolls, The Complete History of America, The Good Earth, The Good Lie, The Internet’s Own Boy, The Long Goodbye, The Overnighters, The Pink Panther Strikes Again, The Reduced Shakespeare Company, the Titanic, The Wall, Top Five, Tortilla Soup, Tracy Morgan, Walter Connolly, Wetlands, Whoopi Goldberg | Leave a comment

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KPK on the CINEMA (145): “The Films of MARCH 2024”

KPK on the CINEMA (138): “The Films of August 2023”

KPK on the CINEMA (129): “The Films of November 2022”

FLIX PIX (1014): “Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson Shine in Martin McDonagh’s THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN”

FLIX PIX (80): “Brendon Gleeson Shines in a Brilliant and Egregious CALVARY”

KPK on the CINEMA (65): The Films of JULY 2017

KPK on the CINEMA (54): The Films of August 2016

KPK on the CINEMA (39): The Films of MARCH 2015

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