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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 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 (167): “THE TREE OF WOODEN CLOGS is Unforgettable Filmmaking”

Posted on September 29, 2021 by KPKeelan

THE TREE OF WOODEN CLOGS (directed by Ermanno Olmi, 1978) ***** (out of 5) . > Five stars! Who woulda thunk it? . Six decades of soaking up movies like a thirsty sponge in water, and there are (apparently) still classic … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged art, cinema, Ermanno Olmi, film criticism, films, Italian cinema, Italy, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, masterpieces, movies, opinion, reviews, The Tree of Wooden Clogs | Leave a comment

GUESTBOOK: “ISLANDS” (Peter Sinfield’s love-letter to Sardinia, For King Crimson)

Posted on March 22, 2017 by KPKeelan

* * My Aural Obsession * * There is a certain plaintive song, from a seventies-era prog-rock band that is much better known for intense major chord bombast and eye-bleeding intensity than slow, emotional ballads. (Think of their early signature … Continue reading →

Posted in GUESTBOOK | Tagged Guestbook, Italy, King Crimson, KPKworld, landscape, lyrics, nature, oceans, peace, poetry, Sardinia, serenity | 3 Comments

Tag Archives: Italy

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

FLIX PIX (167): “THE TREE OF WOODEN CLOGS is Unforgettable Filmmaking”

GUESTBOOK: “ISLANDS” (Peter Sinfield’s love-letter to Sardinia, For King Crimson)

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