“James Dean, the young motion-picture actor killed in a car accident in 1955, was promoted throughout his phosphorescent career as the all-American ‘mixed up kid’ the symbol of misunderstood hot-rodding youth with a switchblade approach to life’s little problems. When he died, an expensive film in which he starred, Giant, had yet to be released,Continue reading “RKS Literature: The Manufactured James Dean Legend (Truman Capote)”
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RKS Literature: A Friend of Marlon Brando Comments on His Choice of Friends (Truman Capote)
“….the kind of people he didn’t like-and the kind he did, both-stemmed from his insecurities. His inferiority feelings. Very few of his friends were his equals- anybody he’d have to compete with if you know what I mean. Mostly they were strays, idolizers, characters who were dependent on him one way or another. The sameContinue reading “RKS Literature: A Friend of Marlon Brando Comments on His Choice of Friends (Truman Capote)”
RKS Literature: Truman Capote Defines a “Movie Star” (Truman Capote)
“Defined practically, a movie star is any performer who can account for a box office profit regardless of the quality of the enterprise in which he appears; the breed is so scarce that there are fewer than ten actors today who qualify for the title. Brando is one of them; as a box office draw,Continue reading “RKS Literature: Truman Capote Defines a “Movie Star” (Truman Capote)”
RKS Literature: Marlon Brando on Analysis (Truman Capote)
“Have you ever been analyzed. I was afraid of it at first. Afraid it might destroy the impulses that make me creative, an artist. A sensitive person receives fifty impressions where somebody else may only get seven. Sensitive people are so vulnerable; they’re so easily brutalized and hurt just because they are sensitive. The moreContinue reading “RKS Literature: Marlon Brando on Analysis (Truman Capote)”
RKS 2026 International Film: “The Blue Trail” (O Último Azul)
A Brazilian/Mexican/Chilean/Netherland production helmed by director Gabriel Mascaro presenting a dystopian panorama of humour and satire which is a gentle, silent and highly effective jab at ageism and massaged- “media managed” governmental oppression in society. A Brazil where at age 75 you are “honoured” as “national living heritages” with your residence marked by a laurelContinue reading “RKS 2026 International Film: “The Blue Trail” (O Último Azul)”
RKS 2026 Film: “Holy Days”: Raunchy Roman Catholic Nuns’ Road Trip?
Sister Agnes (Judy Davis), Sister Luke (Miriam Margolyes) and Sister Marie Claire (Jacki Weaver) are in1974 New Zealand the sole remaining nuns at Sister Suzanne’s currently serving a lesser purpose caring for orphans and abandoned children once undertaken 5 decades earlier. There is no remaining clientele. The new archbishop and Father Findlay (Jonny Brugh), theContinue reading “RKS 2026 Film: “Holy Days”: Raunchy Roman Catholic Nuns’ Road Trip?”
RKS 2026 EURO Film: “Mirrors No. 3”: Healing Effect of the Intersection of Miseries
Laura (Paula Beer), a very unhappy looking Laura, opens the film peering over the edge of a bridge staring at the water below. There is no pedestrian walkway on this bridge so she is where she shouldn’t be and as cars speed by with horns blaring my thought is that girl is ready to jumpContinue reading “RKS 2026 EURO Film: “Mirrors No. 3”: Healing Effect of the Intersection of Miseries”
RKS 2026 EURO Documentary Film Review: “We Are Stardust”
Let’s be frank. A documentary about a jazz musician/record producer hobby scientist searching for micrometeorites doesn’t galvanize interest other than for those guys with plastic pocket inserts with pens jammed in them……the Elmer Fudd crowd? Micrometeorites, in non scientific terms referred to as “stardust”, are tiny extraterrestrial dust particles that survive atmospheric entry that landContinue reading “RKS 2026 EURO Documentary Film Review: “We Are Stardust””
RKS 2024 Canadian Oscar Nominated Documentary Short: “perfectly a strangeness”
“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””
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!”
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