“The Elephant Whisperers”, an Indian documentary short film, has been nominated as the best documentary short film at the 2023 Oscars. The documentary breaks the chain of depressing documentaries about elephants. Instead we encounter Bellie and Bomman at the Theppakadu Elephant Camp in India which is the largest contiguous wild space for Asian elephants. BellieContinue reading “RKS 2023 Film: “The Elephant Whisperers”: 2023 Academy Award Nominee”
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RKS 2023 Film: Expectation of Yet Another American Mass Murder: “Stranger at the Gate”
For much of the world the United States is the epicentre of the mass murder. Most likely well earned but we have seen them in Canada, Sweden and France amongst other countries. Watching “Stranger at the Gate” sigh and expect yet another documentary on an American mass murder? Richard McKinney has the credentials of aContinue reading “RKS 2023 Film: Expectation of Yet Another American Mass Murder: “Stranger at the Gate””
RKS 2023 Film: “The Outwaters”
The promotional blurb I received for the film describes “The Outwaters” as a “throwback to the early days of the found footage genre”. My goodness talk about an obscure genre, at least in my neck of the woods. If I was to give this film a categorization I might say it is “a flashlight inContinue reading “RKS 2023 Film: “The Outwaters””
RKS 2023 Film: “Metronom”: Sex, Cognac, Rock and Roll and Romanian Communism
Ana (Mara Bugarin), a senior high school student in 1972 Bucharest, wants to visit her buddy Roxana (Mara Vicol) and a group of friends to listen to music and chat. Mother does not want Ana to go as she has to study for university entrance exams. But being somewhat of a typical teenager Ana defiesContinue reading “RKS 2023 Film: “Metronom”: Sex, Cognac, Rock and Roll and Romanian Communism”
RKS 2023 Film: “Nana’s Boys”: Intense and Suspenseful LGBTQ Relationship Film
“Nana’s Boys” is an intense and suspenseful LGBTQ “relationship film” although shouldn’t we be reluctant to so quickly label it an LGBTQ film? The film could equally be applicable to a heterosexual relationship. Amari (David J. Cork) and Q (Jared Wayne Gladly) are two black men living together in New York City or perhaps Brooklyn.Continue reading “RKS 2023 Film: “Nana’s Boys”: Intense and Suspenseful LGBTQ Relationship Film”
RKS 2023 Film: “Starring Jerry as Himself”: Hook Line and Sinker
How long will it take you to realize the bigger the lie the bigger the fish. And so goes the sad story of Jerry told through lighthearted re-enactment and through the thoughts of his ex-wife and children. The conclusion of the film is less than lighthearted. I have been in the middle of several high-levelContinue reading “RKS 2023 Film: “Starring Jerry as Himself”: Hook Line and Sinker”
RKS 2023 Film: “Silent Love”: LGBTQ Stressful Living
“Silent Love” will be showing at the 2023 Slamdance Film Festival in Utah on 21/25January. The film has a LGBTQ thread running through it but it is not solely LGBTQ themed. In this Polish film 35-year-old Aga rushes from Frankfurt back to Warzaw to visit her mother on her death bed. Her mother, a widow,Continue reading “RKS 2023 Film: “Silent Love”: LGBTQ Stressful Living”
RKS 2023 Film: “Godland”: Stark and Lush Characters and Cinematography
“Godland” is a Danish/Icelandic film replete with both stark and lush characters and topography. The cinematography and the soundtrack capture the stark yet lush landscape of Iceland. The characters too are both stark and rich and as a former casting agent I would venture to say absolute impeccable casting in “Godland”. There are certain historicalContinue reading “RKS 2023 Film: “Godland”: Stark and Lush Characters and Cinematography”
RKS 2023 Film: “She Is…”: Another Painful Journey Along the Child Sexual Abuse Road
Unfortunately, documentaries dealing with personal stories of child sexual abuse are not uncommon. Previously to viewing “She Is..” I have reviewed the Canadian film “Because We Are Girls” and the American film “Relative” and all three films point a finger of the abuser as friends of the family or family members. Years ago we wereContinue reading “RKS 2023 Film: “She Is…”: Another Painful Journey Along the Child Sexual Abuse Road”
RKS 2023 Film: “Backlash: Misogyny in the Digital Age” (Je vous salue salope, Backlash): Revulsion, Disgust and Frustration
When you watch “Backlash: Misogyny in the Digital Age” unless you are a Proud Boy or a January 6th insurrectionist you might be thoroughly disgusted. Women and men from the United States, Canada, France and Italy tell their story of on-line harassment of themselves or their loved ones by woman hating rednecks. It is notContinue reading “RKS 2023 Film: “Backlash: Misogyny in the Digital Age” (Je vous salue salope, Backlash): Revulsion, Disgust and Frustration”
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