Tag Archives: John Gielgud

FLIX PIX (1191): “THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE is Military Incompetence Incarnate”

Posted on February 15, 2024 by KPKeelan

THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE (directed by Tony Richardson, 1968) *** (out of 5) . > Directed by celebrated British director Tony Richardson, this was the third go-round for this story. . First came a silent version in 1912, an … Continue reading →

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FLIX PIX (500): “Brando Shines in an Impressive JULIUS CAESAR”

Posted on April 26, 2022 by KPKeelan

JULIUS CAESAR (directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1953) ***** (out of 5) . > This impressive Hollywood treatment of the Shakespeare historical drama, features a uniformly fine cast, including a few broad character actors of their time, showing how thoroughly … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged art, cinema, classics, criticism, drama, films, history, ideas, John Gielgud, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Julius Caesar, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Marlon Brando, movies, opinion, reviews, Shakespeare, tragedy | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (97): The Films of March 2020

Posted on July 21, 2021 by KPKeelan

. March 2020 came in like a lamb… went out like a lion! This world we have taken for granted may never be the same again. One good thing about this social distancing, shelter in place era… Plenty of time … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged addiction, adventure, Africa, Agnes Moorehead, Amazon Prime, American Film Institute, animal abuse, Anne Wiazemsky, Arthur Laurents, Au Hasard Balthazar, ballooning, Barbary Coast, Bernhard Goetzke, Brian Keith, British cinema, brutality, burlesque, Canadian cinema, Captain Ahab, cattle, Charlotte Rampling, Clara Bow, classics, Come Inside My Mind, comedians, cowboys, crime, Crimean War, Dark Passage, David Hemmings, Delmer Daves, documentaries, Dr. Mabuse The Gambler, drama, Eddie Redmayne, Edward G. Robinson, Errol Morris, experimental film, families, farmers, farming, Felicity Jones, film noir, filmmaking, French cinema, Fritz Lang, Geraldine Chaplin, Guy Maddin, Gypsy, Gypsy Rose Lee, history, Humphrey Bogart, hypnotism, Ida Lupino, Isabella Rossellini, Jack Elam, Jack London, James Stewart, Jean Renoir, John Barrymore, John Garfield, John Gielgud, Jule Styne, Juliet Mills, Karl Malden, Lauren Bacall, Les Blank, Lewy Body Dementia, life, Mathieu Amalric, Maureen O’Hara, Michael Curtiz, military disasters, Moby Dick, murder, musicals, mysteries, Natalie Wood, Night Must Fall, Parkinson's disease, pirates, Poor Little Rich Girl, Robert Bresson, Robert Montgomery, Robin Williams, romance, Rosalind Russell, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, rural America, San Francisco, short films, showbusiness, silent films, Stephen Sondheim, storytelling, strippers, success, suicide, surrealism, survival, Tabu, The Aeronauts, The Charge of the Light Brigade, the Criterion Channel, The Forbidden Room, The Rare Breed, The Sea Wolf, The Southerner, thrillers, Tony Richardson, Trevor Howard, Udo Kier, Vanessa Redgrave, Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe, westerns | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: John Gielgud

FLIX PIX (1191): “THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE is Military Incompetence Incarnate”

FLIX PIX (500): “Brando Shines in an Impressive JULIUS CAESAR”

KPK on the CINEMA (97): The Films of March 2020

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