Tag Archives: Todd Solondz

FLIX PIX (860): “Todd Solandz Takes a Fractured Look at: LIFE DURING WARTIME”

Posted on October 23, 2022 by KPKeelan

LIFE DURING WARTIME (directed by Todd Solandz, 2010) **** (out of 5) . > This Todd Solondz gem really kicks ass on so many levels. . LIFE DURING WARTIME is a family/relationship drama with a wicked sense of humor. It begins … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged Allison Janney, Ally Sheedy, arts, child abuse, Ciarán Hinds, cinema, criticism, denial, drama, dramady, dysfunction, families, films, humor, ideas, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Life During Wartime, love, Michael Kenneth Williams, movies, opinion, Paul Reubens, Pee Wee Herman, people, personalities, relationships, reviews, Shirley Henderson, Todd Solondz | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (596): “CAROL, and the Heartbreak of Taboo Love”

Posted on June 13, 2022 by KPKeelan

CAROL (directed by Todd Solondz, 2015) ***+ (out of 5) . > Extremely indie filmmaker Todd Solondz (HAPPINESS, WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE, STORYTELLING- wonderful films all), goes mainstream with this critic’s darling. . CAROL is a man-made “women’s film”, (a … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged art, Carol, Cate Blanchett, cinema, criticism, films, ideas, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, lesbians, love, movies, opinion, queer cinema, relationships, reviews, romance, Rooney Mara, taboos, Todd Solondz | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (101): The Films of July 2020

Posted on July 25, 2021 by KPKeelan

. > JULY 2020! Most of us are still alive! Well that’s something… (All 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 … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, Ace in the Hole, Adolph Green, Aldolph Green, Alfre Woodard, Alice Pearce, alienation, Allison Janney, Ally Sheedy, American history, Ann Miller, Anne Baxter, art, Arthur Kennedy, astronomy, Atacama Desert, Atlanta, Augusto Pinochet, Barbara Stanwyck, Barbra Bel Geddes, Best Foreign Film, Betty Comden, Betty Garrett, Bill O’Reilly, Billy Wilder, biography, Blood on the Moon, Bombshell, Brian Keith, British cinema, Brock Peters, Centennial Park bombing, Charlize Theron, child abuse, Chilean cinema, Chris Cooper, Christine Lahti, Ciarán Hinds, cinema, Cinema Verite, Clint Eastwood, comedies, concentration camps, corruption, courage, crime, criticism, Cynthia Erivo, David Holzman’s Diary, David Spade, denial, dictators, documentaries, Down in the Delta, drama, dramady, dysfunction, Edward Dmytryk, Edward G. Robinson, Elio Petri, Elmer Bernstein, Ennio Morricone, Eric Rohmer, exploitation, families, fascism, fathers and sons, FBI, films, forensics, Fox News, Françoise Fabian, Frank Ferguson, Frank Sinatra, Fred Rogers, Fritz Lang, Gene Kelly, genocide, George Reeves, Geraldo Rivera, Gian Maria Volonté, Girl With the Green Eyes, Glenn Ford, Gretchen Carlson, grief, Harriet, Harriet Tubman, Having a Wild Weekend, Herbie Hancock, heroism, Holland Taylor, Holocaust, ideas, Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion, Italian cinema, Jack Elam, Jaime Sánchez, Jane Fonda, Jay Roach, Jean Louis Trintignant, Jeanine Pirro, Jim McBride, John Boorman, John Hamm, John Lithgow, journalism, Juano Hernandez, Jules Munshin, justice, Kate McKinnon, Kathy Bates, Kathy Scruggs, Kevin Keelan, Kirk Douglas, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Lauren Lapkus, Laurence Harvey, Leonard Bernstein, Life During Wartime, love, Luis Buñuel, Lynn Redgrave, Malcolm McDowell, Margot Robbie, Marie-Christine Barrault, Marketa Kimbrell, Marlene Dietrich, Matthew Rhys, Maya Angelou, media, Megyn Kelly, Mel Ferrer, mercenaries, Mississippi, mocumentaries, mothers of the disappeared, movies, Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood, murder, musicals, My Night at Maud’s, Nazism, Netflix, New Orleans, New York, Nicole Kidman, Nostalgia For the Light, obsession, Olivia Wilde, On the Town, opinion, outlaws, Paul Reubens, Paul Walter Hauser, people, personalities, Peter Finch, policing, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, power, prostitution, PTSD, Rancho Notorious, Raymond St. Jacques, relationships, revenge, reviews, Richard Jewell, Richard Kind, Rita Tushingham, road trips, Rob Schneider, Robert Mitchum, Robert Preston, Robert Wise, rock and roll, Rod Steiger, Roger Ailes, romance, Rupert Murdoch, Russell Johnson, sailors, satire, Saul Bass, scandal, science, sexism, Shirley Henderson, Sidney Lumet, slander, slavery, spoofs, Stanley Donen, surrealism, survivor’s guilt, technology, terrorism, The Big Carnival, The Dave Clark Five, The Pawnbroker, The Phantom of Liberty, the press, the underground railroad, The Violent Men, The Wrong Missy, Todd Solondz, Tom Hanks, Tom Junod, trauma, Vera-Ellen, Walk on the Wild Side, Walter Brennan, westerns, William Frawley, workplace abuse, World War II | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (52): The Films of May 2016

Posted on June 6, 2021 by KPKeelan

. Time for another look at last month’s cinematic fare. Thirteen titles this time. Unfortunately I’ll be out of the country for June and July, so the summer is likely to be a cinema desert. Time to enjoy the bounty … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged '71, 60 Minutes, Aaron Sorkin, Abraham Zapruder, Anything Goes, art, Auschwitz, Billy Bob Thornton, Bing Crosby, biography, Brian Eno, Carol, Carrie Mulligan, Cate Blanchett, CBS News, cinema, Cole Porter, Crimson Peak, Dan Rather, Danny Boyle, Donald O’Connor, drama, Far From the Madding Crowd, film, film criticism, George W. Bush, Guillermo Del Toro, history, horror, Iran, Iranian cinema, It Follows, Jacki Weaver, Jafar Panahi, Jafar Panahi's Taxi, Jeremy Strong, Jessica Chastain, JFK, Kate Winslet, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Lee Harvey Oswald, Marcia Gay Harding, Marguerite Oswald, Mary Mapes, Matthias Schoenaerts, Mia Wasikowska, Mitzi Gaynor, movies, musicals, Northern Ireland, Parkland, Paul Giamatti, reviews, Robert Eggers, Robert Redford, romance, Rooney Mara, Seth Rogan, Son of Saul, Sonderkommando, Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, The holocaust, The Man Who Fell to Earth 1971-77, The Witch A New England Fable, Thomas Hardy, Thomas Vinterberg, Todd Solondz, Tom Hiddleston, truth, World War II, Zac Effron | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Todd Solondz

FLIX PIX (860): “Todd Solandz Takes a Fractured Look at: LIFE DURING WARTIME”

FLIX PIX (596): “CAROL, and the Heartbreak of Taboo Love”

KPK on the CINEMA (101): The Films of July 2020

KPK on the CINEMA (52): The Films of May 2016

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