Watching the American Italian production of “Electra” expect a mix of comedy and satire bound by dastardly deeds with a beautiful double-cross twist of an ending which no doubt will have you grinning ear to ear. Accomplices Lucy (Abigail Cowen) and Dylan (Daryl Wein) pose as photographer and journalist to interview self absorbed and hedonisticContinue reading “RKS 2025 Film: “Electra”: Light, Fluffy and Slightly Comedic Buffered by Dark Storm Clouds!”
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RKS 2025 Film: “Yadang: The Snitch”: Satire, Humour and Biting Social Commentary
Be forewarned of extensive goings on in “Yadang” causing hopeless entanglements with the plot. I have six pages of detailed notes and watched the film twice determined to conquer its plot. Ask me to be precise about the plot I just might give you a vacant look three quarters of the way through my explanation.Continue reading “RKS 2025 Film: “Yadang: The Snitch”: Satire, Humour and Biting Social Commentary”
RKS 2025 Film: “Jimmy in Saigon”: Who Jimmy Really Was
The McDowell family loses 24-year-old son Jimmy in Vietnam in 1972. His cause of death is not entirely clear to younger brother Peter McDowell fudged with shame and mystery. Despite a June 1972 telegram arriving to advise the family of his death is the cause of death on the death certificate the truth? The contentContinue reading “RKS 2025 Film: “Jimmy in Saigon”: Who Jimmy Really Was”
RKS 2025 Film: “Greek Mother’s Never Die”: Authenticity and Stereotypes
Rachel Suissa, writer and director of “Greek Mother’s Never Die”, says the film is a personal journey based on her Greek mother and the happenings in her own life. It started as a one woman show, then a television show and now a movie. Twenty-five-year-old Ella (Abby Miner) was born in Greece to an AmericanContinue reading “RKS 2025 Film: “Greek Mother’s Never Die”: Authenticity and Stereotypes”
RKS 2025 Film: “Misericordia”: Anger, Violence, Guilt and Lustcentric Blind Eyes
Jérémie Pastor (Félix Kysyl), an unemployed baker from Toulouse, returns to his native country village to attend the funeral of his former boss and town baker J.P. Rigal. A one-night stay at widower Martine Rigal’s (Catherine Frot) extends itself to no set date. Vincent Rigal (Jean-Baptiste Durand) expresses hostility then violence towards Pastor thinking heContinue reading “RKS 2025 Film: “Misericordia”: Anger, Violence, Guilt and Lustcentric Blind Eyes”
RKS 2025 Film: “Eat the Night”: Video Game Unreality Intersects with Actual Brutal Reality
Pablo (Théo Cholbi) and sister Apolline (Lila Gueneau) are enamored with a medievalist violent and brutal video game Dark Noon. Decapitation, slashing and all matter of normalized violence. As one’s murderous on-screen rampage claims more victims and the player survives one’s skill rating increases. A perfect world of violence which 17-year-old Apolline appears lost in.Continue reading “RKS 2025 Film: “Eat the Night”: Video Game Unreality Intersects with Actual Brutal Reality”
RKS 2025 Documentary Film: “Death Without Mercy”: Your Trip to Hell
It was a quiet early 2024 November evening in Thessaloniki, Greece and I was holed up writing reviews for films I had watched at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival. Thessaloniki has survived many aftershocks but in 1978 the city suffered aftershocks from a 6.5 Richter scale earthquake killing an estimated 49 people. Greece is noContinue reading “RKS 2025 Documentary Film: “Death Without Mercy”: Your Trip to Hell”
RKS 2025 Film: “Exhibiting Forgiveness”: Bible Thumpers Curing Horrific Wrongs?
Forgiveness is an essential component of Christian and mindfulness ideology. Forgiving is perceived as liberating and healing. But are there certain dastardly and evil deeds that simply can’t be forgiven such as the endless episodes of genocide plaguing world history? Tarrell (André Holland) is a black artist seemingly living the good life, a real upContinue reading “RKS 2025 Film: “Exhibiting Forgiveness”: Bible Thumpers Curing Horrific Wrongs?”
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: “Paying For It”: Romantic Love vs. Paying For Sex: Friendship Somewhere in the Middle
Chester Brown (Dan Beirne) an introverted cartoonist lives with Max Network VJ Sonny Lee (Emily Lê) and cutie pie canine Moe in a ramshackle house in Toronto’s Kensington Market a former hangout of mine before vintage clothing and budget hipster eateries edged out the produce people and the skinheads with their nasty dog. It isContinue reading “RKS 2025 Film: “Paying For It”: Romantic Love vs. Paying For Sex: Friendship Somewhere in the Middle”
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