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FLIX PIX (1265): “Mike Leigh Looks at the Effects of Thatcherism in: MEANTIME”

Posted on May 16, 2024 by KPKeelan

MEANTIME (directed by Mike Leigh, 1983) ***+ (out of 5) * > British treasure Mike Leigh directed this family drama for BBC TV in the early 80’s, near the start of his accomplished career. . Like almost all his work, it’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged Alfred Molina, arts, cinema, criticism, England, entertainment, families, films, Gary Oldman, ideas, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Meantime, Mike Leigh, movies, opinion, Phil Daniels, reviews, social class, Thatcherism, Tim Roth | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (99): The Films of May 2020

Posted on July 23, 2021 by KPKeelan

. MAY 2020 and the “shelter-in-place” lockdown drones on… Seeing boatloads of great films, but too much sitting down! Starting to feel like the film reviewer’s equivalent of John Lennon’s complaint “I’ve got blisters on me fingers!”- only that’s not … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Brighter Summer Day, Akira Kurosawa, Alfred Molina, Anne Bancroft, art, Arthur C. Clarke, Arthur Hiller, bank robberies, banned films, Ben Gazzara, capers, censorship, cinema, classics, Claudette Colbert, comedies, coming of age, Constance Towers, controversy, crime, criticism, Dan Duryea, Dean Stockwell, death, Denholm Elliott, Dick Shawn, divorce, drama, drug dealing, Ed Asner, Ed Begley, Edward G. Robinson, Edward Young, Emil Jannings, England, environmental illness, erotica, ethics, experimental film, families, family, family films, fantasy, Fay Wray, feudal Japan, feudalism, film noir, films, folklore, French cinema, Fritz Lang, futurism, gangs, Gary Oldman, Geoffrey Chaucer, German cinema, grief, H. G. Welles, HAL, HarBel Productions, Harry Belafonte, heists, Holy Rollers, horror, humanity, I Am Curious (Yellow), ideas, Imitation of Life, injustice, Irène Jacob, irony, Italian cinema, Japanese cinema, jealousy, Jean Louis Trintignant, Jesse Eisenberg, Joan Bennett, Joel McCrea, John Ford, John Wayne, Jonathan Winters, Joseph Losey, Julianne Moore, Julie Delpy, Juliette Binoche, justice, Justin Bartha, Keir Dullea, Kenji Mizoguchi, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Krzysztof Piesiewicz, Lena Nyman, Louise Beavers, love, masterpieces, Meantime, metaphor, Mike Leigh, miracles, morality, murder, Natalie Wood, Ned Sparks, obsession, Odds Against Tomorrow, opinion, Orthodox Jews, Pat O'Brien, peace, Penelope, people, Peter Bogdanovich, Peter Falk, Phil Daniels, Pier Pasolini, pimps, power, racism, revenge, reviews, Robert Ryan, Robert Wise, Roland Young, romance, Ronin, Safe, Saint Jack, samurai, Sanjuro, Sansho the Bailiff, Scarlet Street, science fiction, sex, sexuality, silent films, Singapore, slavery, smuggling, socialism, Stanley Kubrick, suicide, suspense, Swedish cinema, Sydney Pollack, Taiwan, Telly Savalas, Thatcherism, The Boy With Green Hair, The Canterbury Tales, The Circus, the Civil War, The Horse Soldiers, The Man Who Could Work Miracles, The Most Dangerous Game, The Slender Thread, Three Colours: Blue, Three Colours: Red, Three Colours: White, Tim Roth, Todd Haynes, Toshiro Mifune, tragedy, trilogies, Turner Classic Movies, Variety, Vilgot Sjöman, violence, William Holden, women, World War II, youth, Zbigniew Zamachowski | Leave a comment

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