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KPK on the CINEMA (147): “The Films of MAY 2024”

Posted on June 1, 2024 by KPKeelan

. > And away we go! (All films are rated on a 5-star basis and must be over a decade old to get 5 stars.) Titles in PURPLE have been expanded for Flix Pix columns > This month I review … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged adventure, Alfred Hitchcock, Amy Ryan, animation, anxiety, Ari Aster, Arthur Treacher, arts, Aubrey Plaza, Bao Nguyen, Beau is Afraid, Ben Hecht, Billy Joel, Blake Edwards, Bob Dylan, Bob Geldof, Brian Keith, Bruce Springsteen, buddy films, Burt Reynolds, childhood, cinema, classics, Clint Walker, comedies, comedy, coming of age, con artists, credit card fraud, crime, criticism, Cyndi Lauper, Dan Aykroyd, Dean Martin, desire, Diana Ross, Dionne Warwick, Dorothy Lamour, drama, dysfunctional families, Edmund Gwenn, Emily the Criminal, entertainment, espionage, family, family films, famine relief, films, Foreign Correspondent, friendship, Gene Tierney, George Roy Hill, George Sanders, Geraldine Page, guilt, Harry Belafonte, Heidi, Henry Mancini, Hollywood, horror, Huey Lewis, I. S. Johar, ideas, India, injustice, IRA, Ireland, Irish Republican Army, Irish troubles, Jackie Gleason, Jay North, Joaquin Phoenix, Joel McCrea, John Berry, John Carradine, John Ford, John Ritter, Jon Hall, justice, Ken Kragen, Kenny Loggins, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, László Kovács, Lillian Hellman, Lionel Richie, M. Emmet Walsh, Mary Astor, Maya, metaphor, Michael Jackson, military life, moviemaking, movies, music documentary, Nathan Lane, Natural disasters, Netflix, Nickelodeon, opinion, Paranoia, Parker Posey, Patti LuPone, Paul Simon, Peter Bogdanovich, political thriller, Polynesia, Quincy Jones, Ralph Nelson, Ray Charles, Raymond Massey, recording sessions, relationships, resistance movements, retribution, reviews, romance, Ryan O'Neal, scams, Sheila E, Shirley Temple, silent movies, Smokey Robinson, Soldier In the Rain, songwriting, south seas, spies, Stella Stevens, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Steve McQueen, Stevie Wonder, surrealism, suspense, symbolism, Tatum O'Neal, The Greatest Night in Pop, The Hurricane, The Informer, Thomas Mitchell, Tina Turner, Toys in the Attic, tragedy, Tuesday Weld, Una O'Connor, Victor McLaglen, We Are the World, Wendy Hiller, William Goldman, Willie Nelson, Yvette Mimieux | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (1279): “January 28th, 1985 Was THE GREATEST NIGHT IN POP”

Posted on May 30, 2024 by KPKeelan

THE GREATEST NIGHT IN POP (directed by Bao Nguyen, 2024) ****+ (out of 5) . > It was January 28th of 1985. Once again, Africa was gripped by a gnawing famine. . Rocker Bob Geldof and music impresario Ken Kragen (the … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged arts, Bao Nguyen, Billy Joel, Bob Dylan, Bob Geldof, Bruce Springsteen, cinema, criticism, Cyndi Lauper, Dan Aykroyd, Diana Ross, Dionne Warwick, entertainment, famine relief, films, Flix Pix, Harry Belafonte, Huey Lewis, ideas, Ken Kragen, Kenny Loggins, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Lionel Richie, Michael Jackson, movies, music documentary, opinion, Paul Simon, Quincy Jones, Ray Charles, recording sessions, reviews, Sheila E, Smokey Robinson, songwriting, Stevie Wonder, The Greatest Night in Pop, Tina Turner, We Are the World, Willie Nelson | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (1213): “THE ANDERSON TAPES: Crime and the Surveillance State”

Posted on March 23, 2024 by KPKeelan

THE ANDERSON TAPES (directed by Sidney Lumet, 1971) *** (out of 5) . > Hollywood stalwart Sidney Lumet directed Sean Connery in this middling crime caper about ex-con John “Duke” Anderson- a professional thief, just out of jail and already looking … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged Alan King, arts, capers, Christopher Walken, cinema, crime, criticism, drama, Dyan Cannon, entertainment, films, heists, ideas, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Martin Balsom, movies, opinion, Quincy Jones, reviews, Sean Connery, Sidney Lumet, surveillance, The Anderson Tapes | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (461): “MIRAGE is No Mirage- It’s The Real Deal”

Posted on April 6, 2022 by KPKeelan

MIRAGE (directed by Edward Dmytryk, 1965) ***** (out of 5) . > This is easily one of the most “Hitchcockian” films that Hitchcock never made! . It compares favorably in almost every area: from the sharp script by Peter Stone … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged art, cinema, criticism, Diane Baker, Edward Dmytryk, films, George Kennedy, Gregory Peck, ideas, Jack Weston, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Leif Erickson, Mirage, movies, opinion, Peter Stone, Quincy Jones, reviews, Walter Matthau | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (100): The Films of JUNE 2020

Posted on July 24, 2021 by KPKeelan

. JUNE 2020 was a busy film month! Not much else to do, if you have no sex partner and you can hardly heave the house! In this bunch, we get comedies, romances, dramas, animation, film noir, sci-fi, horror, caper … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged 10cc, 8½, A Boy and His Dog, A Ship to India, Abbas Kiarostami, abuse, addiction, Adventures in Psychedelics, Akira Kurosawa, Alan King, And Life Goes On, Andy Richter, Andy Williams, animals, animation, Anthony Bourdain, ants, art, assistants, bank robbers, Barbara Bel Geddes, battle of the sexes, belief, belonging, Ben Stiller, betrayal, Bill Kreutzmann, biography, Birger Malmsten, Blake Edwards, Book of Exodus, brotherhood, Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles, Bunny Lake is Missing, Burt Lancaster, Canadian films, capers, Carrie Fisher, celebrity, censorship, Cesar Romero, Chadwick Boseman, Charles Bronson, childhood, Christopher Walken, cinema, class, classics, Cold Turkey, comedies, coming of age, Communism, composers, crime, criticism, Czech cinema, Czechoslovakia, Da 5 Bloods, dada, Dan Duryea, Danny Kaye, Dash Shaw, David Cross, Deepak Chopra, Delmer Daves, Delroy Lindo, destruction, Dianne Foster, Diary of a Chambermaid, Dick Van Dyke, disaster films, documentaries, Don Johnson, Donald O’Connor, Donovon, drama, Drive a Crooked Road, drugs, Dyan Cannon, dystopia, earthquakes, Emilio D'Alessandro, emotion, environment, Ernest Borgnine, Experiment in Terror, faith, families, family secrets, fantasy, farce, fascism, fathers and sons, Federico Fellini, feminism, film history, film noir, filmmakers, filmmaking, films, folktales, Frankenstein, Fred MacMurray, Fred Willard, French cinema, friendship, Fritz Lang, Gary Cooper, Gaza, Gene Kelly, General Francisco Franco, George C. Scott, Georgina Hale, Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, God, God Went Surfing With the Devil, Guns N' Roses, Harlan Ellison, Have a Good Trip, Helen Gurley Brown, Henry Fonda, Herb Alpert, historical drama, Holger Löwenadler, hope, horror, humor, hunger, hypocrisy, ideas, identity, illness, Ingmar Bergman, injustice, insecurity, Iran, Iranian cinema, Israeli cinema, Italian cinema, Jack Elam, Jacques Tati, Jane Mansfield, Japanese cinema, jazz, jealousy, Jean Reno, Jeanne Moreau, Jesus, Jews, John Lennon, Jour de Fête, journalism, Judaism, Karl Malden, Ken Russell, Kevin Keelan, Kevin McCarthy, kidnapping, Kier Dullea, Kim Novak, Koker, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Lacey Schwartz, Land Without Bread, Las Hurdes, Lauren Bacall, Laurence Olivier, L’Age D’Or, Led Zeppelin, Lee Marvin, Lee Remick, legends, Lewis Black, lies, life, Life and Nothing More, Little White Lie, Louis Armstrong, LSD, Luis Buñuel, Mahler, Marcello Mastroianni, Maria Schell, Martin Balsom, Mélanie Thierry, metaphor, Michael Murphy, Mickey Rooney, Miloš Forman, monsters, Moses, movies, murder, musicals, musicians, My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea, Natalie Wood, Natasha, Natasha Lyonne, Natural disasters, Netflix, Nick Kroll, Nigel Davenport, Nina Paley, Noel Coward, Norman Lear, Oingo Boingo, opinion, oppression, Otto Preminger, Palestinians, parenting, peace, people, Phase IV, poverty, psychoactive substances, psychological drama, PTSD, Pushover, Quincy Jones, race, racism, Ramón Acín, Red Nichols, relationships, religion, resilience, reviews, Richard Quine, Rob Corddry, Robert Powell, romance, Rosie Perez, Ross Martin, S is For Stanley, sacrifice, Salvador Dalí, Sarah Silverman, Satchmo, satire, Saul Bass, scandals, sci-fi, science fiction, Sean Connery, Seder-Masochism, self doubt, Sex and the Single Girl, sexism, sexual politics, Sidney Lumet, sight gags, sisters, slapstick, smoking, social criticism, social justice, soldiers, Spain, Spanish cinema, Spike Lee, Stanley Kubrick, Stefanie Powers, Sting, stories, suffering, surfing, surrealism, surrealists, surveillance, suspense, Swedish cinema, symbolism, tabloids, teenage sexuality, teenagers, terrorism, The Age of Gold, The Anderson Tapes, the Bible, The Big Heat, The Burglar, the Church, The Firemen’s Ball, The Five Pennies, The Four Tops, The Hanging Tree, The Holy Land, The Men Who Tread on the Tiger’s Tail, The Pointer Sisters, The Spirit of the Beehive, the state, thriller, tobacco companies, Tony Curtis, tradition, tragedy, Tuesday Weld, Vera Cruz, Victor Erice, Vietnam War, violence, westerns, Will Forte, writer’s block, Zach Leary | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (86): The Films of April 2019

Posted on July 10, 2021 by KPKeelan

. APRIL! The earth keeps turning. And away we go… (All films are rated on a 5-star basis and must be over a decade old to receive a full 5 stars.) (Titles in purple have been expanded for Flix Pix … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged Adam McKay, alcoholism, Alex Honnold, All the Way, American history, Americana, Amy Adams, Anthony Mackie, art, Bing Crosby, biography, Boy Erased, Bradley Whitford, Bryan Cranston, Burning, capers, Christian Bale, cinema, classics, Closed Curtain, Colin Farrell, comedy, Damien Chazelle, Danny DeVito, Dead in a Week Or Your Money Back, Dick Cheney, Disney, documentaries, drama, Dumbo, El Capitan, ethics, F.W. Murnau, fantasy, films, First Man, Frank Capra, Frank Langella, Free Solo, freeclimbing, Gary Cooper, gay conversion therapy, German cinema, Grace Kelly, Hal Roach, heists, hitmen, horror, Iranian cinema, Italian cinema, Jafar Panahi, Jean Arthur, Jessica Harper, Joel Edgerton, Kevin Keelan, Korean cinema, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Lady Bird Johnson, Last Flag Flying, Laurence Fishburne, LBJ, Liam Neeson, Lucas Hedges, Lyndon Baines Johnson, Lynne Cheney, Martin Luther King, Melissa Leo, Michael Keaton, morality, mountain climbing, movies, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, music, Muslim culture, National Geographic, Neil Armstrong, Netflix, Nicole Kidman, Nosferatu, obsession, opinion, politics, power, Quincy, Quincy Jones, relationships, repression, reviews, Richard Linklater, Richard Russell, Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling, Sam Rockwell, silent films, spaceflight, special effects, Steve Carell, Steve McQueen, Steven Spielberg, Steven Yeun, surrealism, Suspiria, The Circus, The Country Girl, Tim Burton, Tom Wilkinson, tragedy, vampires, veterans, Vice, Viola Davis, war, Widows, William Holden | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Quincy Jones

KPK on the CINEMA (147): “The Films of MAY 2024”

FLIX PIX (1279): “January 28th, 1985 Was THE GREATEST NIGHT IN POP”

FLIX PIX (1213): “THE ANDERSON TAPES: Crime and the Surveillance State”

FLIX PIX (461): “MIRAGE is No Mirage- It’s The Real Deal”

KPK on the CINEMA (86): The Films of April 2019

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