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RKS 2025 Film: “Vermiglio”: Idyllic Decomposition

Pietro (Giuseppe De Domenico) a Sicilian deserter from the Italian Army assists a local fellow deserter, Attillo, to return to the latter’s mountainous home village Vermiglio. It is 1944 and the Second World War is drawing to a close. Vermiglio appears untouched by the war with an occasional plane flying overhead being the only tangibleContinue reading “RKS 2025 Film: “Vermiglio”: Idyllic Decomposition”

RKS 2025 Film: “Young Werther”: A Canadian Reverse Romcom Classic

Werther (Douglas Booth) a prepped out overconfident and shallow young man from the ritzy Anglo Montreal suburb of Westmount arrives in Toronto with geeky germaphobe buddy Paul (Jaouhar Ben Ayed) on a family errand. Once completed Werther will journey to Europe “to write his memoirs” but being so young what memoirs could this pompous assContinue reading “RKS 2025 Film: “Young Werther”: A Canadian Reverse Romcom Classic”

RKS 2025 Film: Scarborough Hits the Big Screen in “Morningside”

I grew up in Montreal and fled as a refugee to Toronto. I encountered incessant references about this neighbourhood called Scarborough and not always in the most positive language. An undertone of poverty, crime and naughtiness. Scarborough seemed so far away from Toronto it earned the derogatory nickname of Scarberia.  The only relevance Scarborough heldContinue reading “RKS 2025 Film: Scarborough Hits the Big Screen in “Morningside””

RKS 2024 Film: The Worst Films of 2024

“Zombie Town” Canada 56/100 “Café 404” Greece 56/100 “Omicron Killer” USA 61/100 “Beehive” Canada 67/100 “Cold Road” Canada 67/100 “Pure O” USA  69/100 “Jeanne duBarry” France 69/100 “Guy Manley Super Spy” United Kingdom 68/100 “One Must Wash Their Eyes” USA  67/100 “What Mary Didn’t Know” Greece/France 64/100

RKS 2024 Film: The Best Documentaries of 2024

“A Photographic Memory” United States 96/100 “Devil Put Coal in the Ground” USA 96/100 “Russia At War” Russia 95/100 “Tish” United Kingdom 94/100 “To Kill a Tiger” Switzerland 94/100 “And So It Begins” Philippines 93/100 “Copa 71” United Kingdom 93/100 “Space Cowboy” United Sates 93/100 “Praying for Armageddon” Norway 93/100 “Cherry” Canada 92/100 “Stolen Time”Continue reading “RKS 2024 Film: The Best Documentaries of 2024”

RKS 2024 Film: The Best Films of 2024

“Fireworks” Italy 96/100 “Giannis in the Cities” Greece 96/100 “Tōtem” Mexico/Germany/France 96/100 “Daughter of the Sun” Canada 96/100 “Be Still” Canada 95/100 “The Shade” USA 95/100 “Astronaut” (Short) Canada 94/100 “Song for No One” Canada 94/100 “Fonissa” Greece 94/100 “Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World” Romania 94/100 “Sometimes I ThinkContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: The Best Films of 2024”

RKS 2024 Film: “Deaner’ 89”: Satire? Comedy? Socially Relevant?

Dean Murdoch (Paul Spence) known as “Deaner” finally after enduring many “shit bands” achieves stardom in 1989 and has moved into his mansion where he shares his story. Dean and his sister Jen (Star Slade) are adopted and advised of their Indigenous heritage late in their teens by their mother telling them the government toldContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: “Deaner’ 89”: Satire? Comedy? Socially Relevant?”

RKS 2024 Film: “Fairy Creek”: Not One Big Happy Family

In August 2020 opposition to logging old growth forests in British Columbia’s South Vancouver Island’s Fairy Creek’s 1183 hectares gained momentum. Old growth forests were dwindling in British Columbia and Fairy Creek was unique as a fully intact valley of old growth trees with its own complex biodiversity. Teal Jones Group had legal rights toContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: “Fairy Creek”: Not One Big Happy Family”

The Penniless Pensioner: Misaligned, Maligned but Marvellous (The Final Version): Chapter 6: Juanita Joins Big Bopper and Buddy Holly

Flying to New Delhi from Montreal is far better than the Delhi Belly flight from New Delhi to Montreal as with the latter Indian food seeks its revenge on those not used to it. Flatulence and the runs are the perfect storm for an unholy stench that not even the smell of eggplant curry couldContinue reading “The Penniless Pensioner: Misaligned, Maligned but Marvellous (The Final Version): Chapter 6: Juanita Joins Big Bopper and Buddy Holly”