Tag Archives: Irving Thalberg

FLIX PIX (1251): “The Early Days of Hollywood Were Like Ancient BABYLON”

Posted on May 2, 2024 by KPKeelan

BABYLON (directed by Damien Chazelle, 2022) **** (out of 5) . > I am ambivalent at best, on director Damien Chazelle. . I was impressed by FIRST MAN and extremely gripped by WHIPLASH. I never saw his musical debut GUY AND … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged arts, Babylon, Brad Pitt, Chloe Fineman, cinema, comedy, criticism, Damien Chazelle, debauchery, Diego Calva, drama, entertainment, Eric Roberts, excess, films, Flea, Flix Pix, Hollywood, ideas, Irving Thalberg, James Wong Howe, Jean Smart, Katherine Waterson, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Lukas Haas, Margot Robbie, Marion Davies, Max Minghella, moviemaking, movies, opinion, reviews, silent films, Spike Jonze, talkies, Tobey McGuire, tragedy, William Randolph Hearst | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (133): “The Films of March 2023”

Posted on April 8, 2023 by KPKeelan

. > Time marches on, relentlessly, doesn’t it? 2023?! What happened to 2003? Well, here they are: the films of March 2023. Don’t blink, or another decade will pass you by… (All films are rated on a 5-star basis and must … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged action, activism, addiction, Adrien Brody, Africa, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, Ana de Arman, Andrew Dominik, Angélique Kidjo, animation, Ann-Margret, Anthony Perkins, Art Garfunkle, Arthur Miller, artists, attitudes, Babylon, basketball, big pharma, Billy Wilder, biography, Blonde, Bobby Cannavale, Brad Pitt, Brian Cox, British cinema, Candice Bergen, Carnal Knowledge, Carol Kane, Chloe Fineman, Chris Evans, Chris Lemmon, comedies, comedy, coming of age, corporate greed, corruption, couples, Dale Soules, Damien Chazelle, Darryl F. Zanuck, debauchery, Diego Calva, disillusionment, drama, drugs, Edward G. Robinson, Eric Roberts, ethics, excess, exploitation, fantasy, fictional biography, Flea, gender roles, gender stereotypes, HBO, historical epics, historical fiction, Hollywood, Howard Lindsay, Ian Holm, Irving Thalberg, Jack Lemmon, Jack Nicolson, James Brolin, James Goldman, James Wong Howe, Jane Fonda, Janet Suzman, Jean Smart, Joe DiMaggio, John Boyega, John F. Kennedy, John McEnery, Joseph Cotton, Joshua Logan, Joyce Carol Oats, Jules Feiffer, Julianne Nicholson, justice, Katherine Waterson, Keke Palmer, Laurence Oliver, Lightyear, Lukas Haas, male sexuality, Margot Robbie, Marilyn Monroe, Marion Davies, Max Minghella, Michael Jayston, Michael Redgrave, moviemaking, museums, Nan Goldin, Nicholas and Alexandra, opiates, origin stories, Oxycontin, philanthropy, photography, Pixel, politics, profit, protest, Rasputin, Ray Walston, resistance, revolution, Rita Moreno, Robert Redford, romance, Russel Crouse, Russian history, Sackler family, satire, sci-fi, science fiction, sequels, sex, silent films, slave trade, Spike Jonze, Stalin, Taika Waititi, talkies, Tall Story, the Kingdom of Dahomey, The Woman King, Tobey McGuire, Tom Laughlin, Toy Story, tragedy, Trotsky, Tsar Nicholas II, Viola Davis, violence, William Randolph Hearst | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (972): “Gary Oldman is MANK”

Posted on December 18, 2022 by KPKeelan

MANK (directed by David Fincher, 2020) ****+ (out of 5) . > Accomplished director David Fincher created this stellar Netflix film from a script by his late father, Jack. . It tells the story of the struggle for screenwriting credit Herman … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged Amanda Seyfried, arts, biography, cinema, Citizen Kane, criticism, David Fincher, David O. Selznick, entertainment, film, Gary Oldman, Herman J. Mankiewicz, Hollywood, ideas, Irving Thalberg, Jack Fincher, John Houseman, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Mank, Marion Davies, movies, Netflix, opinion, Orson Welles, power, reviews, San Simeon, screenwriting, Trent Reznor, wealth, William Randolph Hearst, writers | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (106): The Films of December 2020

Posted on July 30, 2021 by KPKeelan

. DECEMBER 2020! Seven 5-star classics! Bet that’s an all-time record. So without further ado… (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 … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged 20 Million Miles to Earth, A Night in Casablanca, action, African cinema, Alfred Hitchcock, aliens, Amanda Seyfried, Anne Bancroft, Anthony Franciosa, Anthony Hopkins, artists, arts, assassination, August Wilson, Benh Zeitlin, biography, blacksploitation, blues, Caoilinn Springall, Cary Grant, Chadwick Boseman, Chico Marx, Christianity, cinema, Citizen Kane, Claire Bloom, cold war, comedies, compromise, criticism, Crumbs, David Fincher, David Lynch, David O. Selznick, David Oyelowo, deformities, Demián Bichir, disaster films, drama, dysfunctional families, dystopia, exploitation, extremism, fantasy, Felicity Jones, films, Freddie Jones, Garson Kanin, Gary Oldman, George Clooney, George Cukor, George Roy Hill, Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Herman J. Mankiewicz, history, Hollywood, humanity, ideas, Incitement, Ingmar Bergman, Irene Dunn, Irving Thalberg, Israeli cinema, Jack Albertson, Jack Fincher, Jane Fonda, Jay Duplass, jazz, Jesus, Jim Hutton, John Forsythe, John Houseman, John Hurt, John McGiver, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Katherine Hepburn, Kevin Keelan, King Henry II, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Lois Nettleton, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, manhood, Mank, Marion Davies, marriage, Marx brothers, Max Von Sydow, mercenaries, movies, murder, music, musicals, My Favorite Wife, mythology, Netflix, new testament, Oakland, opinion, Orson Welles, outer space, Pedro Pascal, peril, Period of Adjustment, Peter O’Toole, Peter Pan, playwrights, post-apocalypse, power, Prospect, race, Radha Blank, rap, Ray Harryhausen, relationships, religion, reviews, Rod Taylor, romance, royalty, San Simeon, sci-fi, science fiction, screenwriting, screwball comedies, sex, sexuality, Shelley Winters, Sir John Gielgud, Sophie Tucker, Space is the Place, spies, Sun Ra, surrealism, Swedish cinema, Tennessee Williams, terrorism, The 40-Year-Old Version, the Bible, The Chapman Report, The Elephant Man, The Greatest Story Ever Told, The Lion in Winter, The Magician, The Midnight Sky, thrillers, Topaz, tragedy, Trent Reznor, true stories, Viola Davis, wealth, Wendy, Wendy Hiller, William Randolph Hearst, World Without End, writers | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Irving Thalberg

FLIX PIX (1251): “The Early Days of Hollywood Were Like Ancient BABYLON”

KPK on the CINEMA (133): “The Films of March 2023”

FLIX PIX (972): “Gary Oldman is MANK”

KPK on the CINEMA (106): The Films of December 2020

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