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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 (1065): “Questlove Issues Us a Ticket to an Unforgettable SUMMER OF SOUL (…or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)”

Posted on May 20, 2023 by KPKeelan

SUMMER OF SOUL (…or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (directed by Questlove, 2021) ****+ (out of 5) . > With his very first film project, Roots bandleader Questlove stunned the world with this rarified document of a lost chapter … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged arts, B. B. King, black culture, cinema, civil rights, concerts, criticism, documentaries, entertainment, films, Flix Pix, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Harlem, history, ideas, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, live performance, Max Roach, movies, music, Nina Simone, opinion, Questlove, race, reviews, rhythm and blues, Sly & the Family Stone, Stevie Wonder, Summer of Soul, the 5th Dimension, the Staples Singers, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised | 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

Tag Archives: Stevie Wonder

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

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

FLIX PIX (1065): “Questlove Issues Us a Ticket to an Unforgettable SUMMER OF SOUL (…or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)”

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

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