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FLIX PIX (1187): “A Big Part of Life is Just SHOWING UP”

Posted on February 11, 2024 by KPKeelan

. SHOWING UP (directed by Kelly Reichardt, 2022) ***+ (out of 5) . > I am a big fan of the work of director Kelly Reichardt. . She so clearly listens to her own drummer in a marketplace where it is … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged Amanda Plummer, artists, arts, cinema, criticism, drama, entertainment, families, films, Flix Pix, ideas, James Le Gros, John Magaro, Judd Hirsch, Kelly Reichardt, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Michelle Williams, movies, opinion, people, relationships, reviews, Showing Up, slice of life | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (142): “The Films of December 2023”

Posted on January 1, 2024 by KPKeelan

. > 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 →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged 20 Days in Mariupol, A Christmas Carol, A.O. 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S. Van Dyke, Wanda Sykes, war, war crimes, Warren Beatty, westerns, Willem Dafoe, William Powell, William Sydney Porter, writers, Yom Kippur War | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (420): “Stories of CERTAIN WOMEN”

Posted on March 17, 2022 by KPKeelan

CERTAIN WOMEN (directed by Kelly Reichardt, 2016) ***+ (out of 5) . > Kelly Reichardt, who brought us the considerable films OLD JOY, WENDY AND LUCY and MEEK’S CUTOFF directed this trio of female-centric stories that have a surprising cumulative power … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged art, Certain Women, cinema, criticism, drama, films, ideas, James Le Gros, Kelly Reichardt, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Kristen Stewart, Laura Dern, Michelle Williams, movies, opinion, reviews, women | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (68): The Films of OCTOBER 2017

Posted on June 22, 2021 by KPKeelan

. Having a hard time writing reviews lately. Lonely stuff, sometimes, but that’s the work of a writer. When I buckle down and just DO IT, the process usually brings great rewards. (All ratings are on a 5 star scale. … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged A Ghost Story, action, Amazon jungle, Anthropoid, art, artificial intelligence, battle of the sexes, Beauty and the Beast, Billie Jean King, Blade Runner, Bobby Riggs, Brontis Jodorowsky, Buddhism, Burn Gorman, Casey Affleck, Certain Women, Chinese cinema, Christianity, Cillian Murphy, cinema, Cinema Verite, comedies, coming of age, cyborgs, David Lowery, DC Comics, director’s cuts, Disney, documentaries, drama, dystopia, Eastern mysticism, El Topo, Emma Stone, Emma Thompson, Emma Watson, Ethan Hawke, Ewan McGregor, exploration, family, film, film criticism, film noir, French cinema, Gal Godot, generational conflict, Harrison Ford, humanity, humor, Ian McKellen, immigrants, In a Valley of Violence, It Was 50 Years Ago Today, James Le Gros, John C. Reilly, John Goodman, John Travolta, Kelly Reichardt, Kevin Keelan, Kevin Kline, King Kong, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Kristen Stewart, Kumail Nanjiani, Laura Dern, life, Luke Evans, Manakamana, Maya Rudolph, Mexican cinema, Michelle Williams, movies, music, musicals, Nazis, Nepal, opinion, Orphan Black, Pakistani-Americans, pilgrims, Police Academy, relationships, religion, remakes, reviews, Ridley Scott, Robin Wright, Rooney Mara, Rutger Hauer, Sam Rockwell, Samuel L. Jackson, science fiction, Sean Young, sexism, Sgt. Pepper and Beyond, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart’s Club Band, Skull Island, spirituality, Stanley Tucci, Steve Carell, Sunflower, superheroes, supernatural, symbolism, Tatiana Maslany, tennis, The Beatles, The Big Sick, The Grocer's Son, The Lost City of Z, The Way Way Back, Toby Jones, Tom Hiddleston, Toni Collette, tradition, violence, westerns, Wonder Woman, World War II | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: James Le Gros

FLIX PIX (1187): “A Big Part of Life is Just SHOWING UP”

KPK on the CINEMA (142): “The Films of December 2023”

FLIX PIX (420): “Stories of CERTAIN WOMEN”

KPK on the CINEMA (68): The Films of OCTOBER 2017

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