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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 (1197): “Olfa Had FOUR DAUGHTERS”

Posted on February 21, 2024 by KPKeelan

FOUR DAUGHTERS (directed by Kaouther Ben Hania, 2-23) ****+ (out of 5) . > Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania is proving herself to be an exceptional cinematic talent. . In 2020 her intense and disquieting drama THE MAN WHO SOLD HIS … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged arts, cinema, criticism, documentaries, entertainment, exploitation, extremism, families, films, Flix Pix, Four Daughters, ideas, Islamic State, Kaouther Ben Hania, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, opinion, patriarchy, radicalization, rape, reviews, terrorism, tragedy, Tunisian cinema, women | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (1141): “Remember to Breathe During THE LAST DUEL”

Posted on October 29, 2023 by KPKeelan

THE LAST DUEL (directed by Ridley Scott, 2021) ****+ (out of 5) . > Directorial powerhouse Ridley Scott released two big movies in this problematic year for cinema. . Scott made this white-hot drama, lifted from the pages of French history, … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged Adam Driver, arts, cinema, criticism, entertainment, films, Flix Pix, French history, historical drama, honor, ideas, Jodie Comer, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Matt Damon, movies, opinion, rape, reviews, Ridley Scott, rivalry, The Last Duel, violence | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (1041): “THE VIRGIN SPRING is Perfect Filmmaking”

Posted on March 29, 2023 by KPKeelan

THE VIRGIN SPRING (directed by Ingmar Bergman, 1960) ***** (out of 5) . > This perfect drama was the very first foreign language film I ever saw. . I was up late, circa 1971, in the early days of a lifetime … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged allegories, arts, cinema, classics, criticism, drama, entertainment, films, Flix Pix, Gunnel Lindblom, ideas, Ingmar Bergman, innocence, justice, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Max Von Sydow, movies, murder, opinion, rape, reviews, Sven Nykvist, Swedish cinema, The Virgin Spring, tragedy, violence | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (1031): “WOMEN TALKING: Inert But Compelling Cinema”

Posted on March 9, 2023 by KPKeelan

WOMEN TALKING (directed by Sarah Polley, 2022) **** (out of 5) . > When I first read about this prestige project, I thought: might be a fine film, but it has a terrible title! . The public seemed equally inspired. Celebrated … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged abuse, arts, Ben Whishaw, cinema, Claire Foy, control, criticism, drama, entertainment, faith, films, Flix Pix, forgiveness, Frances McDormand, gender, ideas, injustice, Jessie Buckley, justice, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, love, movies, opinion, parenting, power, rape, religious fundamentalism, reviews, Rooney Mara, Sarah Polley, sexism, spirituality, suicide, transgender, trauma, violence, Women Talking | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (132): “The Films of February 2023”

Posted on March 1, 2023 by KPKeelan

. > February is often the best movie month for me. By this time of year, all the Oscar nominees are well known and I have begun the annual quest to see all the films honored in major categories. By … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged abuse, action, Adolf Hitler, All Quiet on the Western Front, All That Breathes, Angela Cartwright, animal rescue, animal welfare, animation, antisemitism, Au Hazard Balthazar, autobiography, Ben Affleck, Ben Whishaw, Benito Mussolini, biography, black comedy, boxers, boxing, Carlo Collodi, Cate Blanchett, Charlize Theron, Chris Williams, Christoph Waltz, civilization, Claire Foy, Clarence Williams III, class, classic literature, climbing, Colin Firth, comedy, coming of age, compassion, control, corruption, couples, crime, criminals, cruelty, Daniel Brühl, Daniel Craig, Danny Trejo, Dave Bautista, David John Bradley, David Lynch, Dean Jones, deceit, Dennis Farina, Detective Benoit Blanc, documentaries, Donal Logue, drama, Edward Berger, Edward Norton, empathy, Empire of Light, England, environment, Eo, Ewan McGregor, exploitation, fairy tales, faith, Fall, families, fantasy, fascist Italy, Felix Kammerer, filmmakers, filmmaking, Fire of Love, forgiveness, Frances McDormand, friendship, Gabriel LaBelle, Gary Sinise, gender, gender roles, German cinema, Glass Onion, Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio, HBO, heroism, Hindi language, hubris, humanism, humor, identity, Indian cinema, injustice, interracial couples, Israeli cinema, Janelle Monáe, Jared Harris, Jerzy Skolimowski, Jessie Buckley, John Ford, John Frankenheimer, John Turturro, John Williams, Judd Hirsch, justice, Karl Urban, Kate Hudson, Kathryn Hahn, Katia Krafft, kindness, Kites, Leslie Odom Jr., love, marriage, Maurice Krafft, media influencers, mental illness, Micheal Ward, Michele Williams, Mohammad Saud, murder mystery, musicals, My Neighbor Adolf, Nadeem Shehzad, nature, Netflix, New Delhi, obsession, Olivia Colman, parenting, Paul Dano, Paul Newman, Polish cinema, pollution, power, prisoners, privilege, racism, rape, recklessness, Reindeer Games, relationships, religious fundamentalism, remakes, revenge, Rian Johnson, Robert Loggia, Robert Wise, Rocky Graziano, romance, Ron Jeremy, Ron Perlman, Rooney Mara, Ruben Östlund, sacrifice, Sal Mineo, Sam Mendes, Sarah Polley, satire, science, scientists, Seth Rogan, sexism, social commentary, Somebody Up There Likes Me, spirituality, Steve McQueen, Steven Spielberg, suicide, supernatural, survival, Thatcherism, The Fabelmans, The Sea Beast, Tilda Swinton, Toby Jones, Tony Kushner, tragedy, transgender, trauma, Triangle of Sadness, violence, vulcanism, wealth, Women Talking, World War I | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (122): The Films of April 2022

Posted on May 2, 2022 by KPKeelan

. > APRIL 2022! SO BE IT. (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 … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged Adam Driver, adventure, Al Pacino, Alessandro Nivola, Alf Kjellin, allegories, Anthony Perkins, anti-Semitism, arts, Audrey Hepburn, authoritarianism, Ben Johnson, big business, Billy Magnussen, biography, Blackmail, Brock Peters, Brute Force, Burt Lancaster, Charlton Heston, cinema, Civil War, classics, Claude Rains, Cloris Leachman, comedy, Corey Stoll, corruption, crime, criticism, David Chace, Debbie Reynolds, detectives, drama, drams, Elizabeth Ashley, entertainment, Erol Flynn, escapes, families, fantasy, film noir, films, George Segal, Glenn Ford, Green Mansions, Gunnel Lindblom, Heinz Rühmann, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Henry Silva, House of Gucci, Hume Cronyn, ideas, identity, innocence, intolerance, Jack Elam, jailbreaks, James Coburn, James Gandolfini, Jared Leto, Jeremy Irons, Jim Hutton, Jose Ferrer, Jules Dassin, justice, Kevin Keelan, Kiss Me Deadly, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Lady Gaga, Lee J. Cobb, Lee Marvin, Leslie Odom Jr., mafia, Major Dundee, Mark Twain, marriage, Max Von Sydow, Mel Ferrer, Michael Dunn, Michael Gandolfini, Mickey Spillane, Mike Hammer, movies, murder, mystery, native tribes, Nazism, opinion, Oskar Werner, prequels, prisoners, racism, Ralph Meeker, rape, Ray Loitta, refugees, revenge, reviews, Richard Harris, Ridley Scott, Rob Reiner, Robert Aldrich, romance, royalty, Salma Hayek, Sam Peckinpah, Sessue Hayakawa, Ship of Fools, Simone Signoret, Slim Pickins, Stanley Kramer, Strother Martin, success, suspense, Sven Nykvist, Swedish cinema, The Gazebo, The Many Saints of Newark, The Prince and the Pauper, The Sopranos, The Virgin Spring, tragedy, Venezuela, Vera Farmiga, violence, Vivien Leigh, Warren Oats, Werner Klemperer, westerns, World War II | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (119): “The Films of January 2022”

Posted on March 5, 2022 by KPKeelan

. > We survived 2021?? How the fuck did THAT happen??? (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 … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged Aaron Sorkin, Adam Driver, adventure, American politics, Americana, Andrew Garfield, animation, anthologies, artists, arts, B. B. King, Barbara Stanwyck, Being the Ricardos, Belfast, Ben Johnson, biographies, biography, black culture, Blackstar, Boom, British Agent, British cinema, carnies, carnival midway, Catholics, celebrity, Cesar Romero, Cherry Jones, childhood, Ciarán Hinds, cinema, civil rights, classics, Cloris Leachman, Clu Gulager, comedy, coming of age, con artists, concerts, conflict, Crete, crime, Cybill Shepherd, cynicism, David Bowie, death, Desi Arnaz, Disney, division, documentaries, documentary, drama, Edward Arnold, Eileen Brennan, Eli Wallach, Elizabeth Taylor, Ellen Burstyn, entertainment, Ernst Lubitsch, espionage, evangelism, exploitation, film criticism, film noir, films, Frank Capra, fraud, French cinema, French history, Gary Cooper, George Clooney, German cinema, Gladys Knight & the Pips, grifters, Guillermo Del Toro, Haley Mills, Harlem, Harlem Cultural Festival, heists, historical drama, history, Hollywood couples, honor, House Un-American Activities Commission, HUAC, hubris, ideas, insight, Ireland, Irish playwrights, Irish politics, J.K. Simmons, Jack Cardiff, Jack MacGowran, Javier Bardem, Jeff Bridges, Jeremy Davies, Jerry Falwell, Jessica Chastain, Jim Baker, Jim Bakker, Joan Blondell, John Ford, Joseph Losey, Jude Hill, Judi Dench, Julie Christie, Kenneth Branagh, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Lazarus, Lenin, Leslie Howard, Lucille Ball, Maggie Smith, manipulation, marriage, Matt Damon, Max Roach, Meet John Doe, memory, Michael Curtiz, mind control, movies, music, Natascha McElhone, Nicole Kidman, Nightmare Alley, Nina Simone, Noel Coward, Northern Ireland, opinion, patriotism, Peter Bogdanovich, politics, populism, Protestants, Questlove, race, Randy Quaid, rape, red scare, relationships, religion, remakes, reviews, Richard Burton, Ridley Scott, rivalry, rock and roll, Rod Taylor, romance, satire, scandals, sci-fi, science fiction, Seán O'Casey, silent films, Sly & the Family Stone, small towns, Solaris, soul music, spies, spiritualism, Sterling Holloway, Steven Soderbergh, Stevie Wonder, success, suggestions, Summer of Soul, surrealism, Tammy Faye Bakker, Tennessee Williams, Texas, the 5th Dimension, The Eyes of Tammy Faye, The House, The Last Duel, The Last Five Years, The Last Picture Show, The Moon-Spinners, The Next Day, The Oyster Princess, The Plow and the Stars, the Russian revolution, the Staples Singers, the troubles, Timothy Bottoms, tribalism, Tyrone Power, Vincent D’Onofrio, Viola Davis, violence, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised, Young Cassidy | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (114): The Films of August 2021

Posted on November 7, 2021 by KPKeelan

. > THIS MONTH: Disney animation, Judy Holliday comedies, sly social satire, stark drama, film noir, experimental cinema, tales of obsession and coming of age, and vacuous British pop romance from the swinging sixties. (Sorry, no gothic horror documentaries this … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged abstract, action, adultery, adventure, aging, Alan Tudyk, Anna Faris, Anthony Hopkins, Asif Mandvi, autocrats, Awkwafina, Barbara Stanwyck, Ben Kingsley, Black Jack, British cinema, business, Carroll Baker, childhood, Chris Elliot, Chris Parnell, Clash by Night, classics, comedy, coming of age, corruption, crime, cults, Darling, dementia, depression, Diane Ladd, Dirk Bogarde, Disney animation, Doris Roberts, drama, Edward Norton, experimental film, families, fantasy, farce, female empowerment, film noir, Florian Zeller, fraud, Fred Armisen, Fritz Lang, Full of Life, George Cukor, grief, heroines, His Kind of Woman, humor, Imogen Poots, independent films, infidelity, Jack Carson, Jack Garfein, Jack Lemmon, Jane Russell, Jean Stapleton, Jim Backus, John C. Reilly, John Schlesinger, Judy Holliday, Julie Christie, Kathryn Hahn, Kelly Marie Tran, Ken Loach, Kim Novack, Laurence Harvey, life, London, love, madness, Marilyn Monroe, Mark Robson, marriage, memory loss, Monterey California, myth, Nasim Pedrad, Olivia Coleman, Paul Douglas, period pieces, Phffft, pregnancy, quests, Ralph Meeker, rape, Raya and the Last Dragon, Raymond Burr, relationships, Richard Conte, Richard Quine, Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan, romance, Rufus Sewell, Sacha Baron Cohen, Sandra Oh, satire, Schizopolis, sex, sexism, shareholders, slapstick, Something Wild, Southeast Asian culture, Steven Soderbergh, surrealism, The Dictator, The Father, The Marrying Kind, the sixties, The Solid Gold Cadillac, tragedy, trauma, trust, Vincent Price | 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

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

FLIX PIX (1197): “Olfa Had FOUR DAUGHTERS”

FLIX PIX (1141): “Remember to Breathe During THE LAST DUEL”

FLIX PIX (1041): “THE VIRGIN SPRING is Perfect Filmmaking”

FLIX PIX (1031): “WOMEN TALKING: Inert But Compelling Cinema”

KPK on the CINEMA (122): The Films of April 2022

KPK on the CINEMA (119): “The Films of January 2022”

KPK on the CINEMA (114): The Films of August 2021

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