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RKS 2025 Greek Film: “Stelios”: Yet Another Shining Example of Greek Cinema

“Stelios” is yet another example of why widely ignored Greek cinema should be no longer ignored by filmgoers. It is an epic film marking the rise of legendary Greek singer Stelios Kazantzidis (Christos Mastoras) from abject poverty in an Athenian refugee camp into Greece’s most beloved singer. “Big Stelios”, affectionately referred to in his nativeContinue reading “RKS 2025 Greek Film: “Stelios”: Yet Another Shining Example of Greek Cinema”

RKS 2025 Greek Film: “Athens Midnight Radio”: A Modern Greek Cinematographic Masterpiece

Renos Haralambidis’ 5th feature film “Athens Midnight Radio” is a modern Greek cinematographic masterpiece…correction a cinematographic masterpiece. Complex, innovative, compelling, hallucinogenic, suspenseful, poetic and most of all crushingly tragic. Lush, warm, haunting and sensual cinematography. Impeccable soundtrack. Subconscious connection with Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” but unlike Scrooge there is no redemption, only deepening regret.Continue reading “RKS 2025 Greek Film: “Athens Midnight Radio”: A Modern Greek Cinematographic Masterpiece”