“Arctic Void” describes itself as a thriller but I am neither thrilled nor horrified. I would better categorize the film as a mystery. I have a lot of questions as to why and whom! As a viewer you most likely will be asking the same questions. However there is no spoon feeding here giving youContinue reading “RKS Film: “Arctic Void”: Devoid of a Thrill but Full of Questions”
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RKS Film: “Try Harder”: A Complex Stereotype Buster or Reinforcer or a Bit of Both?
“Try Harder” is an American documentary released in early December. It recounts the stories of a few students at Lowell High School in San Francisco, California. It is a rigorous academic school attracting a disproportionately high number of Asian American students nearly 70%. It has such high standards some 150 American university admissions officers visitContinue reading “RKS Film: “Try Harder”: A Complex Stereotype Buster or Reinforcer or a Bit of Both?”
Reggie the Egyptian Rescue Dog is Back and Living with Nicole Kidman
On our flight to Darwin, Australia we saw 6 Nicole Kidman movies and that lady can act. Bob says she has won an Academy Award. My favourite is “Eyes Wide Shut” I think it is called. She is good looker too! And I am going to be living with her for 4 months in Darwin!Continue reading “Reggie the Egyptian Rescue Dog is Back and Living with Nicole Kidman“
RKS Films: “Courage”: Political Repression in Belarus
The opening 90 seconds of this 2021 documentary brilliantly depicts the courage of Belarusians demonstrating against the dictatorship of their President Lukashenko who first came to power in the 1994 election. In 1996 a referendum stripped away key powers from the Belarusian Parliament. All elections after that point have been seen as rigged by muchContinue reading “RKS Films: “Courage”: Political Repression in Belarus”
RKS Film: “The Big Hit” (Un Triomphe)
A struggling actor Etienne (Kad Merad) volunteers at a French prison to offer a theatre workshop to a small group of prisoners. He plans to mount a Samuel Beckett play “Waiting for Godot”. This is not a simple play but in six months he has them ready to go. Their first performance in Lyon takesContinue reading “RKS Film: “The Big Hit” (Un Triomphe)”
RKS Films: “Twas The Night”: Has Santa Been Killed?
Locally here in Toronto on a particular channel are a continuous slew of Harlequin Films celebrating Christmas. Everything is perfect. True love blossoms at the end. For some it may be so cute. For lovers of serious cinema it may be flotsam. “Twas the Night” is no sickly-sweet Christmas film. But does it have theContinue reading “RKS Films: “Twas The Night”: Has Santa Been Killed?”
RKS Film: “Are You Happy Now”
On occasion a film is not so easily described. I might fall short by calling it a romantic comedy as amongst all the characters romance has failed. Given the high divorce rate in North America added to couples still married and living in misery humans never seem to renounce romance completely. The film makes itContinue reading “RKS Film: “Are You Happy Now””
RKS Films: “Love it Was Not”
The great power of documentaries is that they explore what one can think of as untouchable. In “Love it Was Not” Helena Zitron, the daughter of a Slovakian cantor is transported to Auschwitz in 1942. An SS officer at the camp Franz Wunch takes a liking to Helena and acts as her protector saving herContinue reading “RKS Films: “Love it Was Not””
RKS Films: “Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road”
I have just realized some of you readers may not have any knowledge of or even heard a Beach Boy song. They were young men of the 1960’s from Southern California that brought beautiful harmony to their initially lighthearted surf centric songs. Three brothers, Carl, Dennis and Brian along with a neighbour and a relative.Continue reading “RKS Films: “Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road””
RKS Films: “La Flamme Rouge”: A Bit Overwhelming the First Time Around!
Occasionally I watch a film that I review twice and several times more than twice. If you watch “La Flamme Rouge” you may need multiple views because it is so full of subplots that it is hard to connect all the dots on one view. However the film, written and directed by the Maze BrothersContinue reading “RKS Films: “La Flamme Rouge”: A Bit Overwhelming the First Time Around!”
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