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FLIX PIX (1305): “NICHOLAS AND ALEXANDRA Were Doomed From the Start”

Posted on June 26, 2024 by KPKeelan

NICHOLAS AND ALEXANDRA (directed by Franklin J. Schaffner, 1971) ***+ (out of 5) . > Geez, Russian history can be a downer. . I enjoyed this long, detailed historical epic about the downfall of Nicholas II, the last czar of Russia, … Continue reading →

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KPK on the CINEMA (146): “The Films of APRIL 2024”

Posted on May 1, 2024 by KPKeelan

. > Interesting to note, there are three titles among this month’s crop that are all political dramas dealing with popular uprisings in Mexico, Israel and Southeast Asia that were the result of the hubris entrenched powers who were more … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged Alain Delon, allegory, Anthony Quinn, Arthur Hill, artists, arts, B-movies, Barbara Graham, Bartlett Robinson, biography, cinema, colonialism, Communism, crime, criticism, Dabbs Grier, death penalty, documentaries, Douglas Booth, drama, Edward S. Montgomery, Elia Kazan, entertainment, entitlement, ethics, Fantastic Fungi, fantasy, film noir, films, French cinema, From the Earth to the Moon, Gavin MacLeod, George Putnam, George Sanders, historical fiction, hitmen, hubris, I Want to Live!, ideas, imperialism, Irina Starshenbaum, Israel, Jean Peters, Jean-Pierre Melville, John Marley, John Steinbeck, Joseph Cotton, Jules Verne, justice, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Le Samouraï, Marlon Brando, Mexican history, Michael Winterbottom, movies, murder, mushrooms, Nam June Paik: Moon is the First TV, nature, Netflix, occupation, opinion, Pat Hingle, PBS, Phillip Coolidge, pioneers, politics, psilocybin, Raymond Bailey, reviews, revolution, revolutionaries, Robert Wise, romance, sci-fi, science, science fiction, Shoshana, Simon Oakland, Steven Yeun, Susan Hayward, terrorism, The Ugly American, Theodore Bikel, true stories, uprisings, video art, visionaries, Viva Zapata, war profiteering | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (133): “The Films of March 2023”

Posted on April 8, 2023 by KPKeelan

. > Time marches on, relentlessly, doesn’t it? 2023?! What happened to 2003? Well, here they are: the films of March 2023. Don’t blink, or another decade will pass you by… (All films are rated on a 5-star basis and must … Continue reading →

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FLIX PIX (433): “CHE: Soderbergh Looks at the Iconic Revolutionary”

Posted on March 23, 2022 by KPKeelan

CHE (directed by Steven Soderbergh, 2008) ***+ (out of 5) * > Steven Soderbergh’s biopic on the iconic insurgent legend Ernesto “Che” Guevara is split into two parts, (“The Argentine” and “and “Guerrilla”,) and though it’s quite long at almost 300 … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged art, Benicio Del Toro, biography, Che, cinema, criticism, films, history, ideas, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, opinion, politics, reviews, revolution, Steven Soderbergh, war | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: revolution

FLIX PIX (1305): “NICHOLAS AND ALEXANDRA Were Doomed From the Start”

KPK on the CINEMA (146): “The Films of APRIL 2024”

KPK on the CINEMA (133): “The Films of March 2023”

FLIX PIX (433): “CHE: Soderbergh Looks at the Iconic Revolutionary”

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