If you watch the trailer (below) for “All Happy Families” you might conclude why is an American made film screening in a Greek film festival? Any film showing in the festival qualifies if there is Greek connection to it be it shot in Greece, a main Greek actor, producer or director. Haroula Rose, the directorContinue reading “The 4th Annual Greek International Film Festival Tour (Canada): “All Happy Families””
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The 4th Annual Greek International Film Festival Tour (Canada): “Minore”: Thoroughly Greek and Outrageous B Horror-Comedy Film
The Port of Piraeus has a problem. There are a series of minor earthquakes and citizens disappear. Mists roll in. An island appears in the middle of the harbour. Many walk-like zombies toward the island. Gooified bodies begin to appear many missing limbs. Meanwhile in Gotham City, ooops wrong movie but similar vibe, the merryContinue reading “The 4th Annual Greek International Film Festival Tour (Canada): “Minore”: Thoroughly Greek and Outrageous B Horror-Comedy Film”
RKS Literature: The Danger of Over Protectiveness of Children (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
There were other patients to see: an American girl of fifteen who had been brought up on the basis that childhood was intended to be all fun-his visit was provoked by the fact that she just hacked off all her hair with nail scissors. There was nothing much to be done for her-a family historyContinue reading “RKS Literature: The Danger of Over Protectiveness of Children (F. Scott Fitzgerald)”
RKS 2024 Film: “Only the River Flows”: A Murder Investigation Takes Centre Stage
If you are an aficionado of murder mysteries you will enjoy the film. A twist of clues with no obvious viewer conclusions to be made. If you enjoy film noir there is almost enough stylistically here to merit slotting the film into that genre. If you enjoy symbolism in film and subtle political criticism itContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: “Only the River Flows”: A Murder Investigation Takes Centre Stage”
The 4th Annual Greek International Film Festival Tour (Canada): “Listen to Who’s Talking”: Yes, Greeks Can Make Romcoms
Looking for something bright, breezy and humorous? Look no further than “Listen to Who’s Talking” a Greek feature film playing at the Greek International Film Festival Tour 1-31October24 in 11 Canadian cities. Buried under the covers or dreamt up by my film weary mind is the concept of mindfulness meditation possibly present in the film.Continue reading “The 4th Annual Greek International Film Festival Tour (Canada): “Listen to Who’s Talking”: Yes, Greeks Can Make Romcoms”
The 4th Greek International Film Festival Tour (Canada): “Kapetan Mihalis”: Can a Greek Classic Modernist Novel Survive the Big Screen?
The Greek film “Kapetan Mihalis” is based on the Nikos Kazantzakis novel “Freedom or Death” chronicling the struggle of Cretans for independence in their Ottoman occupied Crete in the late 19th century. To transform this epic novel onto the screen requires guts! “Tampering” with a national treasure is risky business. However the filmmakers here haveContinue reading “The 4th Greek International Film Festival Tour (Canada): “Kapetan Mihalis”: Can a Greek Classic Modernist Novel Survive the Big Screen?”
The 4th Annual Greek International Film Festival Tour (Canada): “Behind the Haystacks”: Reality Trumps the Façade
If you travel through farmland you often see haystacks. They can be domed, square or circular and pleasing to look at, almost artistic. Behind the perfect structure what is hiding? In “Behind the Haystacks” could it be that the haystack is the public persona and the private person is what hides behind the haystack. ItsContinue reading “The 4th Annual Greek International Film Festival Tour (Canada): “Behind the Haystacks”: Reality Trumps the Façade”
The 4th Annual Greek International Film Festival Tour (Canada): “Sgt. Fruit Fly”: A Very Greek Take on Teenage Life
You might think this just might be one of those teen movies you would watch in North America. Think again. The themes of bullying, fitting in and adolescent sexuality are covered in “Sgt. Fruit Fly” but with a hard-edged Greek tinge that make the movie truly appealing to the 15 plus teenage crowd and adults.Continue reading “The 4th Annual Greek International Film Festival Tour (Canada): “Sgt. Fruit Fly”: A Very Greek Take on Teenage Life”
The 4th Annual Greek International Film Festival Tour (Canada): “The Last Taxi Driver”: The Thin Red Line Between Obsession and Mental Illness
The 4th Annual Greek International Film Festival Tour (Canada) presents “The Last Taxi Driver”. Admit it you are already thinking of the classic Scorsese 1976 Film “Taxi Driver”. Thomas (Kostas Koronaios) is an Athenian taxi driver who replaces the violence of Travis Bickle with a quieter and creepier form of violence. He is a stalker.Continue reading “The 4th Annual Greek International Film Festival Tour (Canada): “The Last Taxi Driver”: The Thin Red Line Between Obsession and Mental Illness”
RKS 2024 Film: Sailing with the H.M.S. Hollywood Suite to The Highland Cinemas in Kinmount, Ontario: “The Movie Man” Up Close and Personal! Part Three!
“Movie Man” is a Canadian documentary about 5 very special theatres and the man that created them. Keith Stata started construction of Highland Cinema in 1975 and in 1979 the theatre opened and through gradual expansion there are now 5 cinemas. Stata bluntly states it was his “stupid idea” to build Highland Cinemas. Architecturally youContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: Sailing with the H.M.S. Hollywood Suite to The Highland Cinemas in Kinmount, Ontario: “The Movie Man” Up Close and Personal! Part Three!”
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