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KPK on the CINEMA (141) “The Films of November 2023”

Posted on December 2, 2023 by KPKeelan

. > There goes November. Here comes the heavy hitters of Oscarbait season. Some good stuff this month- and I suspect, some great stuff next month! Let’s get started: (All films are rated on a 5-star basis and must be … Continue reading →

Posted in KPK on the CINEMA | Tagged A Time For Drunken Horses, Abu Ghraib, adaptations, Adolphe Menjou, Alan J. Pakula, All the Light We Cannot See, American culture, Amy Sedaris, and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy, animation, Anthony Doerr, Aria Mia Loberti, armed conflict, artists, arts, Bahman Ghobadi, Barbara Sukowa, battle, Ben Kingsley, Ben Platt, biography, Bob Balaban, Brenda Vaccaro, Brian de Palma, British cinema, Cameron Mitchell, Catherine O'Hara, celebrity, Cheaper By the Dozen, child actors, child labor, child soldiers, cinema, circus, classics, Clifton Webb, Columbian cinema, comedies, comedy, Confessions of a Nazi Spy, conspiracies, crime, criminals, criticism, Cromwell, cults, culture, Dalíland, Dark City, Dermot Mulroney, Desperate Souls, Devi, directing, Disney, documentaries, drama, Edgar Allen Poe, Edward G. Robinson, Elemental, Elia Kazan, entertainment, Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, escapes, espionage, European history, exploitation, fame, families, family, family films, fantasy, farce, fascism, filmmaking, films, France, Francis Lederer, Frank Bunker Gilbreth Jr., Fredric March, fundamentalism, Gala Dalí, gambling, Gloria Grahame, greed, guerillas, Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay, Hinduism, historical epics, history, horror, Hugh Laurie, Hume Cronyn, hysteria, ideas, Indian cinema, injustice, Iranian cinema, Joaquin Phoenix, John Cho, John Schlesinger, Jon Voight, Josephine, Jude Law, Julianne Nicholson, Kal Penn, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Lars Eidinger, Liam Neeson, Louis Hoffman, love, Man on a Tightrope, Manos, Mark Ruffalo, marriage, Melissa McCarthy, Molly Gordon, movies, Myrna Loy, Nancy Buirski, Napoleon, nature, Nazis, Neil Patrick Harris, Netflix, Nick Lieberman, obsession, occupied France, opinion, Oscar Isaacs, parents, parody, patriarchy, Paul Lukas, Paul Schrader, Paula Prentiss, persecution, personalities, Pixar, political assassinations, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, precious gems, professional gamblers, PTSD, radio, rebels, relationships, religion, resistance fighters, revenge, reviews, Richard Boone, Ridley Scott, Rob Corddry, Robert Sherwood, romance, Rose Byrne, Saint-Malo, Salvador Dalí, satire, Satyajit Ray, screenwriting, sequels, smuggling, spectacle, spies, spirituality, spoofs, Spy, superstition, survival, The Card Counter, The Conqueror Worm, The Grey, The Parallax View, Theater Camp, thrillers, Tiffany Haddish, torture, totalitarianism, tradition, true stories, TV miniseries, Tye Sheridan, Vanessa Kirby, Vincent Price, violence, war, Warren Beatty, William Daniels, witch hunts, Witchfinder General, wolves, World War II, zealotry | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (1138): “George Lucas Has a Brilliant Debut With the Visionary THX-1138”

Posted on October 23, 2023 by KPKeelan

THX 1138: Directors Cut (directed by George Lucas, 1970/2012) ***** (out of 5) * > In 1970 when I was 14 years fresh, the original theatrical release of THX 1138 left an indelibly deep impression on me. . I always considered … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged art, Big Brother, cinema, classics, control, criticism, Donald Pleasence, dystopia, entertainment, films, Flix Pix, George Lucas, ideas, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, movies, opinion, reviews, Robert Duvall, science fiction, THX 1138, totalitarianism, Walter Mirisch | Leave a comment

FLIX PIX (987): “THE KING AND THE MOCKINGBIRD is Breathtaking Animated Surrealism”

Posted on December 25, 2022 by KPKeelan

THE KING AND THE MOCKINGBIRD (directed by Paul Grimault, 1949/1980) ***** (out of 5) . > I was so stoked to finally find this restored, completed surrealist fantasy from French animator Paul Grimault. . After finally seeing this dazzling treasure, it … Continue reading →

Posted in Flix Pix | Tagged animation, arts, cinema, class, class struggles, classics, corruption, criticism, cult of personality, dada, Dr. Seuss, entertainment, exploitation, fairy tales, fairytales, fantasy, fascism, film, French cinema, genius, Hans Christian Andersen, Hans Christian Anderson, ideas, Jacques Prévert, Kevin Keelan, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Les Gémeaux, liberation, M.C. Escher, masterpieces, Max Fleischer, Maxfield Parrish, Metropolis, movies, opinion, Paul Grimault, reviews, Salvador Dalí, Salvatore Dali, steampunk, surrealism, symbolism, The Adventures of Tintin, The King and the Mockingbird, The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep, totalitarianism, Walt Disney, Wojciech Kilar | Leave a comment

KPK on the CINEMA (105): The Films of November 2020

Posted on July 29, 2021 by KPKeelan

. NOVEMBER 2020… Finally finished in March 2021! Slowly working my way through the backlog, with 31 down and 42 to go! (All ratings are on a 5 star scale. Note that a classic only becomes a classic after a decade … Continue reading →

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KPK on the CINEMA (141) “The Films of November 2023”

FLIX PIX (1138): “George Lucas Has a Brilliant Debut With the Visionary THX-1138”

FLIX PIX (987): “THE KING AND THE MOCKINGBIRD is Breathtaking Animated Surrealism”

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