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FLIX PIX (1192): “Robert Mitchum and Marilyn Monroe Shoot the Rapids on THE RIVER OF NO RETURN”

Posted on February 16, 2024 by KPKeelan

. THE RIVER OF NO RETURN (directed by Otto Preminger & Jean Negulesco, 1954) ****+ (out of 5) . > Here’s a near-classic western that had escaped my gaze until now. . Otto Preminger directs a stalwart Robert Mitchum and a … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged arts, Bicycle Thieves, cinema, criticism, entertainment, films, Flix Pix, ideas, Jean Negulesco, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Marilyn Monroe, movies, opinion, Otto Preminger, reviews, Robert Mitchum, Rory Calhoun, The River of No Return, Tommy Rettig, westerns | Leave a comment

KPK on the Cinema (143): “The Films of January 2024”

Posted on February 1, 2024 by KPKeelan

. > January is always a busy movie month for me, as I make my annual effort to see as many of the nominated movies as I can before the annual Oscar ceremony rolls ‘round. This year I was far ahead … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged abuse, Adrian Belew, adventure, alcoholism, Alex Sharp, American Fiction, Amy Poehler, Anatomy of a Fall, Andes, animation, anthropophagy, apocalypse, Arthur Hunnicutt, arts, Augusto Pinochet, Auschwitz, bands, Beck Bennett, Bicycle Thieves, Big Sur California, Bill Bruford, black comedy, black holes, blind swordsman, Burt Lancaster, cannibalism, capers, children, Chilean cinema, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Chloe Grace Moretz, Chris Pine, Christian Friedel, Christopher George, cinema, Claire Denis, classics, comedies, comedy, coming of age, Cord Jefferson, corruption, courtroom drama, crime, criticism, Deborah Kerr, Dennis Hopper, dignity, disaster, disasters, documentary, drama, dramady, Dub Taylor, dystopia, Earl Holliman, Ed Asner, Ed Helms, El Conde, El Dorado, Elizabeth Taylor, Elle Fanning, empowerment, entertainment, Erika Alexander, erotic drama, ethics, Eva Marie Saint, evil, existentialism, experimental, experimental films, exploitation, faith, families, fantasy, film noir, films, French cinema, Gene Hackman, Good Morning, Hannah Arendt, Harry Belafonte, High Life, High Sierra, history, Holocaust, honor, horror, How to Talk to Girls at Parties, Howard Hawks, Hugh Laurie, I Died a Thousand Times, Icelandic cinema, ideas, In the Court of the Crimson King: King Crimson at 50, Jack Palance, James Caan, Japanese cinema, Jean Negulesco, Jeffrey Tambor, Jeffrey Wright, John Cameron Mitchell, John Krasinski, John Wayne, Johnathan Glazer, Juliette Binoche, Justine Triet, Kaneto Shindō, Kevin Keelan, Kiefer Sutherland, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Late Autumn, Lee Marvin, Leslie Uggams, Lilies of the Field, Lon Chaney Jr., Margot Robbie, Marilyn Monroe, marriage, matchmaking, Mia Goth, Monsters Vs. Aliens, Mouchette, movies, music, musicians, mystery, Nadine Nortier, nature, Nazis, Neil Gaiman, Nichole Kidman, Nimona, Onibaba, opinion, Otto Preminger, outer space, Pablo Larraín, partnering, Paul Rudd, Paula Luchsinger, Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez, performance, personalities, Peru, plane crashes, Polish cinema, political satire, poverty, progressive rock, publishing, race, racism, Rainn Wilson, Ralph Nelson, Reese Witherspoon, relationships, religion, remakes, Renée Zellweger, reviews, Richard Burton, Riz Ahmed, Robert Bresson, Robert Fripp, Robert Mitchum, Robert Pattinson, romance, Rory Calhoun, Rudolf Höss, RuPaul Charles, Ruth Wilson, Sandra Hüller, Sarah Sherman, satire, sci-fi, science fiction, Scott Wilson, Seth Rogan, Shelly Winters, Shintaro Katsu, Shirley MacLaine, skydiving, slow cinema, South America, Spanish cinema, Stanley Adams, Stephen Colbert, stereotypes, Sterling K. Brown, supernatural, survival, television, The Count, The Gypsy Moths, The River of No Return, The Sandpiper, The Society of Snow, The Tale of Zatoichi, The Zone of Interest, thrillers, Toby Amies, tolerance, Tommy Rettig, tragedy, true stories, Two For the Seesaw, vampires, westerns, Will Arnett, William Windom, World War II, Yakuza, Yasujirō Ozu, Z For Zachariah | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (136): “The Films of June 2023”

Posted on July 23, 2023 by KPKeelan

. > No 5-star classics this month- but six 4-star movies is still a cornucopia of riches. Can’t have everything, all the time. Let’s dive in. (All films are rated on a 5-star basis and must be over a decade … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged acting, action, actresses, allegory, Americana, Amy Heckerling, arts, Audrey Hepburn, Avatar: The Way of Water, Barry Nelson, Being Mary Tyler Moore, biography, blockbusters, Catholicism, C’mon C’mon, children, Chris Pine, Christianity, cinema, Clarence Brown, cliches, Coleen Dewhurst, comedy, coming of age, conscience, corruption, crime, Crimes of the Future, criticism, Dana Andrews, David Cronenberg, Dean Jagger, documentary, Don DeFore, Don’t Worry Darling, Donna Reed, drama, entertainment, environment, evolution, faith, families, family, fantasy, farce, film noir, films, Florence Pugh, Frank Morgan, Fred Zinnemann, Gabby Giffords Won’t Back Down, gangsters, Gene Tierney, Griffin Dunne, gun violence, Harry Styles, HBO, horror, Howard Shore, ideas, injury, inspiration, James Cameron, Joaquin Phoenix, Joe Piscopo, Johnny Dangerously, Kate Winslet, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Kristen Stewart, Laura, Léa Seydoux, male privilege, Mark Kelly, Maureen Stapleton, Michael Keaton, Mickey Rooney, Mike Mills, military, missionaries, movies, murder, mystery, obedience, oceans, Olivia Wilde, opinion, Otto Preminger, parenting, patriotism, performance art, personalities, Peter Boyle, Peter Finch, political terrorism, politics, propaganda, recovery, religion, revenge, reviews, Robert Mitchum, romance, Sam Worthington, sci-fi, science fiction, self-mutilation, sequels, Sigourney Weaver, small towns, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Human Comedy, The Nun’s Story, values, Viggo Mortensen, Vincent Price, violence, William Saroyan, Woody Norman, World War II, Zoe Saldana | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (130): “The Films of December 2022”

Posted on February 9, 2023 by KPKeelan

. I allowed myself to get dozens of film reviews in arrears again, while busily completing a slew of new stories for 2023’s TALES FROM A WINDBAG. (Read them!) https://lastcre8iveiconoclast.wordpress.com/category/tales-from-a-windbag/) Almost caught-up now. Unfortunately, there are six pretty bad films … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged Abigail Breslin, addiction, adventure, ageing, Akira Kurosawa, alcoholism, Alessandro Nivola, All Fall Down, Amsterdam, Angela Lansbury, Angelo Badalamenti, animation, antisemitism, Anya Taylor-Joy, arts, Broadway, Burt Lancaster, Cary Grant, Chris Rock, Christian Bale, cinema, classics, clones, comedies, comedy, conmen, crime, criminals, criticism, Damsel, David O. Russell, David Zelner, Dick Powell, Dinner For Schmucks, Dominique Pinon, drama, Dreyfus affair, dystopia, Edward Dmytryk, entertainment, espionage, Eva Marie Saint, families, fantasy, Farewell, films, flight, France, Frank Oz, French cinema, Gene Tierney, Gore Verbinski, Graham Grene, history, horror, Howard Hawks, I Accuse, ideas, injustice, Isla Fisher, Japanese cinema, Jay Roach, Jean Arthur, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Joan Rivers, John Cheever, John David Washington, Johnny Depp, Jose Ferrer, Jules Dassin, Karl Malden, Kermit the Frog, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Madadayo, Marc Caro, Margot Robbie, Marx brothers, Matthias Schoenaerts, Mia Wasikowska, Michael Shannon, Mike Myers, Miss Piggy, movies, murder, musicals, My Lovely, My Sweet, Nathan Zelner, Ned Beatty, Nicol Williamson, Night and the City, noir, Only Angels Have Wings, opinion, Otto Preminger, Paul Rudd, persecution, pilots, Rami Malek, Rango, Raymond Chandler, relationships, respect, reviews, Richard Widmark, Rita Hayworth, Robert De Niro, Robert Morley, Robert Pattinson, Ron Perlman, sci-fi, science fiction, spies, Steve Carell, surrealism, Taylor Swift, The Big Store, The City of Lost Children, The Human Factor, The Muppets Take Manhattan, The Swimmer, Thomas Mitchell, Timothy Olyphant, Tom Stoppard, violence, Warren Beatty, westerns, William Inge, Zoe Saldana | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (123): “The Films of May 2022”

Posted on August 31, 2022 by KPKeelan

. > MAY 2022. Months overdue, but this baby is delivered! (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 10 films: KELLY’S … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged action, Adolfo Celi, adventure, Adventures of Don Juan, Alan Hale, Alfred Molina, Andrew Garfield, Anya Taylor-Joy, Ben Hecht, Benedict Cumberbatch, black comedy, Burgess Meredith, Carol O’Connor, Carole Lombard, Charles Boyer, class, classics, Cliff Robertson, Clint Eastwood, Cluny Brown, comedies, comedy, comics, crime, David O. Selznick, Diana Rigg, Don Rickles, Donald Sutherland, Dorothy Parker, drama, Ernst Lubitsch, Errol Flynn, Eva Marie Saint, Eve Arden, Exodus, fantasy, Fredric March, Gavin MacLeod, gender, George S. Kaufman, Harry Dean Stanton, Hattie McDaniel, heists, historical epics, Israel, Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Jones, Jews, Kelly’s Heroes, Last Night in Soho, Lee J. Cobb, London, Maggie Smith, Margaret Hamilton, Marisa Tomei, marriage, Marvel, Melvyn Douglas, Merle Oberon, Moss Hart, murder, mystery, Nothing Sacred, Otto Preminger, Paul Newman, Peter Lawford, Peter Parker, Ralph Richardson, Raymond Burr, relationships, Rex Harrison, Richard Haydn, Ring Lardner Jr., Rita Tushingham, romance, Sal Mineo, scams, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Spain, Spider-Man: No Way Home, superheroes, supernatural, Susan Hayward, suspense, swashbuckling, swordplay, Telly Savalas, Terence Stamp, That Uncertain Feeling, The Honey Pot, Thomas Haden Church, Thomasin McKenzie, Tobey Maguire, Tom Holland, Una O'Connor, Willem Dafoe, William Wellman, World War II, Zendaya | 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

KPK on the CINEMA (30): The Films of JUNE 2014

Posted on May 15, 2021 by KPKeelan

. > JUNE 2014: 35 films reviewed here: from a desperate and compelling Romanian drama about the fierceness of a mother’s love, to a live-action comic book about a brooding mutant confronting his private grief while kicking ass. That’s a … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged 3 Idiots, A Field in England, Akira Kurosawa, Angela Davis, Angelina Jolie, Anthony Mann, Atiq Rahini, Ben Wheatley, Bono, books, Burn, Cahill U.S. Marshall, Child's Pose, Chris Rock, Christina Ricci, cinema, criticism, David Thewlis, Dersu Uzala, Devo Live in the Land of the Rising Sun, Emily Watson, Enough Said, entertainment, Ernest & Celestine, Farley brothers, film criticism, films, Forest Whitaker, Free Angela and All Political Prisoners, Gary Cooper, Geoffrey Rush, George Kennedy, Good Hair, Gus Van Sant, Guy Maddin, Her, Holocaust, Hugh Jackman, James Gandolfini, Jason Biggs, Jeremy Davies, Jimmy Stewart, Joaquin Phoenix, John Huston, John Wayne, Johnny Depp, Jose Ferrer, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Kevin Keelan, Kingpin, KPK, KPKeelan, Kurt Cobain, Last Days, Lauren Bacall, Lena Olin, Leonardo DiCaprio, Like Someone in Love, Luminita Gheorghiu, Mackenzie Foy, Malificent, Michael Curtiz, Michael Pitt, Milla Jovovich, Million Dollar Hotel, Moulin Rouge, movies, Nazis, Noises Off, opinion, Otto Preminger, Paul Giamatti, persecution, Peter Bogdanovich, Randy Quaid, reading, reviews, Rod Steiger, Roman Polanski, Scarlett Johansson, Sissy Spacek, Spike Jonze, Stuyvesant High School, Susannah York, The Book Thief, The Comancheros, The Court Martial of Billy Mitchell, The Far Country, The Killing of Sister George, The Ninth Gate, The Patience Stone, The Wolverine, Tim's Vermeer, tragedy, Waiting For Armageddon, Walter Brennan, Whoopi Goldberg, William H. Macy, Wim Wenders, Woody Allen, Woody Harrelson, World War II, X-Men 2 United, Zsa Zsa Gabor | Leave a comment

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FLIX PIX (1192): “Robert Mitchum and Marilyn Monroe Shoot the Rapids on THE RIVER OF NO RETURN”

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KPK on the CINEMA (130): “The Films of December 2022”

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