Having watched documentaries “Twice Colonized” (2023) and “Angry Inuk” (2016) I was expecting the Greenlandic Danish documentary “Walls – Akinni Inuk” to be infused with anger about the mistreatment of Greenlandic Inuk within the Greenlandic prison system. I saw no anger but frustration with the judicial system incarcerating Ruth in Greenlandic custodial detention for 12Continue reading “Toronto 2025 Hot Docs: “Walls – Akinni Inuk””
Author Archives: Robert K Stephen (CSW)
RKS 2025 Film: “Treadmill”: The Never-Ending Run of Aggression and Repression
Fiftyish Dimitra lives in Athens with widowed mother Rea. Dimitra has ordered a treadmill which Rea disproves of. It can’t fit in the flat unless several objects are moved so it rests out on the balcony for the time being. We often hear families are dysfunctional but do we know what that term means? ItsContinue reading “RKS 2025 Film: “Treadmill”: The Never-Ending Run of Aggression and Repression”
RKS 2025 Film: “Párvulos: Children of the Apocalypse”
Watching the Mexican horror film “Párvulos: Children of the Apocalypse” be prepared for a film like you’ve never seen before. Chalked full of suspense, horror, comedy with The Book of Revelations and the seven trumpets thrown in made more compelling by superb black and white cinematography, costuming and an adaptive soundtrack. Salvador (Farid Correa), 17,Continue reading “RKS 2025 Film: “Párvulos: Children of the Apocalypse””
Operation 51st State: Elimination of Canadian Universal Healthcare
The Senior Working Group (SWG) reviewed the basics of Canadian universal healthcare that through the test of time has crumbled giving birth to a partial but more efficient private model. The Canadian medical system besieged by a massive poorly planned influx of immigrants to Canada, governmental cuts to funding and staffing and poor management failsContinue reading “Operation 51st State: Elimination of Canadian Universal Healthcare”
RKS 2025 CANADIAN Documentary: “Butterfly: Into the Maze of Human Trafficking”
“Butterfly: Into the Maze of Human Trafficking” is the third Viveka Melki documentary exploring sex trafficking and in this documentary the focus is on Western Canada exploring the experiences of Mallory (photo above) trafficked at 19, Raine trafficked at 12 and Charlie trafficked at 8. Their stories are profoundly disturbing including the trauma suffered duringContinue reading “RKS 2025 CANADIAN Documentary: “Butterfly: Into the Maze of Human Trafficking””
RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine: What’s My Reflection on Looking Glass?
What is my reflection on Niagara’s Rosewood’s 2021 Looking Glass? A blend of 68% Cabernet Franc, 28% Cabernet Sauvignon and 4% Petit Verdot. The wines rested in neutral French oak for 15 months prior to bottling. Aroma: Black cherry, raspberry, red currant and milk chocolate. Palate: Strict, stern and dry. Moderate tannins. Razor thin fruit.Continue reading “RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine: What’s My Reflection on Looking Glass?”
Toronto 2025 Hot Docs: “Night Watches Us”: No Police Brutality Here in Canada Eh?
There has been a long history of police brutality towards blacks in the United States. Perhaps a “modern” starting point for many might be the severe beating Rodney King suffered at the hands of the LAPD in 1991 and of course the notorious police murder of George Floyd in 2020 an incendiary device for BlackContinue reading “Toronto 2025 Hot Docs: “Night Watches Us”: No Police Brutality Here in Canada Eh?”
RKS 2025 Film: “Electra”: Light, Fluffy and Slightly Comedic Buffered by Dark Storm Clouds!
Watching the American Italian production of “Electra” expect a mix of comedy and satire bound by dastardly deeds with a beautiful double-cross twist of an ending which no doubt will have you grinning ear to ear. Accomplices Lucy (Abigail Cowen) and Dylan (Daryl Wein) pose as photographer and journalist to interview self absorbed and hedonisticContinue reading “RKS 2025 Film: “Electra”: Light, Fluffy and Slightly Comedic Buffered by Dark Storm Clouds!”
Toronto 2025 Hot Docs: “Parade: Queer Acts of Love and Resistance”: The Long Road to the Big Show
The Canadian National Film Board documentary “Parade: Queer Acts of Love and Resistance” traces struggles encountered by Canada’s queer community from the 1950’s to the present day. In the 1950’s and 1960’s Canadian queerdom was a shameful and disgusting aberration for the straight community. In 2025 it remains as such but only for a minorityContinue reading “Toronto 2025 Hot Docs: “Parade: Queer Acts of Love and Resistance”: The Long Road to the Big Show”
Toronto 2025 Hot Docs: “Ghosts of the Sea”: Sailing Into the Heart of Darkness
When I read the PR blurb sent my way by the National Film Board of Canada describing “Ghosts of the Sea” my impressions were it was an interesting little adventure story about Virginia Tangvald’s father Peter Tangvald and brother Thomas Tangvald two expert sailors who both perished at sea. I was thinking a “National GeographicContinue reading “Toronto 2025 Hot Docs: “Ghosts of the Sea”: Sailing Into the Heart of Darkness”
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