Tag Archives: Lillian Hellman

KPK on the CINEMA (147): “The Films of MAY 2024”

Posted on June 1, 2024 by KPKeelan

. > And away we go! (All films are rated on a 5-star basis and must be over a decade old to get 5 stars.) Titles in PURPLE have been expanded for Flix Pix columns > This month I review … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged adventure, Alfred Hitchcock, Amy Ryan, animation, anxiety, Ari Aster, Arthur Treacher, arts, Aubrey Plaza, Bao Nguyen, Beau is Afraid, Ben Hecht, Billy Joel, Blake Edwards, Bob Dylan, Bob Geldof, Brian Keith, Bruce Springsteen, buddy films, Burt Reynolds, childhood, cinema, classics, Clint Walker, comedies, comedy, coming of age, con artists, credit card fraud, crime, criticism, Cyndi Lauper, Dan Aykroyd, Dean Martin, desire, Diana Ross, Dionne Warwick, Dorothy Lamour, drama, dysfunctional families, Edmund Gwenn, Emily the Criminal, entertainment, espionage, family, family films, famine relief, films, Foreign Correspondent, friendship, Gene Tierney, George Roy Hill, George Sanders, Geraldine Page, guilt, Harry Belafonte, Heidi, Henry Mancini, Hollywood, horror, Huey Lewis, I. S. Johar, ideas, India, injustice, IRA, Ireland, Irish Republican Army, Irish troubles, Jackie Gleason, Jay North, Joaquin Phoenix, Joel McCrea, John Berry, John Carradine, John Ford, John Ritter, Jon Hall, justice, Ken Kragen, Kenny Loggins, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, László Kovács, Lillian Hellman, Lionel Richie, M. Emmet Walsh, Mary Astor, Maya, metaphor, Michael Jackson, military life, moviemaking, movies, music documentary, Nathan Lane, Natural disasters, Netflix, Nickelodeon, opinion, Paranoia, Parker Posey, Patti LuPone, Paul Simon, Peter Bogdanovich, political thriller, Polynesia, Quincy Jones, Ralph Nelson, Ray Charles, Raymond Massey, recording sessions, relationships, resistance movements, retribution, reviews, romance, Ryan O'Neal, scams, Sheila E, Shirley Temple, silent movies, Smokey Robinson, Soldier In the Rain, songwriting, south seas, spies, Stella Stevens, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Steve McQueen, Stevie Wonder, surrealism, suspense, symbolism, Tatum O'Neal, The Greatest Night in Pop, The Hurricane, The Informer, Thomas Mitchell, Tina Turner, Toys in the Attic, tragedy, Tuesday Weld, Una O'Connor, Victor McLaglen, We Are the World, Wendy Hiller, William Goldman, Willie Nelson, Yvette Mimieux | Leave a comment

QuickPix (18): “Great DRAMA For You to Savor, Vol. 6”

Posted on January 11, 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 50/50, art, Bette Davis, cancer, Cherry Blossoms, Christianity, cinema, criticism, cults, Dan Duryea, death, dramas, entertainment, faith, families, films, German cinema, grief, Herbert Marshall, Higher Ground, ideas, illness, Japan, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Lillian Hellman, movies, opinion, QuickPix, reviews, Seth Rogan, solace, The Little Foxes, time, Vera Farmiga | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (1025): “Lillian Hellman’s Literate: WATCH ON THE RHINE”

Posted on February 23, 2023 by KPKeelan

WATCH ON THE RHINE (directed by Herman Shumlin, 1943) **** (out of 5) * > Adapted for the screen by the writer’s lover, celebrated noir stylist Dashiell Hammett, this sober drama is a constrained and appropriately claustrophobic affair. . Studio star … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged art, Bette Davis, cinema, criticism, Dashiell Hammett, drama, films, Herman Shumlin, ideas, intolerance, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Lillian Hellman, movies, Nazis, opinion, Paul Lucas, resistance, reviews, sacrifice, Watch on the Rhine, World War II | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (583): “Vanessa Redgrave and Jane Fonda Shine in Lillian’s Hellman’s JULIA”

Posted on June 6, 2022 by KPKeelan

JULIA (directed by Fred Zinnemann, 1977) **** (out of 5) . > I remember this film was a big deal at the time it came out. . Somehow, I never got around to it- but now I see why it … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged art, biography, cinema, criticism, films, Fred Zinnemann, history, ideas, Jane Fonda, Julia, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Lillian Hellman, movies, opinion, reviews, spies, Vanessa Redgrave, World War II | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (319): “THE CHASE is Worth Catching Up With”

Posted on January 25, 2022 by KPKeelan

THE CHASE (directed by Arthur Penn, 1966) **** (out of 5) . > Reluctant farmer/Sheriff Marlon Brando mumbles his way heroically through this hot, sweaty southern melodrama. And damn is he good. . It’s the story of Bubba, a local bad-boy … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged art, Arthur Penn, criticism, E.G. Marshall, films, Horton Foote, James Fox, Jane Fonda, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Lillian Hellman, Marlon Brando, movies, opinion, reviews, Robert Duvall, Robert Redford, The Chase | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (93): The Films of November 2019

Posted on July 17, 2021 by KPKeelan

. November! So many great movies in this batch! I (heart) cinema! (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 expanded for Flix … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged action, addiction, American culture, animation, Ann Margaret, anti-Semitism, Anton Yelchin, Anya Taylor-Joy, Aparajito, Ben is Back, Bette Davis, biography, camp, Can Can, cartoons, change, charity, Chuck Jones, class, Cole Porter, comedy, crime, Damon Runyan, Dashiell Hammett, death, dignity, drama, Edward Everett Horton, Ewan McGregor, fame, families, family films, fantasy, fascism, Female Trouble, Frank Capra, Frank Sinatra, fraud, friendship, Glenn Ford, Griffin Davis, growth, Hitler, Hope Lange, humor, I Love You Phillip Morris, Indian cinema, inmates, intolerance, Jean Renoir, Jim Carrey, John Waters, Jojo Rabbit, Julia Roberts, kindness, kitsch, life, Lillian Hellman, Louis Jourdan, love, Lucas Hedges, Maurice Chevalier, media, Mel Blanc, Mel Ferrer, metaphor, morality, mothers and sons, murder, musicals, Nazis, Norton Juster, Olivia Cooke, Pather Panchali, Paul Lucas, Paul Sparks, people, Peter Falk, Pocketful of Miracles, poverty, prisoners, relationships, resistance, romance, Sam Rockwell, satire, Satyajit Ray, Scaramouche, Shirley MacLaine, social class, Stewart Granger, swashbucklers, swordplay, Taika Waititi, The Phantom Tollbooth, The World of Apu, Thoroughbreds, Watch on the Rhine, World War II | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (67): The Films of SEPTEMBER 2017

Posted on June 21, 2021 by KPKeelan

. Not many films to review this month, as I spent some time catching up on TV series like Orange is the New Black, and The Young Pope… At least I tried to watch The Young Pope. After seeing YOUTH, … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged A Story of Floating Weeds, Aaron Eckhart, Allison Janney, animation, art, Arthur Penn, Bill Nye, Bill Plympton, biography, Bleed For This, Canadian films, Cannery Row, capers, Cheatin’, Chris O’Dowd, Ciarán Hinds, cinema, criticism, Dave Franco, Debra Winger, documentaries, drama, Dying to Know, E.G. Marshall, Ellen Page, Emily Blunt, family, films, Horton Foote, Isla Fisher, James Fox, Jane Fonda, Japanese cinema, Jesse Eisenberg, Jessica Williams, John Steinbeck, Jude Law, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Lillian Hellman, M. Emmet Walsh, Mark Ruffalo, Marlon Brando, Miles Teller, Morgan Freeman, movies, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Netflix, Nick Nolte, Now You See Me, Paolo Sorrentino, psychedelic culture, Ram Dass, reviews, Robert Duvall, Robert Redford, romantic comedy, science, Space Camp, space travel, Tallulah, Tammy Blanchard, The Chase, The Girl on the Train, The Incredible Jessica James, The Lego Batman Movie, The Mars Generation, The Young Pope, thrillers, Timothy Leary, TV series, Vinny Pazienza, Woody Harrelson, Yasujirō Ozu | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (65): The Films of JULY 2017

Posted on June 19, 2021 by KPKeelan

. Lots of very fine films to take a quick look at this month- a slew of four-and-a-half star flicks. That’s some bounty! Good times continue for the film industry, as the tools of the art become cheaper and more … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged 20th Century Women, A Monster Calls, Aferim!, aging, Alan Bennett, Alex Lehmann, aliens, animation, Annette Bening, art, autobiography, Benicio Del Toro, Billy Crudup, biography, Blue Jay, Brian Keith, Captain Chesley Sullenberger, Che, Chloe Grace Moretz, Christopher Nolan, Cillian Murphy, cinema, Clint Eastwood, comedy, criticism, Devil's Bride, documentaries, drama, dramedy, Dreamworks, Dunkirk, Duplass brothers, Dutch cinema, dystopia, Elle, Elle Fanning, Elton John, England, epics, Ernesto Guevara, erotica, families, fantasy, Felicity Jones, feminism, films, Five Came Back, France, Francis Ford Coppola, Frank Capra, Gabriel García Bernal, George Stevens, German cinema, Greta Gerwig, growing up, Guillermo Del Toro, gypsies, Hailee Steinfeld, Haley Mills, Harry Styles, historical drama, history, Hugh Jackman, humor, Ian Paisley, Irish cinema, Isabelle Huppert, Jane Fonda, John Ford, John Huston, Julia, Kelly Fremon Craig, Kenneth Branagh, Kevin Keelan, Kevin Kline, Kid Charlemagne, Korean cinema, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Laura Linney, Laura Prepon, Lawrence Kasdan, Lewis MacDougall, Liam Neeson, Liev Schreiber, Lillian Hellman, Logan, love, LSD, Luis Gnecco, Maggie Smith, Mark Duplass, Mark Rylance, Martin McGuinness, Maureen O’Hara, Michaël Dudok de Wit, Mike Mills, Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children, movies, nature, Nazis, Neruda, Netflix, Nicholas Sand, Operation Dynamo, orange sunshine, Owsley Stanley, Pablo Neruda, Park Chan-wook, Patrick Stewart, Paul Greengrass, Paul Verhoeven, Peter Simonischek, poetry, poets, politics, psychedelics, Radu Jude, reviews, Roma, romance, Romania, Romanian cinema, Sam Elliot, Sandra Hüller, Sarah Paulson, Scandinavia, She's Beautiful When She's Angry, Sigourney Weaver, Steely Dan, Steven Soderbergh, Steven Spielberg, Sully, The Edge of Seventeen, The Fifth Wave, The Handmaiden, The Hero, The Journey, The Lady in the Van, The Parent Trap, The Red Turtle, The Road to El Dorado, The Sunshine Makers, thrillers, Tim Burton, Tim Rice, Tim Scully, Timothy Spall, Tom Hanks, Tom Hardy, Toni Erdmann, Tuulia Eloranta, Vanessa Redgrave, violence, warfare, William Wyler, witch hunts, Wolverine, women’s lib, Woody Harrelson, World War II, X-Men | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Lillian Hellman

KPK on the CINEMA (147): “The Films of MAY 2024”

QuickPix (18): “Great DRAMA For You to Savor, Vol. 6”

FLIX PIX (1025): “Lillian Hellman’s Literate: WATCH ON THE RHINE”

FLIX PIX (583): “Vanessa Redgrave and Jane Fonda Shine in Lillian’s Hellman’s JULIA”

FLIX PIX (319): “THE CHASE is Worth Catching Up With”

KPK on the CINEMA (67): The Films of SEPTEMBER 2017

KPK on the CINEMA (65): The Films of JULY 2017

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