Tag Archives: Paris

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

QuickPix (44): “Great MUSICALS For You to Savor, Vol. 4”

Posted on January 26, 2024 by KPKeelan

> Welcome to KPK’s “QuickPix”, a new feature here in KPKworld! > 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 … Continue reading →

Posted in QuickPix | Tagged adventure, arts, Can Can, cinema, classics, Cole Porter, Conrad Johnson, criticism, entertainment, Fame Studio, films, France, ideas, Jeanette MacDonald, Kashmere Stage Band, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Louis Jourdan, Love Me Tonight, Maurice Chevalier, movies, Muscle Shoals, musicals, musicians, opinion, Paris, QuickPix, reviews, Rick Hall, Rodgers and Hart, romance, Rouben Mamoulian, Thunder Soul | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (1115): “Louis Malle Charms With ZAZIE IN THE METRO”

Posted on September 5, 2023 by KPKeelan

ZAZIE DANS LE METRO (directed by Louis Malle, 1960) **** (out of 5) . > I am such a big fan of French director Louis Malle, it is a real pleasure to find films from his career I have overlooked. This … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged absurdism, arts, cinema, comedies, criticism, entertainment, experimental film, films, French cinema, humor, ideas, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Louis Malle, movies, opinion, Paris, reviews, surrealism, Zazie in the Metro | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (706): “Godard Dazzles With MASCULIN FÉMININ”

Posted on August 7, 2022 by KPKeelan

MASCULIN FÉMININ (directed by Jean Luc Godard, 1966) ****+ (out of 5) . > And here I had all but convinced myself that French “new wave” was not for me. I am a pigheaded fool. . I was absolutely riveted to … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged art, Chantal Goya, cinema, criticism, films, French cinema, gender, ideas, Jean Luc Godard, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Masculin Féminin, movies, new wave, opinion, Paris, relationships, reviews, romance, sex, the sixties, youth | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (96): The Films of February 2020

Posted on July 20, 2021 by KPKeelan

. February 2020: one day longer than usual and some heavy shit is goin’ down… (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 007, absurdism, Adolphe Menjou, Aleppo, American Factory, animation, art, Bashar Al-Assad, biography, bombs, Brazil, business, camp, capitalism, Carroll Shelby, cars, Casino Royale, Charles Boyer, children, China, Christian Bale, Christmas, cinema, comedies, competition, corporations, criticism, David Niven, Daytona, Deborah Kerr, Dick Powell, doctors, documentaries, drama, economics, Enzo Ferrari, experimental film, F. Murray Abraham, family films, fantasy, fate, films, For Sama, Ford Motor Company, Ford vs Ferrari, foreign ownership, French cinema, Fuyao, General Motors, George Raft, globalization, Henry Ford II, heroism, history, horror, hospitals, How to Train Your Dragon, I Lost My Body, Ian Fleming, ideas, insanity, It Happened Tomorrow, Jacqueline Bisset, James Bond, James Pattinson, journalism, Ken Miles, Kevin Keelan, kitsch, Klaus, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Le Mans, Louis Malle, manufacturing, Matt Damon, mermaids, movies, murder, Netflix, newspapers, Ohio, opinion, origin stories, Orson Welles, Paris, Pat O'Brien, Peter Sellers, politics, psychological drama, racing, relationships, reporters, reviews, Robert Eggers, romance, sailors, Santa Claus, satire, sequels, slapstick, spies, supernatural, surrealism, Syria, The Edge of Democracy, The Front Page, The Hidden World, The Lighthouse, the press, Tracy Letts, turkeys, Ursula Andress, violence, Waad al-Kateab, war crimes, warfare, Willem Dafoe, William Holden, Woody Allen, work, workers, Zazie Dans le Metro | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Paris

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

QuickPix (44): “Great MUSICALS For You to Savor, Vol. 4”

FLIX PIX (1115): “Louis Malle Charms With ZAZIE IN THE METRO”

FLIX PIX (706): “Godard Dazzles With MASCULIN FÉMININ”

KPK on the CINEMA (96): The Films of February 2020

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