Tag Archives: Pedro Almodovar

QuickPix (50): “Great DRAMA For You to Savor, Vol. 17”

Posted on January 31, 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 Émile Zola, Cary Grant, Douglas Sirk, drama, Dreyfus affair, Howard Hawks, I Accuse, Imitation of Life, Jean Arthur, John Gavin, Jose Ferrer, Lana Turner, Milena Smit, Only Angels Have Wings, Parallel Mothers, Pedro Almodovar, Penelope Cruz, Rita Hayworth, Sandra Dee, Spanish Civil War, Thomas Mitchell | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (1108): “Antonio Banderas Shines in Pedro Almodóvar’s PAIN AND GLORY”

Posted on August 20, 2023 by KPKeelan

PAIN AND GLORY (directed by Pedro Almodóvar, 2019) **** (out of 5) . > Spanish master of melodrama Pedro Almodóvar just keeps getting better and better. . He’s made so many fine films, and there is every indication he has many … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged arts, cinema, criticism, entertainment, films, Flix Pix, ideas, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, opinion, Pain and Glory, Pedro Almodovar, reviews | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (128): “The Films of October 2022”

Posted on January 22, 2023 by KPKeelan

. > I was really not watching many movies in Rocktober of ‘22, as I focused on finishing, fine-tuning and polishing the storytelling project I’ve been working on for 42 years of my life. The 9 monologue opus GROWING UP … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged adventures, Andy Samberg, Anthony Mann, arts, Benedict Cumberbatch, Benedict Wong, Bill Hader, capers, Chiwetel Ejiofor, cinema, classics, comedies, comedy, comic books, con men, criticism, Dan Duryea, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, drama, Elizabeth Olsen, Emma Stone, entertainment, fantasy, fascism, Fernando Rey, films, fishermen, Flix Pix, George Roy Hill, Giancarlo Giannini, grifters, ideas, Italian cinema, James Stewart, Joan Cusack, Judd Apatow, justice, Kevin Keelan, Kevin Nealon, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Lina Wertmüller, Louisiana, love, machismo, magic, Marvel Studios, Maya Rudolph, Mike Birbigila, Milena Smit, mockumentaries, motherhood, movies, musicals, musicians, oilmen, opinion, Parallel Mothers, Paul Newman, Pedro Almodovar, Penelope Cruz, Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping, Rachel McAdams, relationships, revenge, reviews, Robert Redford, Sam Raimi, Sarah Silverman, satire, Seven Beauties, Spanish cinema, stardom, Stephen Strange, success, superheroes, survival, The Sting, Thunder Bay, Tim Meadows, tragedy, violence, Weird Al Yankovic, wildcatting, Will Forte, World War II | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (428): “Pedro Almodovar Intrigues With BROKEN EMBRACES”

Posted on March 21, 2022 by KPKeelan

BROKEN EMBRACES (directed by Pedro Almodovar, 2009) **** (out of 5) . > Pedro Almodovar is Spain’s most intriguing filmmaker. He makes interesting, unique, often unpredictable films. . Some of them don’t do much for me, (WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged art, Broken Embraces, cinema, criticism, films, ideas, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, opinion, Pedro Almodovar, Penelope Cruz, relationships, reviews, Spanish cinema | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (118): The Films of December 2021

Posted on February 20, 2022 by KPKeelan

. > Another December- another year-end rush of great movies! (All films are rated on a 5 star basis and must be over a decade old to get 5 stars.) > This month I have some fun reviewing the following … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged 007, A Rainy Day in New York, Aardman Studios, absurdism, abuse, action, Adam McKay, addiction, Adrien Brody, Alejandro Jodorowsky, animation, Anjelica Huston, Anthony Bourdain, Ariana Grande, Arthur Hiller, Ashleigh Banfield, Australian cinema, B-movies, Ben Whishaw, Beneath the Planet of the Apes, Benedict Cumberbatch, Benicio Del Toro, Bill Murray, biography, Bob Balaban, Bob Cummings, brainwashing, British secret service, California, Cartoon Salon, Cate Blanchett, Charlton Heston, Cherry Jones, childhood, children, children of deaf adults, Chris Evans, Christoph Waltz, cinema, Coda, comedies, comedy, coming of age, conflict, conformity, cooking, corporate influence, criticism, culture, Dakota Johnson, Daniel Craig, death, Demián Bichir, depression, Diego Luna, Diego Maradona, Dirk Bogarde, disaster films, documentaries, Don Pedro Colley, Donald Sutherland, Don’t Look Up, Down’s Syndrome, drama, economics, Edward Norton, Elisabeth Moss, Elle Fanning, Emilia Jones, English cinema, entertainment, Ernst Lubitsch, espionage, estrangement, Eugenio Derbez, experimentation, exploitation, families, family, family drama, Fando y Lis, fantasy, fate, Filippo Scotti, film criticism, filmmaking, films, folktales, football, forgiveness, Frances McDormand, friendship, German cinema, global warming, grief, Henry Winkler, Hermione Gingold, Himesh Patel, humor, Ian Fleming, ideas, improvisation, independent films, individuality, Irish cinema, Irish folklore, isolation, Italian cinema, Italy, James Bond, James Franciscus, Jane Campion, Jason Schwartzman, Jeffrey Wright, Jennifer Lawrence, Jesse Plemons, John Cassavetes, John Hawkes, Jonah Hill, Jude Law, Julieta, Karl Malden, Keenan Wynn, Keith Carradine, Kevin Keelan, Kiersten Dunst, Kodi Smit-McPhee, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, land, Lashana Lynch, Léa Seydoux, legends, Leonardo DiCaprio, Leslie Caron, Liev Schreiber, life, Liiev Schreiber, Linda Harrison, Locksmith Animation, Lois Smith, manipulation, Mark Rylance, marketing, Marlee Matlin, Marlon Brando, Mathieu Amalric, Meryl Streep, metaphor, Mexican cinema, mind control, Monterey, mothers and daughters, movies, Naomie Harris, Naples, New York, New York City, No Time to Die, One Eyed Jacks, opinion, Owen Wilson, Paolo Sorrentino, Pedro Almodovar, peer pressure, people, personalities, pro wrestling, Promise Her Anything, psychological drama, race, Ralph Finnes, Rami Malek, Rebecca Hall, relationships, research, revenge, reviews, road trips, Roadrunner, Robin Wright, robots, romance, Ron Perlman, Ron’s Gone Wrong, Rory Kinnear, Saoirse Ronan, Sarah Silverman, sci-fi, science, science fiction, Selena Gomez, self esteem, sequels, Shadows, Shia LaBeouf, silent films, soccer, social criticism, social media, social satire, Spanish cinema, spies, suicide, supernatural, superstition, surrealism, survival, symbolism, technology, The Doll, The French Dispatch, The Hand of God, The Mind Benders, The Peanut Butter Falcon, The Power of the Dog, Thomas Haden Church, Tilda Swinton, Timothée Chalamet, tragedy, travel, Troy Kotsur, Tyler Perry, values, Victor Buono, Warren Beatty, Wes Anderson, westerns, Willem Dafoe, William Peter Blatty, Wolfwalkers, Woody Allen, Zach Galifianakis, Zack Gottsagen | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (117): The Films of November 2021

Posted on January 27, 2022 by KPKeelan

. > Love and war, heartless big business, off-kilter spiritual claptrap, a visit to the French countryside, ethics and morality, obsession, crime and racism… Life has a lot going on! (All films are rated on a 5 star basis and … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged absurdism, accidents, adaptations, aging, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Alexander Mackendrick, Amazon, Andrzej Wajda, Antonio Banderas, artists, arts, Ashes and Diamonds, assassins, Benedict Cumberbatch, biography, Burgess Meredith, Burt Lancaster, business, Canadian cinema, choices, cinema, Cinema Verite, classics, Coda, comedy, competitiveness, corruption, couples, Cousin Jules, crime, criticism, cyberbullies, David D'Amato, David Farrier, death, Denis Villeneuve, documentaries, Dominique Benicheti, drama, Ed Begley, England, English cinema, entertainment, exploitation, fantasy, Felice Guiteaux, fetishes, film, film noir, filmmaking, forgiveness, fraud, French cinema, George Bernard Shaw, George C. Scott, Glenn Corbett, guilt, Gun Crazy, Guy Hamilton, harassment, humor, ideas, illness, inventors, investigative journalism, irony, James Shigeta, John Dall, Jules Guiteaux, Julie Christie, Kevin Keelan, Kirk Douglas, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, life, Los Angeles, love, Maelström, manslaughter, Marie-Josée Croze, metaphor, Mexican cinema, morals, movies, murder, mysticism, nature, New Zealand cinema, obsession, opinion, Pain and Glory, pathos, patterns, Pedro Almodovar, Peggy Cummins, Penelope Cruz, period pieces, perversion, Petulia, plays, Polish cinema, quests, race, redemption, reviews, Richard Chamberlain, Richard Lester, Rod Serling, romance, Russ Tamblyn, sacrifice, Samuel Beckett, social satire, soldiers, Spanish cinema, spirituality, surrealism, symbolism, The Crimson Kimono, The Devil’s Disciple, The Electrical Life of Louis Wain, The Holy Mountain, the seasons, Tickled, time, tradition, tragedy, TV dramas, values, Van Heflin, violence, Waiting for Godot, Walter Burke, work, World War II, Zero Mostel | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (103): The Films of September 2020

Posted on July 27, 2021 by KPKeelan

. SEPTEMBER 2020. Amid the global pandemic horror, the cinematic bounty overfloweth! (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 … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged 21 Days, 47 Ronin, A Dry White Season, aboriginals, action, adventure, Alps, Alvarez Kelly, Ann Sheridan‎, Anya Taylor-Joy, apartheid, Australian cinema, Authur Laurents, Autumn de Wilde, Bill Nighy, British politics, Carey Mulligan, Cary Grant‎, Civil War, colonialism, comedies, coming of age, divorce, documentaries, Donald Sutherland, drama, Ed Oxenbould, Edward Dmytryk, Edward G. Robinson, Elke Sommer, Emma., empowerment, endurance, equality, F.W. Murnau, families, farce, feminism, Fred Astaire, Fred Schepisi, Greek cinema, Harakiri, Henry James, High Heels, historical drama, history, Howard Hawks, humor, I Was a Male War Bride, Jake Gyllenhaal, James Woods, Jane Austen, Japanese cinema, John Cleese, John Entwistle, Johnny Flynn, Julie Delpy, Kathleen Turner, Keith Moon, Kenji Mizoguchi, Kirsten Dunst, Laurence Olivier, Maiden, Man With the Gun, Marilyn Monroe, Marlon Brando, Monty Python, music, musicals, mysteries, native populations, Nobel Prize, parody, Paul Dano, Paul Newman, Pedro Almodovar, performance, period pieces, Pete Townsend, Peter Cook, Peter Lawford, politics, racism, Richard Widmark, Robert J. Flaherty, Robert Mitchum, rock and roll, Roger Daltrey, romance, Royal Wedding, Sam Shepard, satire, silent films, Sofia Coppola, South Africa, south seas, Spanish cinema, Spencer Tracy, sports, survival, taboos, Tabu A Tale of the South Seas, The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, The Kids Are Alright, The Last Hurrah, The Nightcomers, The Prince and the Showgirl, The Prize, The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer, The Virgin Suicides, The Who, thrillers, Tracy Edwards, tragedy, tribal rituals, Turn of the Screw, violence, Vivien Leigh, Volker Schlöndorff, Voyager, westerns, Whitbread Round the World Race, wildlife, William Holden, World War II, yacht racing, Yorgos Lanthimos | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (4): The Films of April 2012

Posted on April 19, 2021 by KPKeelan

. I saw the following 25 films in March of 2012. Here are my comments on the latest crop. (Ratings are on a 5 star scale. Note that a classic only becomes a classic after a decade or more.) (Titles in … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged A Girl Cut in Two, Bertolt Brecht, Bully, Chalk, cinema, Color Me Kubrick, entertainment, Ferdinando and Carolina, film criticism, films, Grbanvica The Land of My Dreams, Halle Berry, Harakiri, High Sierra, Hour of the Wolf, Humphrey Bogart, Ingmar Bergman, Into the Abyss, Introducing Dorothy Dandridge, John le Carre, John Malkovich, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Lars von Trier, Lina Wertmüller, Living in Emergency, Louder Than a Bomb, Melancholia, Metropia, Miss Bala, movies, Mysteries of Lisbon, Netflix, opinion, Pedro Almodovar, reviews, Rod Serling, Stanley Kubrick, Submitted For Your Approval, Take Shelter, The 3Penny Opera, The Muppets, The Skin I Live In, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Tiny Furniture, Werner Herzog, Young Adult | 1 Comment

Tag Archives: Pedro Almodovar

QuickPix (50): “Great DRAMA For You to Savor, Vol. 17”

FLIX PIX (1108): “Antonio Banderas Shines in Pedro Almodóvar’s PAIN AND GLORY”

KPK on the CINEMA (128): “The Films of October 2022”

FLIX PIX (428): “Pedro Almodovar Intrigues With BROKEN EMBRACES”

KPK on the CINEMA (103): The Films of September 2020

KPK on the CINEMA (4): The Films of April 2012

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