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KPK on the CINEMA (144): “The Films of FEBRUARY 2024”

Posted on March 1, 2024 by KPKeelan

. > This month: Three superhero flicks- one terrible, the other two, surprisingly good. Two animated films, one a disappointment, the other one pretty damn good. The biography of a comedy legend. A smattering of more obscure titles from the … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged A Foreign Affair, A Guy Named Joe, Abraham Lincoln, abuse, acceptance, action, Adolphe Menjou, adventure, Alan Arkin, Angela Bassett, animation, Anthony Asquith, Anthony Mann, Antonio Banderas, archeology, arts, awareness, Barry Nelson, beauty, Billy Crudup, Billy Wilder, biography, Bradley Cooper, British cinema, British history, Canadian cinema, Carl Reiner, Cary Grant, celebrity, children, Chris Pratt, cinema, Clifford Odets, comedy, comic books, corruption, coups, crime, criminals, criticism, cynicism, Dalton Trumbo, Dan Duryea, Daniel Kaluuya, Dave Bautista, David Niven, Dianne Wiest, Dick Powell, dictatorship, Disney, diversity, documentaries, documentary, drama, Dream Scenario, dreams, Dylan Gelula, dystopia, Edward Scissorhands, Elaine May, English history, entertainment, epics, escapes, Ester Williams, exploitation, extremism, fame, families, family separation, fantasy, films, Four Daughters, Fred Zinnemann, friendship, fulfillment, Guardians of the Galaxy, Guns of Darkness, Harrison Ford, Harry Lloyd, HBO, Henry Selick, historical fiction, Hugh Griffith, human rights, humor, humorists, Hundreds of Beavers, ideas, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, injustice, Iranian cinema, Irene Dunne, Islamic State, Issa Rae, Jackie Earle Haley, Jafar Panahi, James Hong, James Mangold, Jane Wyatt, Japanese cinema, Jean Arthur, John Cassavetes, John Lund, John Rhys-Davies, Johnny Depp, Jordan Peele, Julianne Nicholson, June Duprez, Kaouther Ben Hania, Karen Allen, Kathy Bates, Keegan-Michael Key, Kevin Keelan, King Richard III, Koji Yakusho, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Kristoffer Borgli, Leslie Caron, Lewis Milestone, Lionel Barrymore, love, Lucasfilm, Mads Mikkelsen, Malin Åkerman, Marlene Dietrich, Marlon Brando, Marvel Studios, Mel Brooks: Unwrapped, melodrama, Michael Cera, Mike Cheslik, Mikey and Nicky, military, Miss Ethel Barrymore, Montgomery Clift, movies, Mutiny On the Bounty, nature, Nazis, Ned Beatty, Netflix, Nicolas Cage, nihilism, No Bears, nonconformity, None But the Lonely Heart, opinion, oppression, Oscar Isaac, parable, patriarchy, Patrick Wilson, people, Perfect Days, Peter Falk, Philippa Langley, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Pom Klementieff, pop culture, radicalization, rape, relationships, reviews, Richard Harris, romance, Ruby Dee, Sally Hawkins, sci-fi, science fiction, seafaring, sequels, silent films, slapstick, slice of life, Spencer Tracy, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Stephen Frears, Steve Coogan, superheroes, supernatural, superstition, surrealism, Tahiti, talent, terrorism, The Lost King, The Search, The Tall Target, thrillers, Tim Burton, Tim Meadows, time travel, Toby Jones, Tokyo, tradition, tragedy, trauma, Trevor Howard, true stories, Tunisian cinema, underground filmmaking, Van Johnson, Victor Fleming, Vin Diesel, Vincent Price, Ving Rhames, Vol. 3, Ward Bond, Watchmen, Wendell & Wild, Will Geer, Wim Wenders, Winona Ryder, women, workers, World War II, Zack Snyder | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (1128): “Miguel Llansó’s Afro-Futurism: CRUMBS”

Posted on October 3, 2023 by KPKeelan

CRUMBS (directed by Miguel Llansó, 2015) *** (out of 5) . > More Afro-futurism? Okay, I’ll bite. . I was drawn to the title by the curious trailer on The Criterion Channel- now my main source for world cinema I might … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged African cinema, arts, cinema, criticism, Crumbs, dystopian future, entertainment, experimental film, films, Flix Pix, ideas, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Miguel Llansó, movies, opinion, pop culture, post-apocalypse, reviews, romance, social satire, surrealism, survival | Leave a comment

“THE EGREGIOUS OFFENSE OF FAKE MUSIC” (a poem by KPKeelan) [12-18-13]

Posted on December 18, 2022 by KPKeelan

. Thud! Thud! Thud! goes the plastic beat- eardrums pulse, prisoners to the rhythm as I wait to pick up my food. It’s corporate “music”, made by formula. Could have been composed by a machine and I’m a captive audience. … Continue reading →

Posted in From 2013: Poems From a Turbulent Year | Tagged 2013, art, commerce, creativity, culture, intellect, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, life, music, poems, poetry, pop culture, rhythm | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (598): “KPK Looks at 13 MOST BEAUTIFUL SONGS for Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests”

Posted on June 14, 2022 by KPKeelan

(directed by Andy Warhol, 2009) *** (out of 5) . > It was impossible to watch this without thinking of THE ARTIST IS PRESENT, the breathtaking piece by fascinating performance artist Marina Abramović. . 13 MOST BEAUTIFUL SONGS is a … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged 13 Most Beautiful Songs, Andy Warhol, art, artists, celebrity, cinema, criticism, Dennis Hopper, documentaries, Edie Sedgewick, filmmaking, films, humanity, ideas, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Lou Reed, movies, opinion, pop culture, reviews, Salvador Dalí, screen tests | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (306): “Get Caught in this CROSSFIRE HURRICANE”

Posted on January 19, 2022 by KPKeelan

CROSSFIRE HURRICANE (directed by Brett Morgan, 2015) ***** (out of 5) . > Okay- I capitulate. No more resistance from me. The Rolling Stones are, were, will always be The World’s Greatest Rock ‘n’ Roll Band. . After seeing the … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts, criticism, Crossfire Hurricane, films, Keith Richards, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Mick Jagger, movies, music, opinion, pop culture, reviews, rock 'n' Roll, The Rolling Stones | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (241): “The Fab Four Have A HARD DAY’S NIGHT”

Posted on December 12, 2021 by KPKeelan

A HARD DAY’S NIGHT (directed by Richard Lester, 1964) ***** (out of 5) . > I hadn’t seen this classic British musical comedy in decades, and now that DVD’s are routinely captioned, I thought it might be safe to revisit … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged A Hard Day's Night, Alun Owen, art, Beatlemania, cinema, film criticism, films, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, music, musicals, opinion, pop culture, reviews, Richard Lester, rock and roll, The Beatles | Leave a comment

“LEGO Launches a Movie Franchise: Pabulum and Sly Social Satire” (by KPKeelan)

Posted on October 21, 2021 by KPKeelan

THE LEGO MOVIE (directed by Chris Miller & Phil Lord, 2014) *** (out of 5) * > Let me admit from the top that I love Legos- always will love the infinite possibilities they present for creative play. . It was … Continue reading →

Posted in QUIET in the BACK! | Tagged animation, arts, Chris McKay, Chris Miller, cinema, comedies, criticism, Duplo, entertainment, family films, fantasy, film criticism, films, humor, ideas, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Lego Batman, Legos, Mark Mothersbaugh, Morgan Freeman, movies, opinion, Phil Lord, pop culture, reviews, satire, sequels, social criticism, The Lego Batman Movie, The Lego Movie | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (78): The Films of August 2018

Posted on July 2, 2021 by KPKeelan

. A busy cinema month for me. Looks like the dark stories in TALE OF TALES impressed me the most. I love that twisted storybook stuff… (All ratings are on a 5 star scale. Note that a classic only becomes a … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged Agnès Varda, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Alfred Hitchcock, All The Money in the World, Amadeus, animals, Antonio Salieri, Armie Hammer, art, artists, Ben Bradley, biography, Bob Odenkirk, Bradley Whitford, Call Me By Your Name, Chantal Goya, Chilean cinema, chimps, Christopher Plummer, cinema, cold war, comedy, crime, criticism, cult films, Cynthia Nixon, Daniel Day-Lewis, Daniel Ellsberg, David Cross, designers, Director’s Cut, documentaries, Dominique Pinon, drama, Elizabeth Berridge, Elizabeth Olsen, Encke King, Endless Poetry, F. Murray Abraham, fairytales, family films, fantasy, fashion, filmmakers, filmmaking, films, François Truffaut, French cinema, friendship, Giambattista Basile, gore, graphic novels, Harry Palmer, Helena Bonham Carter, history, Hitchcock Truffaut, Hollywood, homosexuality, horror, humans, humor, I Tonya, ideas, Italian cinema, J. Paul Getty, Jacques Cluzaud, Jacques Perrin, James Ivory, Jane, Jane Goodall, Jean Luc Godard, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Jeffrey Jones, Jeremy Renner, João Pedro Rodrigues, John Barry, John C. Reilly, John Steuart Curry, JR, Judy Davis, Justin Long, Kenneth McMillan, Kenny Baker, Kevin Keelan, Kevin Smith, Kevin Spacey, kidnapping, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Los Angeles Plays Itself, love, Marc Caro, Mark Wahlberg, Masculin Féminin, Matteo Garrone, melodrama, Meryl Streep, Michael Caine, Michael Perkins, Michelle Williams, Miloš Forman, mime, moviemaking, movies, murder, Nancy Kerrigan, Nat Turner, Nate Parker, National Geographic, nature, new wave, opera, Paul Hamy, Paul Thomas Anderson, period pieces, Peter Shaffer, Phantom Thread, photography, politics, pop culture, Portuguese cinema, privilege, puppetry, reviews, Ridley Scott, romance, Salma Hayek, Sarah Paulson, satire, Simon Callow, slavery, spies, Steven Spielberg, stories, style, surrealism, suspense, Tale of Tales, the 1960’s, The Birth of a Nation, The Circus, The Ipcress File, The Ornithologist, the Pentagon Papers, The Post, the sexes, the Washington Post, The Young and Prodigious T. S. Spivet, Thom Andersen, thrillers, Timothée Chalamet, Timothy Hutton, Toby Jones, Tom Hanks, Tom Hulce, Tonya Harding, Tracy Letts, Tusk, Vincent Cassel, Vincent Schiaveli, wealth, wildlife, Wind River, Winged Migration, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Leave a comment

Poems of a Young Man: “CARTOON BABIES” (by KPKeelan)

Posted on July 31, 2019 by KPKeelan

. A fleet afloat is my generation awash in a sea of pre-pubescent popcorn and Jujubees bare feet on greasy concrete floors smeared with chewing gum and strewn with debris we in the cartoon corps matured in double feature afternoons … Continue reading →

Posted in Poems of a Young Man | Tagged Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, life, movies, poems, poetry, pop culture, TV | 1 Comment

Tag Archives: pop culture

KPK on the CINEMA (144): “The Films of FEBRUARY 2024”

“THE EGREGIOUS OFFENSE OF FAKE MUSIC” (a poem by KPKeelan) [12-18-13]

FLIX PIX (598): “KPK Looks at 13 MOST BEAUTIFUL SONGS for Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests”

FLIX PIX (306): “Get Caught in this CROSSFIRE HURRICANE”

FLIX PIX (241): “The Fab Four Have A HARD DAY’S NIGHT”

KPK on the CINEMA (78): The Films of August 2018

Poems of a Young Man: “CARTOON BABIES” (by KPKeelan)

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