“perfectly a strangeness” a documentary short from Montreal based filmmaker Alison McAlpine has been nominated for Best Documentary Short at the upcoming 98th Oscars. Three donkeys slowly clip clop their way up a Chilean mountainside to visit an observatory. For what reason we know not and there is no dialogue to assist in discovering thatContinue reading “RKS 2024 Canadian Oscar Nominated Documentary Short: “perfectly a strangeness””
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RKS 2026 International Film: “Blades of The Guardians”: Epic and Spectacular Martial Arts Film!
The Chinese film “Blades of the Guardians” directed by Yuen Woo-Ping leaves no doubt there should be no disparaging of Chinese film. True, it is yet another martial art centric film, but can there be one more spectacular? Majestic cinematography, enthralling costuming, creative sets, momentous and artistic martial arts choreography and a Gobi Desert locationContinue reading “RKS 2026 International Film: “Blades of The Guardians”: Epic and Spectacular Martial Arts Film!”
RKS 2026 International Film: “A Poet”: A Titanic Disaster or The Poseidon Adventure with a Poet on Board?
“A Poet” is the official submission of Columbia for the Best International Feature Film for the 98th Academy Awards in 2026. A co-production between Columbia, Germany and Sweden. Oscar Restrepo (Ubeimar Rios) is a Columbian poet inching toward 60 having won several poetry prizes early in his “poetry career” never making the leap to prominenceContinue reading “RKS 2026 International Film: “A Poet”: A Titanic Disaster or The Poseidon Adventure with a Poet on Board?”
Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: WHY IS BOB MUTTERING LIKE COLONEL KURTZ IN APOCALYPSE NOW?
WHY IS BOB MUTTERING LIKE COLONEL KURTZ IN APOCALYPSE NOW? Aside from scoring human food like bits of bagel or today’s blueberry I live in anticipation of the next walk. After suffering puppy quarantine for not being fully vaccinated for the last three months it is 3-5 walks a day in mushy slush, powdery snow,Continue reading “Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: WHY IS BOB MUTTERING LIKE COLONEL KURTZ IN APOCALYPSE NOW?”
RKS Film: Best Films of 2025
96 Athens Midnight Radio (Greece) 95 Headcase (short) (Canada) 95 Self Driver (Canada) 95 Stelios (Greece) 94 Hole (short) (Korea) 93 Vermiglio (Italy) 93 Loren & Rose (United States) 93 Morningside (Canada) 93 Cloud (Japan) 93 Sweet Angel Baby (Canada) 92 Saigon Kiss (Vietnam) 92 Moon’s Wife (Canada) 92 Our Monsters (Canada) 92 Ya DangContinue reading “RKS Film: Best Films of 2025”
RKS Film: Best Documentaries of 2025
96 Death Plan for a Man and a Dog (Greece) 95 Soundtrack to a Coup D’Etat (Belgium/Netherlands) 95 Mediha (USA) 94 Divia (Ukraine) 93 Ghosts of the Sea (Canada) 92 A Fly on the Wall (India) 92 Queer Acts of Love and Resistance (Canada) 92 Unwelcomed (Chile)
RKS CANADIAN Television: “Animal Nation” Premiers 8January2026 on APTN With “BEAR”
2Ducks Media and APTN announced on 17December2025 the launch of the sweeping docuseries Animal Nation, premiering January 8, 2026 on APTN (in English) and streaming on APTN+. This groundbreaking project, created in collaboration with Indigenous communities across Canada and the U.S., takes viewers deep into the heart of some of the continent’s most beautiful wild spacesContinue reading “RKS CANADIAN Television: “Animal Nation” Premiers 8January2026 on APTN With “BEAR””
RKS 2025 Short Film: “The Hemingway”: Elbows Up
Canada currently faces threats of economic decimation and political annexation by you know who. Canadians have adopted a fightback phrase “Elbows Up” a metaphorical reference to hockey players aggressively using their elbows to defend and possibly strike back at aggressors. Patrick Sean O’Brien is saddled with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) where the muscles atrophy inContinue reading “RKS 2025 Short Film: “The Hemingway”: Elbows Up”
RKS 2025 Film: “Dead to Rights”: Blockbuster Chinese War Epic
“Dead to Rights” is a blockbuster Chinese war epic depicting the 1937 capture of the Chinese city of Nanjing by the Japanese Imperial Army. An estimated 300,000 city residents were killed and given the barbarity of the Japanese forces “killed” may be a modest adjective. Men, woman and children were executed by various methods includingContinue reading “RKS 2025 Film: “Dead to Rights”: Blockbuster Chinese War Epic”
RKS 2025 Film: “Time Travel is Dangerous”: 99% Silly and Perhaps 1% Deserving Thought
Ruth (Ruth Syratt) and Megan (Megan Stevenson) are proprietors of a vintage shop “Cha Cha Cha” in the Muswell Hill suburb of London. Some of the older customers refer to it as a “charity shop” and given the rag tag merchandise they “source” from garbage bins that may be a more accurate description of theirContinue reading “RKS 2025 Film: “Time Travel is Dangerous”: 99% Silly and Perhaps 1% Deserving Thought”
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