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RKS 2023 Film: “The Stalking Fields”: Evil System, Evil People and Victims

Marcus Woodman (Sean Compton) is a former U.S. Navy Seal with over 200 kills. One of his last kills was an American who pleaded for mercy and that mercy was his death which Woodman accommodated. Woodman may have killed many but killing a U.S. citizen is a lynchpin to his post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)Continue reading “RKS 2023 Film: “The Stalking Fields”: Evil System, Evil People and Victims”

RKS 2023 Film: “The Cosmos Sisters”: A Study of Endearing Friendship

Nora (Nora Kaye) and Whitney (Whitney Uland) are 30 somethings and long-time friends although by the bickering and sniping you’d never know that. Whitney is the perky one and Nora is the sullen one. Nora’s mother recently died and Whitney did not bother to attend the funeral. Nora is brooding and a bit of aContinue reading “RKS 2023 Film: “The Cosmos Sisters”: A Study of Endearing Friendship”

RKS Film: The Best Documentaries of 2022

The Best Documentaries of 2022 President (96) Perfecting the Art of Longing (96) American Reckoning (95) Who Killed Vincent Chin(94) Lodo (93) Yanis Varoufakis: Eye of The Storm (93) Anonymous Club (93) Young Plato (93) Jon Bénet’s Tricycle (93) The Last Tourist (93) The Killing of a Journalist (92) The Quiet Epidemic (92) Silent BeautyContinue reading “RKS Film: The Best Documentaries of 2022”

RKS Film: “Last of the Right Whales”: Despair and Hope

“Last of the Right Whales” is a documentary about the perils North Atlantic right whales face and what is being done to save them from extinction. It is bound to enthrall viewers yet cause some emotional trauma. The drone photography is nothing but spectacular and sickening when watching right whales entangled in fishing ropes orContinue reading “RKS Film: “Last of the Right Whales”: Despair and Hope”

RKS Film: “No Bears”: Jafar Panahi Weaves a Great Film

“No Bears” is Iranian director Jafar Panahi’s latest film. Panahi has been a thorn in the side of the Iranian regime for years and is prohibited from leaving Iran. He has previously been arrested, charged, placed under house arrest and prohibited from making films. “No Bears” was filmed secretly in Iran. In “No Bears” JafarContinue reading “RKS Film: “No Bears”: Jafar Panahi Weaves a Great Film”

RKS Film: “Entre Nous” (Between Us): Harlequin Result? Non-Harlequin Journey?

So in a Harlequin scenario true love reigns? Where does true love reign between lesbians Élodie (Amandine Noworyta) and Laétitia (Iris Jodorowsky) and what role does a rather quirky Simon (William Mesguich) and his pet rat play in his attempt to break up the lesbian relationship? Élodie and Laétitia are 30 something Parisian lesbians happilyContinue reading “RKS Film: “Entre Nous” (Between Us): Harlequin Result? Non-Harlequin Journey?”

RKS Film: “Free Puppies”: And There is Always One More

This year I wrote a serialized novel “Reggie the Egyptian Rescue Dog”. Reggie was a small pet kept by his master Anwar in Cairo. Anwar was arrested for writing articles critical of the government and was never seen again. Reggie led a harrowing life on the street hunted down by animal control whose ideas aboutContinue reading “RKS Film: “Free Puppies”: And There is Always One More”

RKS Film “Apostles”

Doesn’t this sound wretched? “Apostles” is Scud’s 8th film. Why would director Danny Cheng refer to himself as Scud a faulty Iraqi missile! Is he playing with us? “Apostles” is one of those “artsy films” if you throw my way, I am free to interpret it in artsy ways and never be wrong! As anContinue reading “RKS Film “Apostles””

RKS Film: “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed”: Art and Politics

The American documentary “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed” is an interconnected story about the life of American Nan Goldin as an artist and Nan Goldin as an advocate to eliminate the imprint and legacy of the Sackler family in the art world. The Sackler’s company is Purdue Pharma the makers and distributors of ValiumContinue reading “RKS Film: “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed”: Art and Politics”