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FLIX PIX (1067): “Carroll Baker is SOMETHING WILD”

Posted on May 24, 2023 by KPKeelan

SOMETHING WILD (directed by Jack Garfein, 1961) ****+ (out of 5) . > Carroll Baker gives an intense performance in this terse drama of trauma piled upon trauma, morphing into a twisted romance that more resembles Stockholm Syndrome than love. . … Continue reading →

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KPK on the CINEMA (114): The Films of August 2021

Posted on November 7, 2021 by KPKeelan

. > THIS MONTH: Disney animation, Judy Holliday comedies, sly social satire, stark drama, film noir, experimental cinema, tales of obsession and coming of age, and vacuous British pop romance from the swinging sixties. (Sorry, no gothic horror documentaries this … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged abstract, action, adultery, adventure, aging, Alan Tudyk, Anna Faris, Anthony Hopkins, Asif Mandvi, autocrats, Awkwafina, Barbara Stanwyck, Ben Kingsley, Black Jack, British cinema, business, Carroll Baker, childhood, Chris Elliot, Chris Parnell, Clash by Night, classics, comedy, coming of age, corruption, crime, cults, Darling, dementia, depression, Diane Ladd, Dirk Bogarde, Disney animation, Doris Roberts, drama, Edward Norton, experimental film, families, fantasy, farce, female empowerment, film noir, Florian Zeller, fraud, Fred Armisen, Fritz Lang, Full of Life, George Cukor, grief, heroines, His Kind of Woman, humor, Imogen Poots, independent films, infidelity, Jack Carson, Jack Garfein, Jack Lemmon, Jane Russell, Jean Stapleton, Jim Backus, John C. Reilly, John Schlesinger, Judy Holliday, Julie Christie, Kathryn Hahn, Kelly Marie Tran, Ken Loach, Kim Novack, Laurence Harvey, life, London, love, madness, Marilyn Monroe, Mark Robson, marriage, memory loss, Monterey California, myth, Nasim Pedrad, Olivia Coleman, Paul Douglas, period pieces, Phffft, pregnancy, quests, Ralph Meeker, rape, Raya and the Last Dragon, Raymond Burr, relationships, Richard Conte, Richard Quine, Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan, romance, Rufus Sewell, Sacha Baron Cohen, Sandra Oh, satire, Schizopolis, sex, sexism, shareholders, slapstick, Something Wild, Southeast Asian culture, Steven Soderbergh, surrealism, The Dictator, The Father, The Marrying Kind, the sixties, The Solid Gold Cadillac, tragedy, trauma, trust, Vincent Price | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Jack Garfein

FLIX PIX (1067): “Carroll Baker is SOMETHING WILD”

KPK on the CINEMA (114): The Films of August 2021

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