In the Mexican state of Guanajuato, the town of La Cantera has a serious water quality problem. Independent professional testing and verifications have determined its drinking water drawn from the town’s well has a high degree of radioactivity associated with volcanic rocks leading to the formation of radon gas surfacing below from the groundwater whereContinue reading “RKS 2025 Documentary Film: “The Age of Water”: Drinking to Death and Toasting Economic Short-Term Prosperity”
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RKS 2025 Documentary Film: “In Hell With IVO”: A Most Interesting Bulgarian!
I was last in 1973 Bulgaria as a whippersnapper with shoulder length hair. There were very few adventuresome tourists in that part of the Iron Curtain at the time. As I was walking the streets of Sofia drinking some green carbonated beverage of unknown composition three Dutch young folk stopped me and asked how IContinue reading “RKS 2025 Documentary Film: “In Hell With IVO”: A Most Interesting Bulgarian!”
RKS 2025 Documentary: “Divia”: All Manner of Destruction: All Manner of Resilience
The Euro documentary “Divia” has no dialogue simply music. Its astonishing cinematography is a work of art. It is a panorama of destruction of flora and fauna, man, his environment and his machines of death and destruction. Nature has been wounded but is far from defeat. If you have watched the documentaries “Russia at War”Continue reading “RKS 2025 Documentary: “Divia”: All Manner of Destruction: All Manner of Resilience”
RKS 2025 CANADIAN Film:“Seeds”: Something More Political is Germinating Under the Horror
“Seeds” is most often categorized in reviews as a horror movie with comedic elements. I agree but there is an angrier political layer germinating under the horror moniker namely an Indigenous strike back against colonization both past and present. We are introduced to Ziggy (Kaniehtiio Horn) as a struggling urban Indian “influencer” surviving on bicycleContinue reading “RKS 2025 CANADIAN Film:“Seeds”: Something More Political is Germinating Under the Horror”
RKS 2025 CANADIAN Film: “Sweet Angel Baby”: Newfoundland Explosion!
“Down east”, as they say in Canada, on 6December1917 two ships, one loaded with high explosives, collided in Halifax, Nova Scotia with the resulting explosion killing 1,782 people and injuring an estimated 9,000. In the film “Sweet Angel Baby” filmed down east in Newfoundland and Labrador a massive explosion occurs but a moral one, notContinue reading “RKS 2025 CANADIAN Film: “Sweet Angel Baby”: Newfoundland Explosion!”
RKS 2025 Documentary: “A New Kind of Wilderness”: A Metaphorical Yet Entirely Real Wilderness
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”
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?”
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