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FLIX PIX (397): “Kurosawa’s DRUNKEN ANGEL”

Posted on March 5, 2022 by KPKeelan

DRUNKEN ANGEL (directed by Akira Kurosawa, 1948) ****+ (out of 5) . > Akira Kurosawa made 30 films in his storied career. In over half of them, he worked with talented actor Toshiro Mifune- a very fruitful collaboration that began with … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged Akira Kurosawa, art, cinema, criticism, drama, Drunken Angel, films, ideas, Japan, Japanese cinema, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, opinion, reviews, Takashi Shimura, Toshiro Mifune, World War II, Yakuza | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (69): The Films of NOVEMBER 2017

Posted on June 23, 2021 by KPKeelan

. Well, that was an enjoyable month’s worth of movies. Look at all the 4-and-a-half star films! Fab. (All ratings are on a 5 star scale. Note that a classic only becomes a classic after a decade or more.) (Titles in purple … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged Akira Kurosawa, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Alfred Hitchcock, American Honey, Amy Adams, animal rescue, animation, anime, art, Billy Bob Thornton, Blackmail, Blade Runner 2049, Bolivia, Charles Laughton, Ciarán Hinds, cinema, Claude Rains, Colin Farrell, comedies, crime, criminals, Cyril Ritchard, Daniel Brühl, Danny Boyle, Daphne De Maurier, Denis Villeneuve, documentaries, drama, Drunken Angel, Edward James Olmos, elections, Elijah Wood, Elle Fanning, epics, Evo Morales, Ewan McGregor, feudalism, films, Frances McDormand, gangsters, grifters, Harrison Ford, Hayao Miyazaki, heroin addiction, history, humor, Humphrey Bogart, Hurricane Katrina, I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore, I’m a Cyborg But That’s OK, Jamaica Inn, James Carville, Japanese cinema, Jared Leto, Jessica Chastain, Kevin Keelan, Kirsten Dunst, Korean cinema, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Louisiana, Martin McDonough, Maureen O’Hara, Melanie Lynskey, melodrama, mental health, metaphor, Michael Curtiz, Mine, Miss Pettigrew Lives For a Day, movies, Nazis, New Orleans, Nicole Kidman, noir, opinion, Our Brand is Crisis, Park Chan-wook, Passage to Marseille, Peter Lorre, Peter Straughan, pets, Poland, political campaigns, politics, Princess Mononoke, reviews, Ridley Scott, Robert Newton, Ryan Gosling, Sam Rockwell, Sandra Bullock, Santa Sangre, Sasha Lane, science fiction, Sean Young, sequels, Shia LaBeouf, Sofia Coppola, Studio Ghibli, surrealism, Sydney Greenstreet, symbolism, T2 Trainspotting, Takashi Shimura, The Beguiled, the Civil War, The Zookeeper’s Wife, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, thrillers, Toshiro Mifune, violence, Woody Harrelson, World War II, Yakuza, youth | Leave a comment

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FLIX PIX (397): “Kurosawa’s DRUNKEN ANGEL”

KPK on the CINEMA (69): The Films of NOVEMBER 2017

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