2023 will be the third year for GIFFT and it is packed with full length, short films and documentaries from Greece or films produced by Greeks outside of Greece. The Greek film industry has developed to a level of excellence over the last 10 years and here is a chance for Canadians to immerse themselvesContinue reading “RKS 2023 Film: “My Dad’s Diner”: Greek International Film Festival Tour of Canada (GIFFT): A Mélange of Influences”
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RKS 2023 Film: “A Song Film by Kishi Bashi”: ‘Omoiyari’: American “Concentration Camps” for Japanese Americans
Internationally acclaimed Japanese American composer and songwriter Karou Ishibashi with his stage name of Kishi Bashi takes us on a journey of history and self discovery and offers a glimpse of a less than logical and reasoned United States President Roosevelt’s Executive Order 9066 to designate exclusionary zones where in Goebbelistic fashion anyone of JapaneseContinue reading “RKS 2023 Film: “A Song Film by Kishi Bashi”: ‘Omoiyari’: American “Concentration Camps” for Japanese Americans”
RKS 2023 Film: “A Thousand Pines”: Mexploitation, Mexmisery but Mexsalvation?
So here I go again with yet another documentary about Mexicans working in the United States. There have been a range of Mexemotions from entitlement, outrage, gratitude and perhaps a combination of all these elements. The previous Mexmigration films I have reviewed have focused on illegals from Mexico working in the United States without properContinue reading “RKS 2023 Film: “A Thousand Pines”: Mexploitation, Mexmisery but Mexsalvation?”
RKS 2023 Film: “Retirement Plan”: Bang Bang, Garroting and a Few Broken and Slashed Necks
Ashley’s husband Jimmy double-crosses his crime boss Donny by stealing a hard drive from him in Miami but Donny (Jackie Earle Hailey) and his thugs manage in the robbery attempt to blast Jimmy’s companion who dies with shots to the gut in the robbery getaway car driven by Ashley. Jimmy correctly suspecting his goose isContinue reading “RKS 2023 Film: “Retirement Plan”: Bang Bang, Garroting and a Few Broken and Slashed Necks”
RKS 2023 Film: Toronto International Film Festival Winner “KANAVAL”
“KANAVAL” a feature film written and directed by Henri Pardo was honored with the Amplify Voices Award for Best BIPOC Canadian Feature also picking up an Honourable Mention for Best Canadian Feature Film at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival. Nine-year-old Rico (Rayan Dieudonné) and his mother Erzulie (Penande Estime) flee 1975 Haiti after hisContinue reading “RKS 2023 Film: Toronto International Film Festival Winner “KANAVAL””
RKS 2023 Film: “Dreamin’ Wild”: Rock n Roll “Back to the Future”!
How many serious and penetrative rock n roll films have you seen? Probably few if any. Good times, booze, dope, sex and often destruction. Joplin, Moon, Hendrix, Prince or Michael Jackson. “Dreamin’ Wild” probes the link between past and future and ends up solidly in the present. Minus drugs, booze and sex! Unrealistic you mayContinue reading “RKS 2023 Film: “Dreamin’ Wild”: Rock n Roll “Back to the Future”!”
RKS 2023 Film: “Shadow Island”: A Mixture of Mystery, Horror and Swedish Traitors
The Swedish film “Shadow Island” is a tantalizing combination of mystery and horror tinged with a Swedish traitor or two. Let the NATO jets roaring overhead in the beginning of the movie and radio stories about Sweden joining NATO whet your whistle on the espionage front. At the film’s conclusion you may conclude it isContinue reading “RKS 2023 Film: “Shadow Island”: A Mixture of Mystery, Horror and Swedish Traitors”
RKS 2023 Film: The Inevitability of a Return to Mexico From The United States: A Question of Mañana
The Public Broadcasting System (PBS) of the United States celebrates Latino/x Heritage Month with the documentary “Bulls and Saints” which will be broadcast on September 18th at 10 p.m. ET/9 Central and will be available to stream until December 17, 2023 at pbs.org. and PBS App. Tacho and Cecilia are from a small Mexican villageContinue reading “RKS 2023 Film: The Inevitability of a Return to Mexico From The United States: A Question of Mañana”
RKS 2023 Film: Toronto International Film Festival: “The Tundra Within Me”
Lena (Risten Anine Gaup) in furtherance of her painting moves from Oslo to her Sámpi birthplace with Jonas her young son. She’s painting female reindeer herders in an abstract and political way. Lena is not exactly given a warm welcome returning to her ancestral home. In her own view as a former reindeer herder whoContinue reading “RKS 2023 Film: Toronto International Film Festival: “The Tundra Within Me””
RKS 2023 Film: “Bloom”: Toronto International Film Festival
The Canadian short “Bloom” screens as part of the TIFF Short Cuts Programme. It scores big points in 11 minutes and may have you guessing what it is all about. No Greta Thunberg inflicting didactic misery but rather an almost no dialogue short. Here is my take. Poor Laurel walks home to find her partnerContinue reading “RKS 2023 Film: “Bloom”: Toronto International Film Festival”
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