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FLIX PIX (1169): “Sir Thomas More Was A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS”

Posted on December 30, 2023 by KPKeelan

A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS (directed by Fred Zinnemann, 1966) ***** (out of 5) . > I saw this title in the theater as a child, and being smarter than the average kid, it left a huge impression on me. . … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged A Man For All Seasons, arts, Catholic church, cinema, classics, conscience, criticism, England, entertainment, films, Flix Pix, Fred Zinnemann, historical drama, ideas, John Hurt, Kevin Keelan, King Henry VIII, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Leo McKern, movies, opinion, Paul Scofield, rebellion, reviews, Robert Bolt, Robert Shaw, Susannah York, Vanessa Redgrave, Wendy Hiller | 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

KPK on the CINEMA (108): The Films of February 2021

Posted on August 1, 2021 by KPKeelan

. I only just finished writing reviews to films I saw in December of 2020! But I’m catching up fast. Being so busy writing reviews means I am watching fewer movies and more series, like Allen vs. Farrow and The … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged @Large, action, adventure, Ai Weiwei, Alcatraz, Aldis Hodge, Alec Guinness, American history, American politics, Anthony Quayle, Anthony Quinn, art, Arthur Kennedy, artists, biography, Black Muslims, Brian Keith, Bruno Ganz, Candice Bergen, Cary Grant, Cassius Clay, Chelsea Manning, Cherry Jones, China, Chinese cinema, Chinese repression, Chris Cooper, Cillian Murphy, civil rights, classics, colonialism, comedies, comedy, crushes, David Lean, debate, dialogue, documentaries, drama, Eli Goree, Emily Mortimer, epics, Facebook, fantasy, French cinema, Hero, historical epics, historical fiction, history, ideas, imperialism, Instagram, installations, Irresistible, Jean Renoir, Jeff Orlowski, Jet Li, Jim Brown, John Kiriakou, John Milius, Jon Stewart, Jose Ferrer, Kemp Powers, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Kristin Scott Thomas, Lawrence of Arabia, Leslie Odom Jr., liberals, love, Mackenzie Davis, Malcolm X, manipulation, marketing, martial arts, masterpieces, morality, Muhammad Ali, Myrna Loy, Natasha Lyonne, Netflix, Omar Sharif, One Night in Miami, Patricia Clarkson, Perdicaris incident, Peter O’Toole, political prisoners, political satire, politically correct, power, privacy, privilege, propriety, Regina Hall, relationships, Robert Bolt, romance, Rose Byrne, Rudyard Kipling, Rules of the Game, Sally Potter, Sam Cooke, satire, Sean Connery, Sharif Mulai Ahmed er Raisuni, Shirley Temple, social class, social media, Steve Carell, T.E. Lawrence, teenagers, The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer, The Party, The Social Dilemma, The Wind and the Lion, Theodore Roosevelt, TikTok, Timothy Spall, Tony Leung, Topher Grace, Trace, Twitter, violence, war, Will Sasso, Yours Truly, Zhang Yimou, Zhang Ziyi | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (1): “David Lean’s Vast Vision of LAWRENCE OF ARABIA”

Posted on April 16, 2021 by KPKeelan

LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (directed by David Lean, 1962) ***** (out of 5) . > I have seen this sprawling desert epic five times, I reckon- could be six. (The only other film I have come back to this often is … Continue reading →

Posted in 5-Star CLASSIC FLIX, Flix Pix | Tagged Alec Guinness, Anthony Quayle, Anthony Quinn, Arthur Kennedy, arts, biographies, cinema, classics, colonialism, David Lean, drama, films, historical epics, history, imperialism, Jose Ferrer, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Lawrence of Arabia, masterpieces, movies, Omar Sharif, opinion, Peter O’Toole, power, reviews, Robert Bolt, T.E. Lawrence, violence, war | Leave a comment

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