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KPK on the CINEMA (142): “The Films of December 2023”
. > All hail December, the time of year most of the really great stuff hits America’s big silver screens (O the joy!), and tiny streaming devices (O, the horror!). Just check out how many of these titles came out in … Continue reading →
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Tagged 20 Days in Mariupol, A Christmas Carol, A.O. Scott, Aardman Studios, Aaron Copland, Aaron Sorkin, ABC TV, action, actresses, Adam Clayton Powell Jr., Adir Miller, Adolph Green, adventure, aggression, Alasdair Gray, Albert Brooks: Defending My Life, Alexander Payne, allegory, Amanda Plummer, American history, American politics, American Symphony, amnesia, Andy Richter, animation, Anne Baxter, Anne Hathaway, Annette Bening, anthologies, Anthony Hopkins, anti-Semitism, Anwar Sadat, Armageddon Time, artists, arts, attachments, Audra McDonald, Banks Repeta, Barack Obama, Bayard Rustin, Bella Ramsey, Ben Gazzara, Ben Kingsley, Betty Comden, Bill Irwin, biography, biopics, blaxploitation, Bob Balaban, Bob Costas, Bradley Cooper, Branford Marsalis, Brian de Palma, British cinema, Britt Ekland, brutality, Bullworth, bullying, cancer, Carey Mulligan, Carol For Another Christmas, Celine Song, Charles Laughton, Charles Melton, Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget, Chris Rock, Christian Bale, Christine Baranski, cinema, civil rights, Colman Domingo, comedians, comedies, comedy, coming of age, con artists, conductors, conscience, conspiracies, Coretta Scott King, creativity, criticism, Cuba, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Daniel Craig, Daniel Day-Lewis, Dave Bautista, David Alan Grier, David Cross, David Griffin, David Zucker, death, Dennis Quaid, determination, Diana Nyad, diplomacy, Disney animation, documentaries, documentary, Dominic Sessa, Don Cheadle, Doris Kearns Goodwin, drama, Drew Barrymore, Duncan Jones, dystopia, ecology, Emma Stone, endurance swimming, entertainment, environment, environmental disasters, equality, Eric Bana, escape, Ethan Hawke, Eva Marie Saint, exploitation, explorers, fame, families, fantasy, farce, Farley Granger, Felicia Montealegre, feminism, filmmakers, filmmaking, films, Florence Pugh, Florida, folk heroes, Francis Ford Coppola, Frankenstein, fraud, Fred Allen, friendship, gender roles, genius, George Hamilton, George Kennedy, George Lucas, Golda, Golda Meir, Greta Lee, grief, grifters, Halle Berry, Harrison Ford, Hayao Miyazaki, Hayley Atwell, HBO, Helen Mirren, Henry Hathaway, Henry King, Henry Kissinger, Henry Koster, history, Holly Hunter, homosexuality, horror, Howard Hawks, humor, I Love You Again, ideas, Imelda Staunton, Indians, injustice, insanity, invasion, irony, isolationism, Israel, Israeli cinema, Israeli history, J. 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FLIX PIX (985): “EDGE OF THE CITY Puts You on the Edge of Your Seat”
EDGE OF THE CITY (directed by Martin Ritt, 1957) ***** (out of 5) . > Martin Ritt directed this tense, exciting, well-written racial drama with a light hand that did not reduce a complicated, thorny issue to platitudes and well-worn tropes. … Continue reading →
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Tagged arts, bigotry, cinema, corruption, crime, criticism, discrimination, drama, Edge of the City, entertainment, films, ideas, Jack Warden, John Cassavetes, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, labor, Martin Ritt, movies, opinion, racism, reviews
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KPK on the CINEMA (98): The Films of April 2020
. > April 2020 saw me focusing on films by two of the most durable, respected icons of the cinema- black actors whose intrinsic dignity and integrity made them role models for millions of African Americans and other ethnicities who … Continue reading →
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