Ken Karpel

Ken Karpel Pro

I like movies and fried chicken.

Favorite films

  • GoodFellas
  • Boogie Nights
  • Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
  • Harold and Maude

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  • Novocaine

    ★★★

  • Flow

    ★★★★

  • Blurred Lines: Inside the Art World

  • Sherlock: The Sign of Three

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  • Flow

    Flow

    ★★★★

    Did you know rainforests get flooded and then rise again?

  • American Primeval

    American Primeval

    ★★★½

    5 good episodes, 1 horrible finale.

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  • The Dawn Wall

    The Dawn Wall

    ★★★★

    In a year where we have two films about climbing el capitan, Free Solo may be getting more press  but this is by far the superior film/story. 

    Free Solo has an irritating protagonist achieve a remarkable feat. Dawn Wall has a more compelling narrative, genuinely endearing protagonists you want to succeed, and a clear motivating force. 

    While one can wonder whether Free Solo or Dawn Wall has the more remarkable accomplishment at its center, it’s definitive that Dawn Wall is a better film in every way.

  • Filmworker

    Filmworker

    ★★★★

    A heartbreaking portrait of an incredibly talented individual that dedicated his life to serving someone else’s vision. 

    After many years of watching/ reading everything I could get my hands on about Kubrick, there were still amazing nuggets of information here about the master. 

    I came for Kubrick, but left moved by this story about an incredible man whose hand has shaped the films of Kubrick from the shadows... both during his life, and after. 

    The scene discussing the LACMA exhibition,…

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