“The Elephant Whisperers”, an Indian documentary short film, has been nominated as the best documentary short film at the 2023 Oscars. The documentary breaks the chain of depressing documentaries about elephants. Instead we encounter Bellie and Bomman at the Theppakadu Elephant Camp in India which is the largest contiguous wild space for Asian elephants. BellieContinue reading “RKS 2023 Film: “The Elephant Whisperers”: 2023 Academy Award Nominee”
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RKS 2023 Film: Expectation of Yet Another American Mass Murder: “Stranger at the Gate”
For much of the world the United States is the epicentre of the mass murder. Most likely well earned but we have seen them in Canada, Sweden and France amongst other countries. Watching “Stranger at the Gate” sigh and expect yet another documentary on an American mass murder? Richard McKinney has the credentials of aContinue reading “RKS 2023 Film: Expectation of Yet Another American Mass Murder: “Stranger at the Gate””
RKS 2023 Films: “The Martha Mitchell Effect”: A Trip Down Memory Lane in Time for the 2023 Oscars!
The Trump presidency had its humorous moments if you had a bad sense of humour and wanted to continue seeing a President soiling himself in the public eye. In the Nixon presidency there was only one really big poop namely Watergate. But there were initially in his first term (1968-1972) some lighthearted moments. Nothing asContinue reading “RKS 2023 Films: “The Martha Mitchell Effect”: A Trip Down Memory Lane in Time for the 2023 Oscars!”
RKS 2023 Film: “Haulout”: Oscar Nominated Short Documentary for 2023
“Haulout”, from the United Kingdom”, has been nominated for best short documentary film at the upcoming 2023 Oscar awards. Certainly, given the subject of walrus haulouts we could have stern warnings about global warming a la Greta Thunberg. Shrill and accusatorial becomes tiresome and numbing. “Haulout” takes a quieter and perhaps more effective approach. IContinue reading “RKS 2023 Film: “Haulout”: Oscar Nominated Short Documentary for 2023”
RKS 2023 Film: “The Outwaters”
The promotional blurb I received for the film describes “The Outwaters” as a “throwback to the early days of the found footage genre”. My goodness talk about an obscure genre, at least in my neck of the woods. If I was to give this film a categorization I might say it is “a flashlight inContinue reading “RKS 2023 Film: “The Outwaters””
RKS 2023 Film: “Metronom”: Sex, Cognac, Rock and Roll and Romanian Communism
Ana (Mara Bugarin), a senior high school student in 1972 Bucharest, wants to visit her buddy Roxana (Mara Vicol) and a group of friends to listen to music and chat. Mother does not want Ana to go as she has to study for university entrance exams. But being somewhat of a typical teenager Ana defiesContinue reading “RKS 2023 Film: “Metronom”: Sex, Cognac, Rock and Roll and Romanian Communism”
RKS 2023 Film: “Children of the Mist”: Weird, Amusing or Just Plain Disgusting
“Children of the Mist” is a documentary exploring the kidnapping of young girls within the Hmong ethnic group in the isolated mountainous regions of northern Vietnam where the mist often drifts in. A component of the Hmong culture is the kidnapping of underage girls for the purposes of marriage as young as thirteen years ofContinue reading “RKS 2023 Film: “Children of the Mist”: Weird, Amusing or Just Plain Disgusting”
RKS 2023 Film: “Nana’s Boys”: Intense and Suspenseful LGBTQ Relationship Film
“Nana’s Boys” is an intense and suspenseful LGBTQ “relationship film” although shouldn’t we be reluctant to so quickly label it an LGBTQ film? The film could equally be applicable to a heterosexual relationship. Amari (David J. Cork) and Q (Jared Wayne Gladly) are two black men living together in New York City or perhaps Brooklyn.Continue reading “RKS 2023 Film: “Nana’s Boys”: Intense and Suspenseful LGBTQ Relationship Film”
RKS Film 2023: Slamdance Presents “The Underbug”
Your first question may be what is “Slamdance”. It sounds like a play on “Sundance” doesn’t it? Slamdance is a community, a year-round experience, and a statement in which everyone is invited to take part. The first Slamdance Film Festival was held in 1995 by a wild bunch of filmmakers who were tired of relyingContinue reading “RKS Film 2023: Slamdance Presents “The Underbug””
RKS 2023 Film: “Starring Jerry as Himself”: Hook Line and Sinker
How long will it take you to realize the bigger the lie the bigger the fish. And so goes the sad story of Jerry told through lighthearted re-enactment and through the thoughts of his ex-wife and children. The conclusion of the film is less than lighthearted. I have been in the middle of several high-levelContinue reading “RKS 2023 Film: “Starring Jerry as Himself”: Hook Line and Sinker”
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