Running since 1999, Crazy8s is an annual 8-day short filmmaking challenge providing support and funding to 6 emerging and mid-career filmmakers to produce a short film and provides training opportunities to crew and cast. After a Gala Screening and Afterparty, the films go on to be seen by audiences worldwide at film festivals and onContinue reading “Crazy 8’s: Film is Like a Box of Chocolates: W7éyle (Moon’s Wife)”
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RKS 2025 Documentary Film: “A Fly on the Wall”: Caution You May be Swatted and Squished!
Assuming you were terminally ill and suffering. Would you fight and suffer until the end or turn to medically assisted in dying (MAID)? Sixty-year-old Chika Kapadia is in the last stages of an aggressive terminal cancer. He has requested his long-time friend and filmmaker Shonali Bose to film him in Geneva to the point heContinue reading “RKS 2025 Documentary Film: “A Fly on the Wall”: Caution You May be Swatted and Squished!”
27th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival: “Death Plan for a Dog and a Man”: The Oracle of Death in Athens Speaks
The 27th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival runs until 16March2025. Slice and dice your interpretation of the Greek documentary “Death Plan for a Dog and a Man” and you just may have nailed down the last nail of the coffin. For lack of a more sophisticated descriptor this is a “fun” film but one with deepContinue reading “27th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival: “Death Plan for a Dog and a Man”: The Oracle of Death in Athens Speaks”
RKS 2025 Film: “Timestalker”: Disturbing Pyscho Horror Thriller
The film community apparently categorizes “Timestalker” as comedic. If there is humour, I would say it is an attempt at such that transforms itself to generate a powerfully disturbing film documenting a dangerous delusional stalker. Initially one might strain to identify humour but it is weak and it is the splendiferous acting of Alice LoweContinue reading “RKS 2025 Film: “Timestalker”: Disturbing Pyscho Horror Thriller”
RKS 2025 Film: “Loren & Rose”: Jacqueline Bisset on Stage!
“Loren & Rose” showcases the enormous talent of Jacqueline Bisset in her role as Rose Martin an actress rising to great acclaim in “Lisa Overnight” her greatest commercial success and her biggest curse as once you reach the summit it may be more of a slide down as how much room is there left toContinue reading “RKS 2025 Film: “Loren & Rose”: Jacqueline Bisset on Stage!”
RKS 2025 Documentary: “A Conversation with Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion”
“A Conversation with Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion” is what you get in this American documentary; Bob Mackie and many others, predominately entertainers and celebrities, discussing the career of American costume designer Bob Mackie. Mackie, now 85, started sketching as a boy preferring that to athletic pursuits. When asked what he wanted to do “when youContinue reading “RKS 2025 Documentary: “A Conversation with Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion””
RKS 2024 Film: “Let’s Keep the Party Going” (Short): The Time Limited Advantage of Being a Hollywood Nepo Baby
Hunter (Nick Hurley) experiences minute success in his efforts to make it bigtime as an actor in Hollywood. He chides his agent for wasting his time with auditions for chickenshit commercials depriving him of an opportunity to showcase his acting talents. The film commences with Hunter at an audition being asked to say, “Let’s keepContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: “Let’s Keep the Party Going” (Short): The Time Limited Advantage of Being a Hollywood Nepo Baby”
RKS 2024 Film: “72 Hours”: Rather Run of the Mill
“72 Hours” is more or less run of the mill. FBI good. Criminals almost all bad. The glory of a unified family. Suggested sexuality geared toward prime-time television. If you appreciate this type of film good on you mate and enjoy. If you are searching for something novel or intellectually challenging best forget this film.Continue reading “RKS 2024 Film: “72 Hours”: Rather Run of the Mill”
RKS 2024 Film: “The Sweet Hereafter”
One of the most honoured Canadian films of all time, Atom Egoyan’s “The Sweet Hereafter” (1997) was nominated for 16 Genie Awards and won eight, including best picture, director and actor. It also won three major awards at the Cannes Film Festival and received Academy Award nominations for adapted screenplay and director. Widely regarded asContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: “The Sweet Hereafter””
RKS 2024 Film: “All You Need is Blood”: A Bloody Interesting Targeted Audience Comedy
I returned two days ago from 10 days at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival where I watched and reviewed 20 movies. Three were Greek films about making a movie about a movie. They weren’t comedies as “All You Need is Blood” which is a movie about making a movie about making a movie. Bucky (LoganContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: “All You Need is Blood”: A Bloody Interesting Targeted Audience Comedy”
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