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KPK on the CINEMA (144): “The Films of FEBRUARY 2024”

Posted on March 1, 2024 by KPKeelan

. > This month: Three superhero flicks- one terrible, the other two, surprisingly good. Two animated films, one a disappointment, the other one pretty damn good. The biography of a comedy legend. A smattering of more obscure titles from the … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged A Foreign Affair, A Guy Named Joe, Abraham Lincoln, abuse, acceptance, action, Adolphe Menjou, adventure, Alan Arkin, Angela Bassett, animation, Anthony Asquith, Anthony Mann, Antonio Banderas, archeology, arts, awareness, Barry Nelson, beauty, Billy Crudup, Billy Wilder, biography, Bradley Cooper, British cinema, British history, Canadian cinema, Carl Reiner, Cary Grant, celebrity, children, Chris Pratt, cinema, Clifford Odets, comedy, comic books, corruption, coups, crime, criminals, criticism, cynicism, Dalton Trumbo, Dan Duryea, Daniel Kaluuya, Dave Bautista, David Niven, Dianne Wiest, Dick Powell, dictatorship, Disney, diversity, documentaries, documentary, drama, Dream Scenario, dreams, Dylan Gelula, dystopia, Edward Scissorhands, Elaine May, English history, entertainment, epics, escapes, Ester Williams, exploitation, extremism, fame, families, family separation, fantasy, films, Four Daughters, Fred Zinnemann, friendship, fulfillment, Guardians of the Galaxy, Guns of Darkness, Harrison Ford, Harry Lloyd, HBO, Henry Selick, historical fiction, Hugh Griffith, human rights, humor, humorists, Hundreds of Beavers, ideas, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, injustice, Iranian cinema, Irene Dunne, Islamic State, Issa Rae, Jackie Earle Haley, Jafar Panahi, James Hong, James Mangold, Jane Wyatt, Japanese cinema, Jean Arthur, John Cassavetes, John Lund, John Rhys-Davies, Johnny Depp, Jordan Peele, Julianne Nicholson, June Duprez, Kaouther Ben Hania, Karen Allen, Kathy Bates, Keegan-Michael Key, Kevin Keelan, King Richard III, Koji Yakusho, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Kristoffer Borgli, Leslie Caron, Lewis Milestone, Lionel Barrymore, love, Lucasfilm, Mads Mikkelsen, Malin Åkerman, Marlene Dietrich, Marlon Brando, Marvel Studios, Mel Brooks: Unwrapped, melodrama, Michael Cera, Mike Cheslik, Mikey and Nicky, military, Miss Ethel Barrymore, Montgomery Clift, movies, Mutiny On the Bounty, nature, Nazis, Ned Beatty, Netflix, Nicolas Cage, nihilism, No Bears, nonconformity, None But the Lonely Heart, opinion, oppression, Oscar Isaac, parable, patriarchy, Patrick Wilson, people, Perfect Days, Peter Falk, Philippa Langley, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Pom Klementieff, pop culture, radicalization, rape, relationships, reviews, Richard Harris, romance, Ruby Dee, Sally Hawkins, sci-fi, science fiction, seafaring, sequels, silent films, slapstick, slice of life, Spencer Tracy, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Stephen Frears, Steve Coogan, superheroes, supernatural, superstition, surrealism, Tahiti, talent, terrorism, The Lost King, The Search, The Tall Target, thrillers, Tim Burton, Tim Meadows, time travel, Toby Jones, Tokyo, tradition, tragedy, trauma, Trevor Howard, true stories, Tunisian cinema, underground filmmaking, Van Johnson, Victor Fleming, Vin Diesel, Vincent Price, Ving Rhames, Vol. 3, Ward Bond, Watchmen, Wendell & Wild, Will Geer, Wim Wenders, Winona Ryder, women, workers, World War II, Zack Snyder | Leave a comment

QuickPix (48): “Great DRAMA For You to Savor, Vol. 16”

Posted on January 29, 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 Aaron Copeland, Andrew Scott, arts, broken hearts, brothers, Christian Petzold, coming of age, conflict, disappointment, disease, drama, German cinema, Henry James, Iceland, Icelandic cinema, identity, Israel, livestock, love, loyalty, Montgomery Clift, negotiation, Olivia de Havilland, Oslo, Oslo Peace Accords, Palestinian Liberation Organization, Paris, PLO, politics, QuickPix, Ralph Richardson, Rams, redemption, refugees, romance, Ruth Wilson, sacrifice, The Heiress, tragedy, Transit, true stories, Washington Square, William Wyler, World War II | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (126): “The Films of August 2022”

Posted on September 6, 2022 by KPKeelan

. > AUGUST 2022 (126) (All films are rated on a 5-star basis and must be over a decade old to get 5 stars.) > This month I review the following 7 films: THE PRIDE AND THE PASSION (1957) **** A … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged A Sunday in New York, action, Akira Kurosawa, Alexander Skarsgård, Anya Taylor-Joy, Arthur Miller, arts, battle, Björk, Cary Grant, cinema, Claes Bang, Clark Gable, classics, Cliff Robertson, cowboys, criticism, drama, Eli Wallach, entertainment, Ethan Hawke, fantasy, feudal Japan, films, Frank Sinatra, genius, George Harrison, George Martin, ideas, Jane Fonda, Japanese cinema, John Huston, John Lennon, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Let It Be, Linda McCartney, Macbeth, Marilyn Monroe, Martha Ritter, Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Mike Mitchell, Montgomery Clift, morality, movies, music, music documentaries, musicians, Nevada, Nicole Kidman, Norse mythology, opinion, Paul McCartney, Peter Jackson, Reno, revenge, reviews, Ringo Starr, Robert Culp, Robert Eggers, rock and roll, Rod Taylor, romance, Ronin, sex, songwriters, Sophia Loren, Spain, Stanley Kramer, supernatural, The Beatles: Get Back, The Misfits, The Northman, The Pride and the Passion, The Seven Samurai, Throne of Blood, Toshiro Mifune, values, violence, war, westerns, Willem Dafoe | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (645): “An Italian Director Examines the INDISCRETION OF AN AMERICAN WIFE”

Posted on July 7, 2022 by KPKeelan

INDISCRETION OF AN AMERICAN WIFE (directed by Vittorio De Sica, 1953) ****+ (out of 5) . > Acclaimed Italian director Vittorio de Sica directed this bleak, neo-realist English language drama. . It tells the story of the doomed extramarital romance … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged arts, cinema, criticism, films, ideas, Indiscretion of an American Wife, infidelity, Jennifer Jones, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Montgomery Clift, movies, opinion, reviews, romance, Vittorio de Sica | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (116): The Films of October 2021

Posted on December 3, 2021 by KPKeelan

. > This month we get a serving of silent German expressionism from Fritz Lang, an effervescent modern musical from Lin-Manuel Miranda, a handsome American period piece from George Clooney, an early schlock film from Francis Coppola, one of the … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged action, Adam Driver, American history, Anthony Ramos, Arthur Kennedy, arts, B-movies, Barry Fitzgerald, betrayal, biography, Black Girl, boxing films, British cinema, brothers, Bruce Dern, Bruno Ganz, Burt Lancaster, cargo cults, Champion, change, cinema, Colin Firth, colonialism, comedy, commitment, Communism, corruption, crime, criminal masterminds, criticism, dancing, David McCallum, David Strathairn, Dean Stockwell, death, dementia, Dementia 13, demonization, Dennis Hopper, detectives, drama, dreams, economics, Edward R. Murrow, emigration, England, English cinema, entertainment, ethnicity, experimental films, exploitation, fighters, film noir, filmmaking, films, France, Francis Ford Coppola, Frank Langella, Freud, Fritz Lang, gay couples, genius, George Clooney, German cinema, Good Night and Good Luck, growth, Henry Jaglom, hopes, horror, horses, House Un-American Activities Committee, Howard Duff, HUAC, hypnosis, hysteria, I Walk Alone, ideas, illness, immigrants, imperialism, In the Heights, incarceration, inmates, insanity, Ireland, Jeff Daniels, Jimmy Smits, John Huston, Jonathan Pryce, Joseph McCarthy, journalism, justice, Kevin Keelan, Kirk Douglas, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, labor, life, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Lizabeth Scott, love, madness, Marc Anthony, Matthias Schoenaerts, medicine, memory loss, mental illness, metafiction, Michelle Phillips, Miguel de Cervantes, Montgomery Clift, movies, murder, musicals, mystery, neighborhoods, New York, opinion, Patricia Clarkson, Patrick Magee, people, Peru, Peter Fonda, police procedural, politics, prisoners, psychological drama, racism, Ray Wise, reform, rehabilitation, relationships, revenge, reviews, Robert Downey Jr., romance, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Russ Tamblyn, Samuel Fuller, Sancho Panza, Senegal, Senegalese cinema, Sigmund Freud, silent films, singing, slasher films, Spain, spies, Stanley Tucci, Stellan Skarsgård, Supernova, Susannah York, television, Terry Gilliam, the American dream, The American Friend, The Last Movie, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, The Mustang, The Naked City, The Secret Passion, therapy, thrillers, Toni Basil, tragedy, villains, violence, Washington Heights, Wim Wenders | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (105): The Films of November 2020

Posted on July 29, 2021 by KPKeelan

. NOVEMBER 2020… Finally finished in March 2021! Slowly working my way through the backlog, with 31 down and 42 to go! (All ratings are on a 5 star scale. Note that a classic only becomes a classic after a decade … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged 007, Aaron Copeland, action, Adam Driver, addiction, adultery, adventure, alcoholism, Alfred Hitchcock, American culture, Amy Adams, Andy Serkis, animation, Anthony Franciosa, anti-Semitism, Appalachia, Arte Johnson, Arthur Hill, arts, At the Circus, B-movies, Barbara Stanwyck, Bertrand Bonello, Billy Dee Williams, Bing Crosby, biography, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, brainwashing, Brie Larson, Bruce Dern, camp, Carrie Fisher, Cary Grant, Cecil Kellaway, Chico Marx, cinema, class, classics, Cole Porter, Colm Feore, comedies, comic books, coming of age, conflict, conscience, conspiracies, corporations, corruption, courtroom drama, crime, criticism, cults, cybercrime, dada, Daisy Ridley, detectives, Diane Baker, Dieudonné, documentaries, Domhnall Gleeson, Donald Pleasence, Dorothy Arzner, Dr. Seuss, drama, dysfunction, dystopia, End of Sentence, Ernst Stavro Blofeld, estrangement, exploitation, exposés, fairytales, families, fantasy, fascism, fathers and sons, Federico Fellini, films, Frank Oz, Frank Sinatra, fraud, Fredric March, French cinema, friendship, future, Gabriel Basso, genius, George Lucas, Glenn Close, Godfrey Cambridge, Grace Kelly, Gregory Chelli, grief, Groucho Marx, hackers, hacktivists, Haiti, Hans Christian Andersen, harassment, Harper, Harpo Marx, Harrison Ford, hate speech, hatred, Hedy Lamarr, Henry James, High Society, Hillbilly Elegy, hostages, Hume Cronyn, humor, I Married a Witch, I Vitelloni, Ian Fleming, Ian McDiarmid, ideas, inequality, infidelity, injustice, intimidation, Ireland, Israel, Italian cinema, J.D. Vance, J.J. Abrams, Jack MacGowran, Jacques Prévert, Jake Gyllenhaal, James Bond, James Caan, James Cagney, James Coburn, Jamie Foxx, Janet Leigh, Jean Gabin, Jean Renoir, Jews, Joan Blondell, Joanne Woodward, John Boyega, John Ford, John Garfield, John Hawkes, John Houseman, John Steinbeck, Jon Favreau, Judi Dench, Jules Verne, Julie Harris, Just Mercy, justice, Karl Urban, Keri Russell, Kevin Keelan, Kirk Douglas, kitsch, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, La Bête Humaine, Lana Turner, Lauren Bacall, Lee J. Cobb, Les Gémeaux, Lew Harper, Lewis Gilbert, liberation, lies, Louis Armstrong, Louis Theroux, love, M.C. Escher, machismo, manipulation, Margaret Dumont, Maria Bakalova, Mariette Hartley, Marisa Tomei, Mark Hamill, Marnie, marriage, Marx brothers, masterpieces, Max Fleischer, Maxfield Parrish, Melanie Griffith, men, Merrily We Go to Hell, Metropolis, Michael B. Jordan, mocumentaries, Monterey, Montgomery Clift, morality, movies, murder, musicals, My Scientology Movie, mysteries, Netflix, noir, Norman Jewison, Olivia de Havilland, opinion, Oscar Isaac, Paul Grimault, Paul Newman, pirates, politics, poverty, pranks, psychological drama, race, racing, racism, Ralph Richardson, relationships, religion, René Clair, responsibility, retaliation, revenge, reviews, Richard E. Grant, rituals, Roald Dahl, Robert Wagner, Rollerball, Roman Polanski, romance, Ron Howard, Ross MacDonald, Rudolph Maté, Rudy Giuliani, Sacha Baron Cohen, Salvador Dalí, Samantha Eggar, Samuel L. Jackson, sci-fi, science fiction, Sean Connery, secrets, sequels, Sharon Tate, Shelley Winters, Simone Simon, slapstick, slavery, social satire, Spencer Tracy, Spider-Man Far From Home, spies, sports, Star Wars, steampunk, Strother Martin, superheroes, supernatural, surrealism, Sylvia Sidney, symbolism, Thandie Newton, The Adventures of Tintin, The Chronicles of Riddick, The Crowd Roars, The Dark Past, The Drowning Pool, The Fearless Vampire Killers, The Future, The Heiress, The Human Beast, The King and the Mockingbird, The Layabouts, The Light at the Edge of the World, The Patriot, The Philadelphia Story, The Postman Always Rings Twice, The President’s Analyst, The Rise of Skywalker, The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep, The Strange Love of Martha Ivers, Tim Blake Nelson, Tippi Hedren, Tom Holland, Tortilla Flat, totalitarianism, tragedy, Transylvania, trauma, Ulcan, values, vampires, Van Heflin, Veronica Lake, Victor Fleming, vigilantes, Vin Diesel, violence, voodoo, Walt Disney, Washington Square, Will Geer, William Daniels, William Holden, William Wyler, Wojciech Kilar, You Only Live Twice, Yul Brynner, Zendaya, Zombi Child, zombies, zombiism | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Montgomery Clift

KPK on the CINEMA (144): “The Films of FEBRUARY 2024”

QuickPix (48): “Great DRAMA For You to Savor, Vol. 16”

KPK on the CINEMA (126): “The Films of August 2022”

FLIX PIX (645): “An Italian Director Examines the INDISCRETION OF AN AMERICAN WIFE”

KPK on the CINEMA (116): The Films of October 2021

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