Nik the Brit married Maria the Norwegian and with Maria’s daughter Ronja move to a small, dilapidated farm deep in the Norwegian countryside. They subsequently have three children Ulv, Falk and Freja. Self admitted tree huggers, quite evident in the opening frames of the documentary, the children are home schooled without screens, learn how toContinue reading “RKS 2025 Documentary: “A New Kind of Wilderness”: A Metaphorical Yet Entirely Real Wilderness”
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RKS 2025 Canadian Film: “Skeet”: Newfie Neo Noir?
“Skeet” a 2024 Canadian film shot in the Chalker Place east end neighborhood of St. John’s, Newfoundland indicates there is more to Canadian film than Ontario and British Columbia productions! Immediately prior to watching “Skeet”, “Sweet Angel Baby” another Newfoundlander film was on my screen and will soon be available in theatrical release in Canada.Continue reading “RKS 2025 Canadian Film: “Skeet”: Newfie Neo Noir?”
RKS CANADIAN Documentary: “Under the Arbor”: An Explosion of Colour, Song, Music and Healing
A Powwow is a melding of music, song and dance at the very heart of Canadian Indigenous culture all the more significant as such expressions of indigenous culture were at one point illegal in Canada seen as heathen, immoral and Unchristian by the Canadian colonizers also responsible for the Residential School all part of anContinue reading “RKS CANADIAN Documentary: “Under the Arbor”: An Explosion of Colour, Song, Music and Healing”
RKS 2025 CANADIAN Film: “Magnetosphere”: Quirky, Cheesy, Tender and Risque
Maggie (Shayelin Martin) is a thirteen-year-old with “an issue” which initially may be having you wandering down the depressing rocky road of a severe neurological disease. Occasionally she sees sparkles and murky clouds around objects and her sensory reception all around seems skewered. And top that off with being an insecure teen with low selfContinue reading “RKS 2025 CANADIAN Film: “Magnetosphere”: Quirky, Cheesy, Tender and Risque”
RKS 2025 CANADIAN Film: “Hola Frida”: Cheapened by Gringo Voices?
HOLA FRIDA is an animated feature film that introduces a new generation to one of the most iconic artists of the 20th century—Frida Kahlo. Known for her strength, resilience, and creativity, Frida revolutionized modern art through her unique blend of Expressionism, Surrealism, and deep-rooted Mexican culture. Her life and legacy continue to inspire audiences worldwide, andContinue reading “RKS 2025 CANADIAN Film: “Hola Frida”: Cheapened by Gringo Voices?”
RKS 2025 Film: “Drowning Dry” (Sesė)
The Lithuanian title of the film is “Sesė” meaning sisters but the English title is “Drowning Dry”. Both titles co-exist in a symbiotic relationship. Drowning dry happens after a near drowning victim has their lungs drained of water by various revival techniques, I know well being a member of the elite Royal Lifesaving Society, yetContinue reading “RKS 2025 Film: “Drowning Dry” (Sesė)”
RKS 2025 CANADIAN Film: “The Well”
The film commences with crackling and staticky news reports and desperate human cries. The world is running out of clean water. Special blue zones are established where water is available but access is largely denied. Mass migrations occur. Refugee “camps” are established. Chaos in the streets. Much of the water supply is contaminated with aContinue reading “RKS 2025 CANADIAN Film: “The Well””
RKS 2025 CANADIAN Film: “The Bearded Girl”
What a fantasy film! Could it ascend to the heights of Cinderella, Pinocchio or “Nightmare Alley”? Eighty-eight generations of a family have produced a bearded girl. Commences as light peach fuzz and by maturity is wild mountain man thickness. Creates audience attraction in a carnival sideshow particularly when the bearded girl is s sword swallower.Continue reading “RKS 2025 CANADIAN Film: “The Bearded Girl””
RKS 2025 Film: “Cloud”: Up in the Sky or Down Far Below?
Ryosuke Yoshii (Masaki Suda) is an internet reseller of whatever he can bargain cheaply for and hopefully resell at retail or wholesale at an enormous profit. Good freedom of enterprise all legitimate unless the merchandise is counterfeit. Operate in the cloud as Yoshii does under a pseudonym Ratel then the transactions are all anonymous andContinue reading “RKS 2025 Film: “Cloud”: Up in the Sky or Down Far Below?”
RKS 2025 Canadian Film: “Foreigner”: Polite Racism or Ignorance?
One associates racism with malevolent intent. The Canadian film “Foreigner” acknowledges malevolent racism also suggesting racism can possibly be “polite”, based more in ignorance than malevolence. Yasamin (Rose Deghan) is a newly arrived Iranian teenager to British Columbia living with her widower father (Ashkan Nejati) and her grandmother Zoreh (Maryam Sadeghi). There are hints Yasamin’sContinue reading “RKS 2025 Canadian Film: “Foreigner”: Polite Racism or Ignorance?”
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