I am not a rodeo guy. Every once in a rare while I might watch a snippet of a bull riding competition. Yes, it is dangerous you might say but watch this documentary about Ricky Ringer and you will most likely conclude bull riding is VERY DANGEROUS! Ricky Ringer is a professional bull rider andContinue reading “RKS Film: “Ride Till I Die”: Bull Riding Is Not Dangerous”
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RKS Film: “The Yellow Wallpaper”: A Painful Look at the Descent into Madness
The PR material provided with the film stated this was an adaptation of Charlotte Perkin Gilman’s “well- known and controversial gothic feminist horror story “. I see very little feminism in the film unless of course I strain to fabricate it. What I see is a woman named Jane (Alexandra Loreth) who is dangerously mentally unbalancedContinue reading “RKS Film: “The Yellow Wallpaper”: A Painful Look at the Descent into Madness”
RKS Film: “Visionary Gardeners”: “Food Without Limits”
The Canadian television series “Visionary Gardeners” is a five-part series premiering March 7, at 9 p.m. ET on Vision TV and it runs for 5 weeks in half hour segments. It features avid Canadian gardeners with their own vision of what a garden is. You may think the series is about them and their gardensContinue reading “RKS Film: “Visionary Gardeners”: “Food Without Limits””
RKS Film: “When We Were Bullies”: The Perpetrators and The Victims 50 Years Later
“When We Were Bullies” initially may seem to be a case of 50-year-old memories careening out of control. But in this case the documentary is not about a presidential election in Zimbabwe or some other esoteric event we have no real tangible connection to. It has to do with bullying and I venture to sayContinue reading “RKS Film: “When We Were Bullies”: The Perpetrators and The Victims 50 Years Later”
RKS Retro Film: “The Blue Gardenia”
“The Blue Gardenia”, directed by Fritz Lang, was released in 1953 and Anne Baxter plays Norah Larkin, Richard Conte plays Casey Mayo and Raymond Burr as Harry Prebble. This 60-year-old plus film remains watchable and is not stale. Norah is in love with marine George who is in Korea fighting in the Korean War. NorahContinue reading “RKS Retro Film: “The Blue Gardenia””
RKS Retro Film: “Roma”: A Mexican American Film That Explores Societal and Relationship Devastation
The 2018 Mexican American film “Roma” received 10 Oscar nominations for the 91st Academy Awards and won three including Best Foreign Film (Mexico’s first Best Foreign Film win). Alfonso Cuarón won for Best Director. The film, shot in black and white so beautifully, can be seen as a study of near devastation of human relationshipsContinue reading “RKS Retro Film: “Roma”: A Mexican American Film That Explores Societal and Relationship Devastation”
RKS Film: “Visionary Gardeners”: Episode # 3 “People and Plants”
The Canadian television series “Visionary Gardeners” is a five-part series premiering March 7, at 9 p.m. ET on Vision TV and it runs for 5 weeks in half hour segments. It features avid Canadian gardeners with their own vision of what a garden is. You may think the series is about them and their gardensContinue reading “RKS Film: “Visionary Gardeners”: Episode # 3 “People and Plants””
RKS Film: “Jump Darling”
As soon as I saw the movie poster for the film “Jump Darling” I concluded this drag queen movie is not for me. I was never a fan of drag queens prancing about in outlandish costumes but was really turned against it after seeing a documentary from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, “Drag Kids” where childrenContinue reading “RKS Film: “Jump Darling””
RKS Film: “Întregalde”: Romanian Film Spins it’s Wheels in the Mud
Radu Muntean’s “Întregalde” like the Land Rover in the film that is trapped in the mud is spinning its wheels and not really progressing. I was expecting more from Muntean with 6 films under his belt. Three friends head out from Bucharest to deliver food packages in the remote Romanian countryside. Their Land Rover becomesContinue reading “RKS Film: “Întregalde”: Romanian Film Spins it’s Wheels in the Mud”
RKS Film: “Madelines”: Quirky Satire of Sci-fi Time Travel Film?
“Madelines” challenges the viewer to arrive at some coherent conclusion. This could be the result of poor writing or very clever filmmaking. In “Madelines” be prepared for innovative and creative filmmaking. What is enjoyable is the possibility of multiple interpretations. I could quell my curiosity by speaking with director and co-writer Jason R. Miller butContinue reading “RKS Film: “Madelines”: Quirky Satire of Sci-fi Time Travel Film?”
