Tag Archives: Mercedes McCambridge

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 (82): The Films of December 2018

Posted on July 6, 2021 by KPKeelan

. The Big Year-End Releases are out, and December found me in cinema-hyperdrive. Lots of fun stuff to examine this month. Prepare yourself! (All ratings are on a 5 star scale. Note that a classic only becomes a classic after a … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged 1900, 22 July, A Perfect Day, Alfonso Cuarón, aliens, Australian cinema, authority, Bandersnatch, Benecio del Toro, Bernando Bertolucci, big business, Billy Crudup, biography, Bird Box, Blades of Glory, Bruce Springsteen, Burt Lancaster, Buster Keaton, Charleze Theron, Charlie Brooker, childhood, cinematography, Clarence Clemmons, Claude Chabrol, comedies, Communism, crime, Day of the Soldado, Dennis Hopper, Dominique Sanda, Don Shirley, Donald Sutherland, drama, Duplass brothers, Edmund O’Brien, Ennio Morricone, fascism, filmmaking, Flash of Genius, Ford Motor Company, fraud, Gérard Depardieu, Green Book, Greg Kinnear, Guy Pearce, Happy as Lazzaro, Henry Jaglom, historical epics, history, Hollywood, horror, human smuggling, ice-skating, interactive, inventors, Italian cinema, Joel Edgerton, John Heder, John Huston, Josh Brolin, justice, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Mann, magical realism, Mahershala Ali, Mark Hogancamp, mass murder, Mercedes McCambridge, Mexican cinema, Mexico, Mexico City, motherhood, music, Netflix, NGO’s, Norman Foster, Norway, Orson Welles, Patti Scialfa, Paul Greengrass, Paul Mazursky, Peter Bogdanovich, Professor Philip Zimbardo, psychology, PTSD, racism, RGB, Rip van Winkle, Robert De Niro, Robert Pattinson, Robert Zemeckis, Roma, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Sandra Bullock, satire, Sicario, silent films, Springsteen On Broadway, Sterling Hayden, Steve Carell, storytelling, survivors, Susan Strasberg, suspense, Suzanne Bier, the Balkans, The Cameraman, The Notorious RBG, The Other Side of the Wind, The Rover, The Stanford Prison Experiment, The Supreme Court, Tim Robbins, Tony Vallelonga, trauma, Tully, Viggo Mortensen, violence, war, Welcome to Marwen, Welcome to Marwencol, Will Ferrell, World War II | 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: Mercedes McCambridge

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

KPK on the Cinema (82): The Films of December 2018

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