Robert K Stephen (CSW)

RKS 2023 Film: “Sisterhood Softball”: Exclusionary Inclusion?

Citizen Minutes is a collection of Canadian short documentaries highlighting ordinary Canadians doing extraordinary things “to make their communities better places” at least according to Hot Docs. The series of shorts will be playing in select Canadian cities. In this case it is an all-female Muslim softball league Most of the players wear their hajib,Continue reading “RKS 2023 Film: “Sisterhood Softball”: Exclusionary Inclusion?”

RKS 2023 Film: “My People”: Greek International Film Festival Tour of Canada (GIFFT): A Personal Journey to Discover the Fate of Her Grandmother and 67,000 Greek Jews

2023 will be the third year for GIFFT and it is packed with full length, short films and documentaries from Greece or films produced by Greeks outside of Greece. The Greek film industry has developed to a level of excellence over the last 10 years and here is a chance for Canadians to immerse themselvesContinue reading “RKS 2023 Film: “My People”: Greek International Film Festival Tour of Canada (GIFFT): A Personal Journey to Discover the Fate of Her Grandmother and 67,000 Greek Jews”

RKS 2023 Wine: The Royalty of Ontario Red Wines: Time to Welcome Gamay?

Could it be safe to say that Cabernet Franc and Pinot Noir are amongst the royalty of Ontario red wine? But it would seem Gamay deserves to be admitted to the royal court? We try a Hidden Bench 2020 Gamay from Niagara. It spent 9 months in French oak 14% new, 24% second fill andContinue reading “RKS 2023 Wine: The Royalty of Ontario Red Wines: Time to Welcome Gamay?”

RKS 2023 Film: “Good Times Coming”: Greek International Film Festival Tour of Canada (GIFFT): An Egghead Meets an Egg!

2023 will be the third year for GIFFT and it is packed with full length, short films and documentaries from Greece or films produced by Greeks outside of Greece. The Greek film industry has developed to a level of excellence over the last 10 years and here is a chance for Canadians to immerse themselvesContinue reading “RKS 2023 Film: “Good Times Coming”: Greek International Film Festival Tour of Canada (GIFFT): An Egghead Meets an Egg!”

RKS 2023 Film: “Scarpedicemente”: Greek International Film Festival Tour of Canada (GIFFT): Kinky and Fluffy then Deadly Serious: In the Hunt for My Best of 2023!

2023 will be the third year for GIFFT and it is packed with full length, short films and documentaries from Greece or films produced by Greeks outside of Greece. The Greek film industry has developed to a level of excellence over the last 10 years and here is a chance for Canadians to immerse themselvesContinue reading “RKS 2023 Film: “Scarpedicemente”: Greek International Film Festival Tour of Canada (GIFFT): Kinky and Fluffy then Deadly Serious: In the Hunt for My Best of 2023!”

RKS 2023 Film: “Black Stone”: Greek International Film Festival Tour of Canada (GIFFT): Fake Documentary: Tragedy, Comedy, Mystery and the New Realities of Greece

2023 will be the third year for GIFFT and it is packed with full length, short films and documentaries from Greece or films produced by Greeks outside of Greece. The Greek film industry has developed to a level of excellence over the last 10 years and here is a chance for Canadians to immerse themselvesContinue reading “RKS 2023 Film: “Black Stone”: Greek International Film Festival Tour of Canada (GIFFT): Fake Documentary: Tragedy, Comedy, Mystery and the New Realities of Greece”

RKS 2023 Film: “Dignity”: Greek International Film Festival Tour of Canada (GIFFT): Watch That Smile!

2023 will be the third year for GIFFT and it is packed with full length, short films and documentaries from Greece or films produced by Greeks outside of Greece. The Greek film industry has developed to a level of excellence over the last 10 years and here is a chance for Canadians to immerse themselvesContinue reading “RKS 2023 Film: “Dignity”: Greek International Film Festival Tour of Canada (GIFFT): Watch That Smile!”

RKS 2023 Film: “On Fire”: A Fondue Cheese Melt! A Crispy Finish?

If you loved “Towering Inferno” with McQueen and Newman you might enjoy “On Fire” a rather topical wildfire disaster film. It might be that reality of all these wildfires ravaging the globe and all the eyewitness and harrowing accounts have overtaken the fiction of “On Fire” but nonetheless it just may have your little heartContinue reading “RKS 2023 Film: “On Fire”: A Fondue Cheese Melt! A Crispy Finish?”

RKS 2023 Film: “Master of the House”: Vancouver International Film Festival: A Sommelier Nightmare

“Master of the House” is a short film offering a snapshot of a sommelier and his gal pal chef at a Vancouver restaurant specializing in “indigenous reclamation cuisine”. Vince (Brendan Meyer) is a sommelier at a popular restaurant being part poet and perhaps equal part bullshitter selling the appropriate wine with dishes served by theContinue reading “RKS 2023 Film: “Master of the House”: Vancouver International Film Festival: A Sommelier Nightmare”

RKS 2023 Film: “My Dad’s Diner”: Greek International Film Festival Tour of Canada (GIFFT): A Mélange of Influences

2023 will be the third year for GIFFT and it is packed with full length, short films and documentaries from Greece or films produced by Greeks outside of Greece. The Greek film industry has developed to a level of excellence over the last 10 years and here is a chance for Canadians to immerse themselvesContinue reading “RKS 2023 Film: “My Dad’s Diner”: Greek International Film Festival Tour of Canada (GIFFT): A Mélange of Influences”