Tag Archives: Joan Crawford

FLIX PIX (1139): “THE GREEN FOG Sees Hitchcock’s VERTIGO Through Guy Maddin’s Eyes”

Posted on October 25, 2023 by KPKeelan

THE GREEN FOG (directed by Guy Maddin, 2017) ****+ (out of 5) . > Leave it to experimental alchemist Guy Maddin to come up with a wholly new way to assemble a movie. . The congenital outlier from Canada breaks his … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged Alfred Hitchcock, Anthony Franciosia, Anthony Quinn, arts, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Chuck Norris, cinema, criticism, Dean Martin, Diane Lane, documentaries, Donald Sutherland, Doris Day, entertainment, experimental film, experimental films, Faye Dunnaway, films, Flix Pix, genius, Glenn Close, Guy Maddin, Humphrey Bogart, ideas, Jack Palance, Jacob Garchik, Janet Leigh, Jeff Bridges, Jim Brown, Joan Crawford, John Saxon, Justin Timberlake, Karl Malden, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Kronos Quartet, Lauren Bacall, Lee Remick, Martin Landau, mashups, Meg Ryan, Mel Brooks, Melanie Griffith, Michael Douglas, movies, opinion, reviews, Richard Basehart, Richard Gere, Rock Hudson, Sally Field, Sally Kellerman, Sandra Bullock, Sandra Dee, The Green Fog, Tony Curtis, tributes, Vertigo, Zsa Zsa Gabor | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (929): “Fred MacMurray and Joan Crawford Are ABOVE SUSPICION”

Posted on November 26, 2022 by KPKeelan

ABOVE SUSPICION (directed by Richard Thorpe, 1943) **** (out of 5) . > Hollywood workhorse Richard Thorpe directed this top-notch noir, brilliantly pairing Fred MacMurray and Joan Crawford as tourists turned unlikely spies in prewar Europe. . Hitler is on the … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged Above Suspicion, arts, cinema, criticism, entertainment, films, Fred MacMurray, ideas, Joan Crawford, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, opinion, reviews, Richard Thorpe, spies, suspense, thrillers, World War II | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (519): “The Western Pulp of JOHNNY GUITAR”

Posted on May 5, 2022 by KPKeelan

JOHNNY GUITAR (directed by Nicholas Ray, 1954) **** (out of 5) . > Lots of classic western ingredients here, but this film from stalwart director Nicholas Ray, (best remembered for REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE), somehow falls short of true “classic” status. … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged art, cinema, criticism, Ernest Borgnine, films, ideas, Joan Crawford, Johnny Guitar, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Mercedes McCambridge, movies, Nicholas Ray, opinion, reviews, Sterling Hayden | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (95): The Films of January 2020

Posted on July 19, 2021 by KPKeelan

. January 2020! A new decade that will no doubt be filled by great movies… If the world can survive tRumpism… (All ratings are on a 5 star scale. Note that a classic only becomes a classic after a decade or … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged 1917, A Hidden Life, Above Suspicion, abuse, action, Adam Roarke, Alfred Molina, Ari Aster, art, August Diehl, Austria, B-movies, Basil Rathbone, Bell Book and Candle, belonging, bigotry, Billion Dollar Brain, biography, Bong Joon-ho, Bruno Ganz, bullying, California, car chases, Cary Grant, cinema, cinematography, class, classics, Clifford Irving, cold war, comedies, comic books, conscience, credit, crime, criticism, Dean-Charles Chapman, deceit, Dirty Mary Crazy Larry, drama, duty, economics, Ed Begley, Edward Everett Horton, Elsa Lanchester, epics, Ernie Kovacs, exploitation films, family, fantasy, films, Florence Pugh, Fort Apache, Fred MacMurray, friendship, gentrification, George Cukor, George MacKay, Ginger Rogers, Gotham City, greed, Gregory Peck, Harry Palmer, Henry Fonda, Henry King, Hermione Gingold, Holiday, horror, House of Wax, Howard Hughes, identity, identity theft, impostors, income inequality, Indians, injustice, Intruder in the Dust, Jack Lemmon, Joan Crawford, Joaquin Phoenix, John Ford, John van Druten, John Wayne, Joker, justice, Karl Malden, Katherine Hepburn, Ken Russell, Kevin Keelan, Kim Novak, Korean cinema, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, life, Linda Ronstadt, love, lynching, magic, Man With a Million, Mark Twain, metaphor, Michael Caine, Midsommar, money, movies, murder, music, musicians, mysteries, native Americans, Nazis, neighborhoods, origin stories, Parasite, Parkinson's disease, Peter Fonda, Phillip Barry, pop music, poverty, prejudice, racism, Ray Milland, Red Skelton, relationships, reviews, Richard Gere, Richard Thorpe, rituals, Robert De Niro, rock 'n' Roll, romance, Sam Mendes, sex, Shirley Temple, singers, spies, success, Susan George, Sweden, Terrence Malick, The Gunfighter, The Hoax, The King of Comedy, The Last Black Man in San Francisco, The Major and the Minor, The Million Pound Note, the seventies, The Sound of My Voice, thrillers, Todd Phillips, Valerie Pachner, villains, Vincent Price, violence, Wally Benton, warlocks, wealth, westerns, Whistling in the Dark, William Faulkner, witchcraft, witches, World War I, World War II, zealotry | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (76): The Films of June 2018

Posted on June 30, 2021 by KPKeelan

. Here we go again! Apparently, we are both still alive! Imagine that… Good. Good. (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 Africa, Angelina Jolie, Anvil, art, Barry Corbin, biblical epics, Burt Lancaster, Cambodia, Cecil B. DeMille, cinema, comedy, Craig T. Nelson, documentaries, Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood, drama, Edward G. Robinson, Ernest Borgnine, exploitation, film, film criticism, film noir, First They Killed My Father, Fritz Lang, Gene Wilder, genocide, H.G. Wells, H–Block, heavy metal, horror, I Am Not a Witch, Joan Crawford, JoBeth Williams, Joel Brooks, Johnny Guitar, Jonathan Banks, Kevin Keelan, Khmer Rouge, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Lips Kudlow, Marlon Wayans, Maze, Mercedes McCambridge, Michael York, morality, movies, murder, music, opinion, politics, prison escape, religion, reviews, Richard Pryor, Rob Reiner, rock 'n' Roll, Rungano Nyoni, Shawn Wayans, Sidney Poitier, silent films, Sinn Fein, social satire, Sterling Hayden, Steve Kudlow, Stir Crazy, superstition, terrorism, the Bible, The Island of Doctor Moreau, The Story of Anvil, The Ten Commandments, the troubles, The Woman in the Window, tragedy, war, westerns, Zambia | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Joan Crawford

FLIX PIX (1139): “THE GREEN FOG Sees Hitchcock’s VERTIGO Through Guy Maddin’s Eyes”

FLIX PIX (929): “Fred MacMurray and Joan Crawford Are ABOVE SUSPICION”

FLIX PIX (519): “The Western Pulp of JOHNNY GUITAR”

KPK on the CINEMA (95): The Films of January 2020

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