Category Archives: film

RKS 2023 Film: “Elemental: Reimagine Wildfire”: Caught in the “Forest Fire” Conundrum

I thought it a perfect time to watch the American documentary “Elemental: Reimagine Wildfire” while Canadian forest fires rage in Quebec, Ontario and Alberta and Health Canada advises many Canadians to stay indoors, close windows and wear a N95 mask outdoors in face of a dangerous particulate smog. Yes I was going to watch allContinue reading “RKS 2023 Film: “Elemental: Reimagine Wildfire”: Caught in the “Forest Fire” Conundrum”

RKS 2023 Film: “Americonned”

The American documentary “Americonned” is an attack on the tiered economic system of the United States which is tilted heavily in favour the rich and highlights those attempting initiatives to “even out” the disparities in that system. The Bezos, Musk, Branson romps of the obscenely rich versus the unemployed and struggling! The goal of manyContinue reading “RKS 2023 Film: “Americonned””

RKS 2023 Film: “Subtraction”: Riders on the Storm and “Rear Window”

Watching the French-Iranian film “Subtraction” I think of Jimmy Stewart in Hitchcock’s 1954 “Rear Window”. Why? If you watch this film keep this refrain from the Door’s song “Riders on the Storm” in mind: “There’s a killer on the roadHis brain is squirmin’ like a toadTake a long holidayLet your children playIf you give thisContinue reading “RKS 2023 Film: “Subtraction”: Riders on the Storm and “Rear Window””

RKS 2023 Film: “The Eight Mountains”: Travel the Eight Mountains and Seas or Climb the Mountain in the Centre of it All?

Based on the novel by Paolo Cognetti, “The Eight Mountains”, a 2022 Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize winner, is the story of a friendship. Of children becoming men who try to erase the footprints of their fathers, but who, through the twists and turns they take, always end up returning home. Pietro (Luca Marinelli) is a boyContinue reading “RKS 2023 Film: “The Eight Mountains”: Travel the Eight Mountains and Seas or Climb the Mountain in the Centre of it All?”

RKS 2023 Film: What is Darker?  The Nasty Sasquatch or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder? “Dark Nature” (Terreur Sauvage)

The Canadian film “Dark Nature” may be a psychological thriller or perhaps a horror film. Place your bets and say it is a bit of both. If it is showing at your local drive-in theatre bring some blankets to keep warm from the chills wafting through the film. If watching in a theatre or atContinue reading “RKS 2023 Film: What is Darker?  The Nasty Sasquatch or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder? “Dark Nature” (Terreur Sauvage)”

RKS 2023 Television: Season Two of “Yukon Harvest”: Episode 203: “Pay it Forward”

In Episode 203 of “Yukon Harvest”, “Pay it Forward” Scott Unger from the Métis Nation travels to Mayo in the Canadian Yukon to hunt for caribou with Brian “Wojo” Wojciechowski who runs a substantial guide business for fishers and hunters in the Yukon for some 20 years. Wojo at 65 is ready to retire andContinue reading “RKS 2023 Television: Season Two of “Yukon Harvest”: Episode 203: “Pay it Forward””

RKS 2023 Television: Season Two of “Yukon Harvest”: Episode 202: Yegwúp (To Grow Strong)

In Episode 202 of “Yukon Harvest” we continue to follow Ed Jensen a British Columbian aboriginal guide and hunter as he travels to the Yukon in search of bagging a Bull Moose for himself and his young protégé Evan. The theme of hunting with respect and reverence for the animal and its spirit continues. ThereContinue reading “RKS 2023 Television: Season Two of “Yukon Harvest”: Episode 202: Yegwúp (To Grow Strong)”

RKS 2023 Television: Season Two of “Yukon Harvest” Episode 201 “Yegwúp” Part 1

As a Canadian reviewer of documentaries, I will admit I was getting worn down and forlorn over a seemingly endless stream of depressing documentaries on Canadian aboriginal life.  Alcoholism, drug abuse, poor housing, officially mismanaged salmon fisheries including a proliferation of salmon farms destroying aboriginal fish stocks and of course residential schools. These stories mustContinue reading “RKS 2023 Television: Season Two of “Yukon Harvest” Episode 201 “Yegwúp” Part 1”

RKS 2023 Film: Vancouver Greek Film Festival: “Days and Nights of Demetra K”: Bordello Madam!

The second annual Vancouver Greek Film Festival (VGFF) runs from 1-4 June 2023. It presents an eclectic offering of contemporary and classic Greek cinema. This year the Festival kicks off a calendar of events organized by The Hellenic Canadian Congress of British Columbia during Greek Heritage Month which culminates in “Greek Day on Broadway” oneContinue reading “RKS 2023 Film: Vancouver Greek Film Festival: “Days and Nights of Demetra K”: Bordello Madam!”

RKS 2023 Film: Vancouver Greek Film Festival: “Holy Emy”: Like No Other Greek Film!

The second annual Vancouver Greek Film Festival (VGFF) runs from 1-4 June 2023. It presents an eclectic offering of contemporary and classic Greek cinema. This year the Festival kicks off a calendar of events organized by The Hellenic Canadian Congress of British Columbia during Greek Heritage Month which culminates in “Greek Day on Broadway” oneContinue reading “RKS 2023 Film: Vancouver Greek Film Festival: “Holy Emy”: Like No Other Greek Film!”