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”
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RKS 2025 Film: “Young Werther”: A Canadian Reverse Romcom Classic
Werther (Douglas Booth) a prepped out overconfident and shallow young man from the ritzy Anglo Montreal suburb of Westmount arrives in Toronto with geeky germaphobe buddy Paul (Jaouhar Ben Ayed) on a family errand. Once completed Werther will journey to Europe “to write his memoirs” but being so young what memoirs could this pompous assContinue reading “RKS 2025 Film: “Young Werther”: A Canadian Reverse Romcom Classic”
RKS 2024 Film: HOT DOCS 2024: “A Mother Apart”: Rejection, Trauma and Mother Hunting
The documentary “A Mother Apart” chronicles the trauma suffered by Staceyann Chin as the result of abandonment by her mother Hazel who left her behind in Jamaica to be raised by extended family members when she departed for Montreal. Poet, actor, and performing artist Staceyann Chin is the author of the new poetry collection Crossfire: AContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: HOT DOCS 2024: “A Mother Apart”: Rejection, Trauma and Mother Hunting”
Poetry Break; “Ontario Disease Fascism”
Ontario Disease Fascism Yet another televised briefing by Premier Doug Fordand his group of well meaning “Party Members”dare we call them blackbooters?stripping civil liberties like peeling a bananafor the good of the provinceunderstandable perhaps due to an inadequately funded hospital systemresult of many political decisionsyou have taken my jobyou have taken away my rightContinue reading “Poetry Break; “Ontario Disease Fascism””
