Tag Archives: Paul Scofield

FLIX PIX (1169): “Sir Thomas More Was A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS”

Posted on December 30, 2023 by KPKeelan

A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS (directed by Fred Zinnemann, 1966) ***** (out of 5) . > I saw this title in the theater as a child, and being smarter than the average kid, it left a huge impression on me. . … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged A Man For All Seasons, arts, Catholic church, cinema, classics, conscience, criticism, England, entertainment, films, Flix Pix, Fred Zinnemann, historical drama, ideas, John Hurt, Kevin Keelan, King Henry VIII, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Leo McKern, movies, opinion, Paul Scofield, rebellion, reviews, Robert Bolt, Robert Shaw, Susannah York, Vanessa Redgrave, Wendy Hiller | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (801): “Protecting Art Treasures From Nazi Thieves on THE TRAIN”

Posted on September 23, 2022 by KPKeelan

THE TRAIN (directed by John Frankenheimer, 1964) ***** (out of 5) . > After RONIN and THE YOUNG SAVAGES, this was the third exceptional John Frankenheimer film I saw this month, courtesy a collection of his films I scored at my … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged action, art, art masterpieces, Burt Lancaster, cinema, criticism, drama, films, ideas, Jeanne Moreau, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, Nazis, opinion, Paul Scofield, reviews, violence, World War II | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (110): The Films of April 2021

Posted on August 3, 2021 by KPKeelan

. Oscar season! O rapture. (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 Pix columns.) > This month I review the … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged #MeToo, A Man For All Seasons, abuse, action, addiction, aging, Aida?, alcohol, alcoholism, ambition, Americans, Andra day, animation, Another Round, Australian cinema, Bertrand Tavernier, big agra, biography, blockbusters, Bo Burnham, Bosnian cinema, brotherhood, Bruce Beresford, campers, capitalism, Carey Mulligan, caste system, Catholic church, childbirth, childhood, Chilean cinema, Chloé Zhao, Chris Pratt, Christopher Nolan, class, Clémence Poésy, Collective, comedies, coming of age, conscience, corruption, crime, criminals, Danish cinema, David Straithairn, death, Death Watch, Disney, documentaries, drama, dramas, drinking, drugs, dying, economic refugees, economics, Ed Harris, elderly, Ellen Burstyn, England, ethnic cleansing, family, family drama, fantasy, farming, fires, Francis McDormand, French cinema, Fritz Lang, Garrett Hedlund, gay films, gender, genocide, George MacKay, George Patton, globalism, government, grief, grieving, Harry Dean Stanton, Harvey Keitel, Helena Zengel, Henry Fonda, Himesh Patel, historical drama, Holocaust, humanity, identity, India, itinerant workers, Jasna Đuričić, jazz, Jesse Eisenberg, Jews, John David Washington, John Hurt, John Ratzenberger, journalism, justice, Kanopy, Kenneth Branagh, King Henry VIII, Klaus Barbie, Korean immigrants, Lee Daniels, legends, Leo McKern, lesbians, Leslie Jordan, love, Mads Mikkelsen, Marcel Marceau, mass murder, Matthias Schweighöfer, media, medical fraud, Michael Caine, midwives, Minari, musicians, Natasha Lyonne, Nazis, Netflix, News of the World, Nicholas Hoult, noir, Nomadland, nursing homes, Octavia Spencer, Onward, Paul Greengrass, Paul Scofield, peer pressure, people, persecution, Pieces of a Woman, Pixar, politics, Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Promising Young Woman, Puberty Blues, Quo Vadis, racism, rape, rebellion, rebels, relationships, reporters, resistance, revenge, Robert Bolt, Robert Pattinson, Robert Shaw, romance, Romanian cinema, Romy Schneider, Russell Crowe, satire, sci-fi, science fiction, sex, sexism, Shia LaBeouf, social criticism, Strange Fruit, success, supernatural, surf culture, survival, Susannah York, Sylvia Sidney, Tallulah Bankhead, Tenent, The Mole Agent, the press, The True History of the Kelly Gang, The United States Vs. Billie Holiday, The White Tiger, Thomas Vinterberg, Tom Hanks, Tom Holland, Tracey Ullman, tragedy, Trevante Rhodes, Vanessa Kirby, Vanessa Redgrave, violence, visual effects, war crimes, We the Animals, Wendy Hiller, westerns, World War II, You Only Live Once, youth | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (84): The Films of February 2019

Posted on July 8, 2021 by KPKeelan

. All hail February! Don’t blink, or you’ll miss it… (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 Pix columns.) … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged 007, A Walk in the Woods, A.O. Scott, acting, action, adolescence, adventure, Angela Bassett, animation, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Appalachian Trail, archival footage, art, art theft, Arthur Penn, bank robbers, Ben Foster, Bill Bryson, Billy Bob Thornton, biography, Bo Burnham, Brad Bird, buddy films, Burt Lancaster, capers, Casey Affleck, Charles Grodin, cinema, classics, climate, cold war, comedy, coming of age, Communism, courtroom drama, crime, David Mamet, Dax Shepard, death, Debra Granik, Derek Flint, Disney, documentaries, drama, editing, Eighth Grade, Elsie Fisher, Emma Thompson, England, families, fantasy, fathers and daughters, fathers and sons, film criticism, film restoration, film technology, filmmaking, films, Forrest Tucker, French resistance, gangs, gender exploitation, growing up, Guy Pearce, Henry Cavill, hiking, historical drama, history, hormones, Iron Curtain, Jake Gyllenhaal, James Bond, James Coburn, Jean Reno, Jeanne Moreau, Jeff Bridges, Jessica Lange, Joanna Kulig, Joaquin Phoenix, John C. Reilly, John Frankenheimer, John Guillermin, John Huston, Jonathan Pryce, Kevin Keelan, King Kong, kitsch, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Leave No Trace, Lee J. Cobb, lovers, Margot Robbie, Mary of Scotland, Mary Queen of Scots, masterworks, Mission Impossible Fallout, movies, murder, My Abandonment, Natascha McElhone, nature, Nazis, Netflix, Nick Nolte, opinion, Orson Welles, Our Man Flint, parenting, Paul Rudd, Paul Scofield, Paweł Pawlikowski, period pieces, Peter Bogdanovich, Peter Jackson, Pixar, Polish cinema, politics, power, PTSD, Queen Elizabeth, racism, relationships, religion, remakes, reviews, Robert De Niro, Robert Downey Jr., Robert Duvall, Robert Redford, romance, Ronin, royalty, Rutger Hauer, Saoirse Ronan, satire, science fiction, Sean Bean, sex, sexism, Simon Pegg, Sissy Spacek, Sorry to Bother You, special effects, spies, spoilers, spoofs, Stellan Skarsgård, stuntwork, superheroes, survivalists, Telly Savalas, The Incredibles 2, The Judge, The Old Man & the Gun, The Other Side of the Wind, The Sisters Brothers, The Train, The Young Savages, They Shall Not Grow Old, They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead, Thomasin McKenzie, ticket prices, Tom Cruise, Tomasz Kot, tragedy, Vera Farmiga, Vincent D’Onofrio, Ving Rhames, violence, war, westerns, World War I, World War II, youth | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Paul Scofield

FLIX PIX (1169): “Sir Thomas More Was A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS”

FLIX PIX (801): “Protecting Art Treasures From Nazi Thieves on THE TRAIN”

KPK on the CINEMA (84): The Films of February 2019

Email Subscription

Blog Stats

Recent Posts

Categories

Archives

Meta