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FLIX PIX (1299): “Raymond Massey is ABE LINCOLN IN ILLINOIS”

Posted on June 20, 2024 by KPKeelan

ABE LINCOLN IN ILLINOIS (directed by John Cromwell, 1940) *** (out of 5) . > Just say the storied name “Abraham Lincoln” and it conjures up all kinds of mental pictures. . The tall bearded man in the stovepipe hat has become … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged Abe Lincoln in Illinois, American history, arts, biography, cinema, criticism, drama, entertainment, films, Flix Pix, ideas, John Cromwell, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, legends, movies, opinion, politics, Raymond Massey, reviews, romance, Ruth Gordon, the Civil War | Leave a comment

QuickPix (11): “Great SILENT MOVIES For You to Savor, Vol. 1”

Posted on January 8, 2024 by KPKeelan

> Welcome to KPK’s “QuickPix”, brief capsule reviews of very worthy films- not a stinker in the lot. Culled from my monthly compendiums, every title here is a 4 to 5 star movie. It don’t get any better than this. … Continue reading →

Posted in QuickPix | Tagged A Story of Floating Weeds, art, cinema, classics, criticism, Douglas Fairbanks, drama, entertainment, families, fantasy, films, German cinema, Haxan Witchcraft Through the Ages, heroes, ideas, Japanese cinema, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, labor, legends, movies, opinion, propaganda, QuickPix, reviews, Robin Hood, Russia, Satan, Sergei Eisenstein, silent films, socialism, Soviet cinema, Strike, supernatural, superstition, swashbucklers, the Church, the Devil, The Three Musketeers, witches, Yasujirō Ozu | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (1123): “ROBIN AND MARIAN is a Geriatric Robin Hood Fable”

Posted on September 21, 2023 by KPKeelan

ROBIN AND MARIAN (directed by Richard Lester, 1976) **** (out of 5) * > O frabjous joy! to rediscover this old Dick Lester romance! . It is, for me, one of those seminal films that comes with a story attached: . … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged arts, Audrey Hepburn, cinema, criticism, Denholm Elliott, fantasy, films, Friar Tuck, ideas, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, legends, Little John, Maid Marian, memory, movies, Nicol Williamson, opinion, reviews, Richard Harris, Richard Lester, Robert Shaw, Robin and Marian, Robin Hood, romance, Ronnie Barker, Santa Cruz, Sash Mill Cinema, Sean Connery, Sheriff of Nottingham, tragedy | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (1080): “Carl Theodor Dreyer Elicits Shudders With VAMPYR”

Posted on June 21, 2023 by KPKeelan

VAMPYR (directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1932) **** (out of 5) . > After seeing the stunning ORDET and his almost unrivaled classic THE PASION OF JOAN OF ARC, I became very interested in seeing more work from the great Danish … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged arts, Carl Theodor Dreyer, cinema, criticism, entertainment, fantasy, films, Flix Pix, horror, ideas, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, legends, movies, opinion, reviews, silent films, supernatural, vampires, Vampyr | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (849): “Nina Paley Dazzles With Irreverent SEDER-MASOCHISM”

Posted on October 17, 2022 by KPKeelan

SEDER-MASOCHISM (directed by Nina Paley, 2018) ****+ (out of 5) . > Master Animator Nina Paley dazzles us again, with a virtually one-woman movie of exceptional artistry and imagination. . Though clearly, SEDER-MASOCHISM will resonate considerably more with people familiar with … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged 10cc, Andy Williams, animation, arts, belief, Book of Exodus, cinema, criticism, Donald O’Connor, entertainment, faith, feminism, films, Gene Kelly, God, Guns N' Roses, Herb Alpert, humor, ideas, Jesus, Jewish traditions, Jews, John Lennon, Judaism, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Led Zeppelin, legends, Louis Armstrong, Moses, movies, musicals, mythology, Nina Paley, Oingo Boingo, opinion, religion, reviews, satire, Seder-Masochism, stories, the Bible, The Four Tops, The Holy Land, The Pointer Sisters, tradition | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (124): “The Films of June 2022”

Posted on September 1, 2022 by KPKeelan

. > JUNE 2022. Only 4 reviews this month? Yup. Busy watching intense TV series like BARRY and (appropriately enough!) THE HANDMAID’S TALE. But I did find one near-classic noir from the golden age of the genre. Great noir is … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged action, Alastair Sim, Alfred Hitchcock, Andy Serkis, arts, Bruce Wayne, cinema, Colin Farrell, comedy, crime, criticism, drama, enemies, entertainment, ethics, fantasy, films, George Seaton, Gotham City, ideas, Jane Wyman, Jeffrey Wright, John Turturro, Kevin Keelan, Kirk Douglas, Korean War, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, L. Frank Baum, legends, Marlene Dietrich, Matt Reeves, morality, movies, murder, mysteries, Nick Adams, Oliver Hardy, opinion, Paul Dano, Peter Sarsgaard, reviews, Robert Pattinson, Robert Walker, silent films, Stage Fright, superheroes, supernatural, suspense, The Batman, The Hook, the Riddler, The Wizard of Oz, thrillers, violence, Zoë Kravitz | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (118): The Films of December 2021

Posted on February 20, 2022 by KPKeelan

. > Another December- another year-end rush of great movies! (All films are rated on a 5 star basis and must be over a decade old to get 5 stars.) > This month I have some fun reviewing the following … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged 007, A Rainy Day in New York, Aardman Studios, absurdism, abuse, action, Adam McKay, addiction, Adrien Brody, Alejandro Jodorowsky, animation, Anjelica Huston, Anthony Bourdain, Ariana Grande, Arthur Hiller, Ashleigh Banfield, Australian cinema, B-movies, Ben Whishaw, Beneath the Planet of the Apes, Benedict Cumberbatch, Benicio Del Toro, Bill Murray, biography, Bob Balaban, Bob Cummings, brainwashing, British secret service, California, Cartoon Salon, Cate Blanchett, Charlton Heston, Cherry Jones, childhood, children, children of deaf adults, Chris Evans, Christoph Waltz, cinema, Coda, comedies, comedy, coming of age, conflict, conformity, cooking, corporate influence, criticism, culture, Dakota Johnson, Daniel Craig, death, Demián Bichir, depression, Diego Luna, Diego Maradona, Dirk Bogarde, disaster films, documentaries, Don Pedro Colley, Donald Sutherland, Don’t Look Up, Down’s Syndrome, drama, economics, Edward Norton, Elisabeth Moss, Elle Fanning, Emilia Jones, English cinema, entertainment, Ernst Lubitsch, espionage, estrangement, Eugenio Derbez, experimentation, exploitation, families, family, family drama, Fando y Lis, fantasy, fate, Filippo Scotti, film criticism, filmmaking, films, folktales, football, forgiveness, Frances McDormand, friendship, German cinema, global warming, grief, Henry Winkler, Hermione Gingold, Himesh Patel, humor, Ian Fleming, ideas, improvisation, independent films, individuality, Irish cinema, Irish folklore, isolation, Italian cinema, Italy, James Bond, James Franciscus, Jane Campion, Jason Schwartzman, Jeffrey Wright, Jennifer Lawrence, Jesse Plemons, John Cassavetes, John Hawkes, Jonah Hill, Jude Law, Julieta, Karl Malden, Keenan Wynn, Keith Carradine, Kevin Keelan, Kiersten Dunst, Kodi Smit-McPhee, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, land, Lashana Lynch, Léa Seydoux, legends, Leonardo DiCaprio, Leslie Caron, Liev Schreiber, life, Liiev Schreiber, Linda Harrison, Locksmith Animation, Lois Smith, manipulation, Mark Rylance, marketing, Marlee Matlin, Marlon Brando, Mathieu Amalric, Meryl Streep, metaphor, Mexican cinema, mind control, Monterey, mothers and daughters, movies, Naomie Harris, Naples, New York, New York City, No Time to Die, One Eyed Jacks, opinion, Owen Wilson, Paolo Sorrentino, Pedro Almodovar, peer pressure, people, personalities, pro wrestling, Promise Her Anything, psychological drama, race, Ralph Finnes, Rami Malek, Rebecca Hall, relationships, research, revenge, reviews, road trips, Roadrunner, Robin Wright, robots, romance, Ron Perlman, Ron’s Gone Wrong, Rory Kinnear, Saoirse Ronan, Sarah Silverman, sci-fi, science, science fiction, Selena Gomez, self esteem, sequels, Shadows, Shia LaBeouf, silent films, soccer, social criticism, social media, social satire, Spanish cinema, spies, suicide, supernatural, superstition, surrealism, survival, symbolism, technology, The Doll, The French Dispatch, The Hand of God, The Mind Benders, The Peanut Butter Falcon, The Power of the Dog, Thomas Haden Church, Tilda Swinton, Timothée Chalamet, tragedy, travel, Troy Kotsur, Tyler Perry, values, Victor Buono, Warren Beatty, Wes Anderson, westerns, Willem Dafoe, William Peter Blatty, Wolfwalkers, Woody Allen, Zach Galifianakis, Zack Gottsagen | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (110): The Films of April 2021

Posted on August 3, 2021 by KPKeelan

. Oscar season! O rapture. (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 expanded for Flix Pix columns.) > This month I review the … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged #MeToo, A Man For All Seasons, abuse, action, addiction, aging, Aida?, alcohol, alcoholism, ambition, Americans, Andra day, animation, Another Round, Australian cinema, Bertrand Tavernier, big agra, biography, blockbusters, Bo Burnham, Bosnian cinema, brotherhood, Bruce Beresford, campers, capitalism, Carey Mulligan, caste system, Catholic church, childbirth, childhood, Chilean cinema, Chloé Zhao, Chris Pratt, Christopher Nolan, class, Clémence Poésy, Collective, comedies, coming of age, conscience, corruption, crime, criminals, Danish cinema, David Straithairn, death, Death Watch, Disney, documentaries, drama, dramas, drinking, drugs, dying, economic refugees, economics, Ed Harris, elderly, Ellen Burstyn, England, ethnic cleansing, family, family drama, fantasy, farming, fires, Francis McDormand, French cinema, Fritz Lang, Garrett Hedlund, gay films, gender, genocide, George MacKay, George Patton, globalism, government, grief, grieving, Harry Dean Stanton, Harvey Keitel, Helena Zengel, Henry Fonda, Himesh Patel, historical drama, Holocaust, humanity, identity, India, itinerant workers, Jasna Đuričić, jazz, Jesse Eisenberg, Jews, John David Washington, John Hurt, John Ratzenberger, journalism, justice, Kanopy, Kenneth Branagh, King Henry VIII, Klaus Barbie, Korean immigrants, Lee Daniels, legends, Leo McKern, lesbians, Leslie Jordan, love, Mads Mikkelsen, Marcel Marceau, mass murder, Matthias Schweighöfer, media, medical fraud, Michael Caine, midwives, Minari, musicians, Natasha Lyonne, Nazis, Netflix, News of the World, Nicholas Hoult, noir, Nomadland, nursing homes, Octavia Spencer, Onward, Paul Greengrass, Paul Scofield, peer pressure, people, persecution, Pieces of a Woman, Pixar, politics, Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Promising Young Woman, Puberty Blues, Quo Vadis, racism, rape, rebellion, rebels, relationships, reporters, resistance, revenge, Robert Bolt, Robert Pattinson, Robert Shaw, romance, Romanian cinema, Romy Schneider, Russell Crowe, satire, sci-fi, science fiction, sex, sexism, Shia LaBeouf, social criticism, Strange Fruit, success, supernatural, surf culture, survival, Susannah York, Sylvia Sidney, Tallulah Bankhead, Tenent, The Mole Agent, the press, The True History of the Kelly Gang, The United States Vs. Billie Holiday, The White Tiger, Thomas Vinterberg, Tom Hanks, Tom Holland, Tracey Ullman, tragedy, Trevante Rhodes, Vanessa Kirby, Vanessa Redgrave, violence, visual effects, war crimes, We the Animals, Wendy Hiller, westerns, World War II, You Only Live Once, youth | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (109): The Films of March 2021

Posted on August 2, 2021 by KPKeelan

. MARCH 2021: The month that was and the films that made it memorable. Dig in, compatriots! (All films are rated on a 5 star basis and must be over a decade old to get 5 stars.) (Titles in purple … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged action, adventure, Africa, animation, arts, Aubrey Morris, Audrey Hepburn, biography, Bluebeard, Britt Ekland, buddy films, Carroll Ballard, Catherine Breillat, Chinese culture, Christianity, Christine, Christine Chubbuck, Christopher Lee, Christopher Nolan, cinema, classics, comedies, coming of age, con artists, crime, criticism, David Lynch, deafness, Denholm Elliott, Disney, documentaries, drama, Dune, Ed Asner, Edward Woodward, entertainment, epics, equality, fairytales, family, family films, fantasy, films, Flix Pix, folktales, Frank Herbert, French cinema, friendship, Garret Gilchrist, genius, grifters, hearing, heavy metal, Himesh Patel, historical fantasy, historical fiction, honor, horror, horses, Hoyt Axton, human sacrifice, Ian Holm, ideas, infidelity, James Garner, Jane Fonda, jealousy, Jeff Bridges, John Brown, John David Washington, journalism, Kathy Bates, Kenneth Branagh, Kevin Keelan, Kirikou and the Men and Women, Kirikou and the Sorceress, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Kyle MacLachlan, legends, Little John, loss, Louis Gossett Jr, Maid Marian, marriage, masterpieces, mental illness, Michael C. Hall, Michael Caine, Michel Ocelot, Mickey Rooney, movies, Mulan, murder, My Octopus Teacher, mystery, nature, Nicol Williamson, oceans, Olivia Cooke, opinion, paganism, Preston Sturges, race, racing, Raul Julia, reviews, Rex Harrison, Richard Harris, Richard Lester, Richard the Lionheart, Richard Williams, rites, rituals, Riz Ahmed, Robert Pattinson, Robin and Marian, Robin Hood, romance, Royal Dano, sci-fi, science fiction, Scotland, Sean Connery, Sheriff of Nottingham, Sidney Lumet, Skin Game, slavery, Sound of Metal, suicide, surrealism, Susan Clark, suspense, Tenent, Terri Garr, The Black Stallion, The Morning After, The Sleeping Beauty, The Thief and the Cobbler, The Wicker Man, Tracy Letts, tragedy, TV news, Unfaithfully Yours, Vincent Price, war, wildlife, Youssou N'Dour | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (100): The Films of JUNE 2020

Posted on July 24, 2021 by KPKeelan

. JUNE 2020 was a busy film month! Not much else to do, if you have no sex partner and you can hardly heave the house! In this bunch, we get comedies, romances, dramas, animation, film noir, sci-fi, horror, caper … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged 10cc, 8½, A Boy and His Dog, A Ship to India, Abbas Kiarostami, abuse, addiction, Adventures in Psychedelics, Akira Kurosawa, Alan King, And Life Goes On, Andy Richter, Andy Williams, animals, animation, Anthony Bourdain, ants, art, assistants, bank robbers, Barbara Bel Geddes, battle of the sexes, belief, belonging, Ben Stiller, betrayal, Bill Kreutzmann, biography, Birger Malmsten, Blake Edwards, Book of Exodus, brotherhood, Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles, Bunny Lake is Missing, Burt Lancaster, Canadian films, capers, Carrie Fisher, celebrity, censorship, Cesar Romero, Chadwick Boseman, Charles Bronson, childhood, Christopher Walken, cinema, class, classics, Cold Turkey, comedies, coming of age, Communism, composers, crime, criticism, Czech cinema, Czechoslovakia, Da 5 Bloods, dada, Dan Duryea, Danny Kaye, Dash Shaw, David Cross, Deepak Chopra, Delmer Daves, Delroy Lindo, destruction, Dianne Foster, Diary of a Chambermaid, Dick Van Dyke, disaster films, documentaries, Don Johnson, Donald O’Connor, Donovon, drama, Drive a Crooked Road, drugs, Dyan Cannon, dystopia, earthquakes, Emilio D'Alessandro, emotion, environment, Ernest Borgnine, Experiment in Terror, faith, families, family secrets, fantasy, farce, fascism, fathers and sons, Federico Fellini, feminism, film history, film noir, filmmakers, filmmaking, films, folktales, Frankenstein, Fred MacMurray, Fred Willard, French cinema, friendship, Fritz Lang, Gary Cooper, Gaza, Gene Kelly, General Francisco Franco, George C. Scott, Georgina Hale, Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, God, God Went Surfing With the Devil, Guns N' Roses, Harlan Ellison, Have a Good Trip, Helen Gurley Brown, Henry Fonda, Herb Alpert, historical drama, Holger Löwenadler, hope, horror, humor, hunger, hypocrisy, ideas, identity, illness, Ingmar Bergman, injustice, insecurity, Iran, Iranian cinema, Israeli cinema, Italian cinema, Jack Elam, Jacques Tati, Jane Mansfield, Japanese cinema, jazz, jealousy, Jean Reno, Jeanne Moreau, Jesus, Jews, John Lennon, Jour de Fête, journalism, Judaism, Karl Malden, Ken Russell, Kevin Keelan, Kevin McCarthy, kidnapping, Kier Dullea, Kim Novak, Koker, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Lacey Schwartz, Land Without Bread, Las Hurdes, Lauren Bacall, Laurence Olivier, L’Age D’Or, Led Zeppelin, Lee Marvin, Lee Remick, legends, Lewis Black, lies, life, Life and Nothing More, Little White Lie, Louis Armstrong, LSD, Luis Buñuel, Mahler, Marcello Mastroianni, Maria Schell, Martin Balsom, Mélanie Thierry, metaphor, Michael Murphy, Mickey Rooney, Miloš Forman, monsters, Moses, movies, murder, musicals, musicians, My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea, Natalie Wood, Natasha, Natasha Lyonne, Natural disasters, Netflix, Nick Kroll, Nigel Davenport, Nina Paley, Noel Coward, Norman Lear, Oingo Boingo, opinion, oppression, Otto Preminger, Palestinians, parenting, peace, people, Phase IV, poverty, psychoactive substances, psychological drama, PTSD, Pushover, Quincy Jones, race, racism, Ramón Acín, Red Nichols, relationships, religion, resilience, reviews, Richard Quine, Rob Corddry, Robert Powell, romance, Rosie Perez, Ross Martin, S is For Stanley, sacrifice, Salvador Dalí, Sarah Silverman, Satchmo, satire, Saul Bass, scandals, sci-fi, science fiction, Sean Connery, Seder-Masochism, self doubt, Sex and the Single Girl, sexism, sexual politics, Sidney Lumet, sight gags, sisters, slapstick, smoking, social criticism, social justice, soldiers, Spain, Spanish cinema, Spike Lee, Stanley Kubrick, Stefanie Powers, Sting, stories, suffering, surfing, surrealism, surrealists, surveillance, suspense, Swedish cinema, symbolism, tabloids, teenage sexuality, teenagers, terrorism, The Age of Gold, The Anderson Tapes, the Bible, The Big Heat, The Burglar, the Church, The Firemen’s Ball, The Five Pennies, The Four Tops, The Hanging Tree, The Holy Land, The Men Who Tread on the Tiger’s Tail, The Pointer Sisters, The Spirit of the Beehive, the state, thriller, tobacco companies, Tony Curtis, tradition, tragedy, Tuesday Weld, Vera Cruz, Victor Erice, Vietnam War, violence, westerns, Will Forte, writer’s block, Zach Leary | Leave a comment

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FLIX PIX (1299): “Raymond Massey is ABE LINCOLN IN ILLINOIS”

QuickPix (11): “Great SILENT MOVIES For You to Savor, Vol. 1”

FLIX PIX (1123): “ROBIN AND MARIAN is a Geriatric Robin Hood Fable”

FLIX PIX (1080): “Carl Theodor Dreyer Elicits Shudders With VAMPYR”

FLIX PIX (849): “Nina Paley Dazzles With Irreverent SEDER-MASOCHISM”

KPK on the CINEMA (124): “The Films of June 2022”

KPK on the CINEMA (109): The Films of March 2021

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