Tag Archives: Jonathan Demme

KPK on the CINEMA (140): “The Films of October 2023”

Posted on November 1, 2023 by KPKeelan

. > This month: a Noël Coward comedy of manners, a previously unseen Hitchcock thriller, a return to seminal swashbucklers of my youth, the Greatest Concert Film Ever Made, a silly Marx Brothers lark, Tracy and Hepburn meet Elia Kazan, … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged adventure, Africa, African safaris, Alexandre Dumas, Alfred Hitchcock, American Indians, Angel on My Shoulder, Angie Dickinson, animation, Ann Margaret, Anne Baxter, Anthony Asquith, Anthony Perkins, appearances, Aramis, Archie Mayo, artists, arts, Athos, Australian outback, Ava Gardner, Barry Corbin, Beauty and the Beast, Bobby Rydell, British cinema, Bye Bye Birdie, celebrities, celebrity, Charlie Musselwhite, Chris Frantz, cinema, Clark Gable, class, classics, Claude Rains, collectives, comedies, comedy, concerts, corruption, crime, criticism, D'Artagnan, Dan Duryea, David Byrne, Dead Ringer, Dean Stockwell, Dick Van Dyke, divorce, documentaries, drama, Dyan Cannon, dysfunctional relationships, Ed Sullivan, Edgar Buchanan, Elemental, Elia Kazan, Elizabeth Taylor, Elke Sommer, empowerment, England, entertainment, epics, espionage, exploitation, fables, fairy tales, fame, fantasy, farming, feuds, films, France, Frank Finlay, fraud, French cinema, game trafficking, George Sidney, Go West, God, good and evil, Grace Kelly, greed, Greer Garson, Gregory Peck, HBO, Herbert Ross, Hume Cronyn, humor, Ian McShane, ideas, infidelity, injustice, intrigue, Jack White, James Colburn, James Garner, James Mason, Janet Leigh, Jean Cocteau, Jerry Harrison, Jesse Plemons, Jessica Tandy, Joan Hackett, John Ford, John Lithgow, John Qualen, Jonathan Demme, Joseph Cotton, justice, Karen Morley, Karl Malden, Katharine Hepburn, Kevin Keelan, Killers of the Flower Moon, King Vidor, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Last Stop Larrimah, Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone, Lionel Barrymore, love, Maggie Smith, Margaret Rutherford, marriage, Martin Scorsese, Marx brothers, Maureen Stapelton, Melvyn Douglas, Michael York, Mogambo, morality, movies, murder, music, musicals, mystery, Noel Coward, Norma Shearer, Norman Jewison, Oliver Reed, opinion, Orson Welles, Osage Nation, Our Daily Bread, Paddy Moriarty, Paul Lynde, Paul Muni, personalities, Pete Yorn, Pixar, Porthos, poverty, Private Lives, privilege, racism, Raquel Welch, redemption, relationships, reviews, rich and famous, Richard Benjamin, Richard Burton, Richard Chamberlain, Richard Lester, Robert De Niro, Robert Montgomery, rock and roll, Rod Taylor, romance, Satan, Shadow of a Doubt, slapstick, small towns, socialism, Spencer Tracy, spies, Stephen Sondheim, Stop Making Sense, stunts, supernatural, survival, suspense, swashbuckling, Talking Heads, Tay Garnett, Terrence Rattigan, The Art of Love, the eighties, The Four Musketeers, the great depression, The Last of Sheila, The Sea of Grass, The Three Musketeers, The V.I.P.s, The Valley of Decision, Thornton Wilder, Tina Weymouth, Tom Keene, tragedy, violence, westerns, whodunnit | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (1131): “It’s Time to Get Older and STOP MAKING SENSE!”

Posted on October 9, 2023 by KPKeelan

. STOP MAKING SENSE (directed by Jonathan Demme, 1984) ***** (out of 5) . > Okay Sherman! Strap yourself in to the Wayback Machine and set the date for 1983. . Revisit with me, a golden time when we still had … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged arts, Chris Frantz, cinema, classics, concerts, criticism, David Byrne, documentaries, entertainment, films, Flix Pix, ideas, Jerry Harrison, Jonathan Demme, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, music, opinion, reviews, rock and roll, Stop Making Sense, Talking Heads, the eighties, Tina Weymouth | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (427): “A Fascinating and Disappointing NEIL YOUNG JOURNEYS”

Posted on March 20, 2022 by KPKeelan

NEIL YOUNG JOURNEYS (directed by Jonathan Demme, 2011) *** (out of 5) . > In Jonathan Demme’s third rockumentary look inside the aging icon and his music, (after the excellent HEART OF GOLD and TRUNK SHOW, which was highly praised by … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged art, cinema, criticism, documentaries, films, ideas, Jonathan Demme, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, music, Neil Young Journeys, opinion, reviews, rock and roll | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (232): “Andre Gregory Finally Brings A MASTER BUILDER to the Screen”

Posted on December 3, 2021 by KPKeelan

A MASTER BUILDER (directed by Jonathan Demme, 2013) **** (out of 5) . > I was a YUGE theatre buff, as a youngster- and I remember reading the Ibsen play this film is based on in my teens, but frankly, … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged A Master Builder, Andre Gregory, criticism, drama, films, Henrik Ibsen, Jonathan Demme, Julie Haggerty, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Larry Pine, Lisa Joyce, movies, opinion, reviews, Wallace Shawn | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (50): The Films of March 2016

Posted on June 4, 2021 by KPKeelan

. This month, I saw only a handful of films, as I was preoccupied with organizing my thousands of photographs. But there was some good stuff to be had, and one that was a bit of a disappointment. (Ratings are … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged A Master Builder, Andre Gregory, Antonio Banderas, art, biography, Brian Wilson, Chilean mining disaster, cinema, Clouds of Sils Maria, comedy, criticism, drama, Elizabeth Banks, film, Greta Gerwig, He Named Me Malala, Henrik Ibsen, Jeff Bridges, John Cusack, Jonathan Demme, Julie Haggerty, Juliette Binoche, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Kristen Stewart, Lary pine, Lisa Joyce, Lola Kirk, Lou Diamond Phillips, Love & Mercy, Malala Yousafzai, Mistress America, music, Noah Baumbach, Paul Dano, Paul Giamatti, reviews, science fiction, Taliban, The 33, The Beach Boys, The Giver, Wallace Shawn | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Jonathan Demme

KPK on the CINEMA (140): “The Films of October 2023”

FLIX PIX (1131): “It’s Time to Get Older and STOP MAKING SENSE!”

FLIX PIX (427): “A Fascinating and Disappointing NEIL YOUNG JOURNEYS”

FLIX PIX (232): “Andre Gregory Finally Brings A MASTER BUILDER to the Screen”

KPK on the CINEMA (50): The Films of March 2016

Email Subscription

Blog Stats

Recent Posts

Categories

Archives

Meta