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“Admiring the Films of FRITZ LANG” (by KPKeelan)

Posted on March 11, 2024 by KPKeelan

. > Fritz Lang was the German Hitchcock. An absolute master of suspense, this émigré to Hollywood began in the silent era (as did Hitchcock), making impressive films in his native country from 1918 until he came west in 1936. … Continue reading →

Posted in QUIET in the BACK! | Tagged arts, Cloak and Dagger, destiny, drama, film criticism, film noir, films, Fritz Lang, German cinema, Human Desire, ideas, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Ministry of Fear, movies, opinion, Rancho Notorious, reviews, Scarlet Street, silent films, The Big Heat, The Woman in the Window, You Only Live Once | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (850): “Fritz Lang and Edward G. Robinson Take a Sordid Stroll Down SCARLET STREET”

Posted on October 18, 2022 by KPKeelan

SCARLET STREET (directed by Fritz Lang, 1945) ***** (out of 5) . > Fritz Lang kicks noir ass again in this classic black-and-white tale of a wronged man, gone wrong. . Trapped in an unhappy marriage, milquetoast bank cashier Christopher Cross … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged arts, cinema, classics, crime, criticism, Dan Duryea, drama, Edward G. Robinson, entertainment, exploitation, film noir, films, fraud, Fritz Lang, ideas, Joan Bennett, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, opinion, reviews, Scarlet Street | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (99): The Films of May 2020

Posted on July 23, 2021 by KPKeelan

. MAY 2020 and the “shelter-in-place” lockdown drones on… Seeing boatloads of great films, but too much sitting down! Starting to feel like the film reviewer’s equivalent of John Lennon’s complaint “I’ve got blisters on me fingers!”- only that’s not … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: Scarlet Street

“Admiring the Films of FRITZ LANG” (by KPKeelan)

FLIX PIX (850): “Fritz Lang and Edward G. Robinson Take a Sordid Stroll Down SCARLET STREET”

KPK on the CINEMA (99): The Films of May 2020

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