“Nuestra Pelicula” starts off innocently with elementary students singing the Colombian national anthem replete with words such as “glory”, “goodness”, “liberty’ and “jubilance”. This opened and closed the broadcasting day on Colombia’s national television network. This innocence quickly fades with archival 1988 Colombian television footage showing a litany of assassinations, murders, kidnappings, funerals, distraught families.Continue reading “RKS Film: “Nuestra Pelicula” (Our Movie): 1988 Colombian Blood Bath”
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RKS Film: “Missing”: Japanese Serial Killer on the Loose!
“Missing” starts with what looks like a simple linear plot but devolves into the present being overtaken by the past to resurface back in the present. People are often not what they appear to be initially. The innocent are guilty. Murder, backstabbing and double dealing lead the way. There is a serial killer on theContinue reading “RKS Film: “Missing”: Japanese Serial Killer on the Loose!”
RKS Film: “Paradise City”: Sucking on the Teats of Past Glory
“Paradise City” reunites John Travolta and Bruce Willis 27 years after their performance in “Pulp Fiction”. Both Willis and Travolta in “Pulp Fiction” were out of their stereotypical roles and that film might have or could have reinvented both these actors. Willis of late it has been revealed is suffering from Aphasia a cognitive disorderContinue reading “RKS Film: “Paradise City”: Sucking on the Teats of Past Glory”
63rd THESSALONIKI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
3-13/11/2022 THE AWARDS OF THE 63rd TIFF INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION AWARDS The International Competition Jury of the 63rd Thessaloniki Film Festival is composed of Nicolas Selis (producer-founder of Pimienta Films, Mexico), Tomasz Wasilewski (screenwriter-director, Poland) and Penny Panagiotopoulou (filmmaker, Greece). The Best Feature Film Award – Golden Alexander “Theo Angelopoulos”, accompanied by a 10,000-euro cash prize,Continue reading “63rd THESSALONIKI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL“
RKS Film: “EO”: Who Needs Sancho Panza!
If I could sum up the Polish fantasy film “EO” I would say, “And the Oscar for Most Expressive Eyes Goes to EO the Polish Donkey”. EO the donkey embarks upon an incredible journey without Sancho Panza on his back. Yes he is the cutest donkey in town with big expressive eyes that can meltContinue reading “RKS Film: “EO”: Who Needs Sancho Panza!”
RKS Film: Polish Documentary “The Balcony Movie”: A Voyeur of Life
Paweł Łozińki in his “The Balcony Movie” lets us ride the portal of his camera lens into life not simply in Warzaw, Poland where it was filmed but life itself. He spent over two and a half years filming passersby’s beneath his balcony asking them the meaning of life and how they cope with life.Continue reading “RKS Film: Polish Documentary “The Balcony Movie”: A Voyeur of Life”
RKS Film: “Bad Axe”: A Very Dangerous Man Inflames Right Wing Rage in the United States
Bad Axe is a small town in Michigan. It is home to the Siev family. Father Chun is a refugee from Khmer Rouge Cambodia. Chun escaped with his mother and six children to Thailand and then moved to the United States. His father “disappeared” in Cambodia. Chun was tortured and beaten witnessing executions and atrocities.Continue reading “RKS Film: “Bad Axe”: A Very Dangerous Man Inflames Right Wing Rage in the United States”
RKS Film: A Very Cheesy Christmas: “Baking All the Way”
Is there an unwritten rule that Christmas movies of late must suffer from cheesy plots and rather obnoxious music? Let’s face it “It’s a Wonderful Life” is one of the biggest cheese Christmas films ever made yet once every two years it still is worth a view. “Baking All the Way” is stuffed with cheeseContinue reading “RKS Film: A Very Cheesy Christmas: “Baking All the Way””
RKS Film: “The Human Trial”: Should Private Enterprise Have the Power to Control Pain, Suffering and Life Itself?
The documentary “The Human Trial” is a five-year journey exploring the development of stem cell laden implants into human subjects suffering from Type 1 Diabetes in the anticipation they will produce insulin. Five million people a year die from complications attributable to diabetes. If it doesn’t kill you it may very well blind you orContinue reading “RKS Film: “The Human Trial”: Should Private Enterprise Have the Power to Control Pain, Suffering and Life Itself?”
RKS Wine: Not a Corporate Lawyer, Accountant, Neurosurgeon, Corporate Executive, Overpaid Professional Athlete or Cardiologist? Welcome to Delicious Brutality!
If you are not a “hot shot” it is certainly possible to discover a quality wine at a proletarian price. I mean my friend the Penniless Pensioner would guzzle Chateau Latour with his Boulud Burger in Manhattan and think nothing of paying $1500 as “chump change” for a bottle of Bordeaux First Growth. With aContinue reading “RKS Wine: Not a Corporate Lawyer, Accountant, Neurosurgeon, Corporate Executive, Overpaid Professional Athlete or Cardiologist? Welcome to Delicious Brutality!”
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