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RKS Film: “An Act of Worship”: United States as a Deeply Fractured Country

“An Act of Worship” is an attempt to have the viewer experience the Islamophobia faced by some Muslims in the United States. It is not a pretty picture and accentuates the hate and phobia fracturing America where hatred and distrust seems prevalent. Most of this hatred was not created by former President Trump and thatContinue reading “RKS Film: “An Act of Worship”: United States as a Deeply Fractured Country”

RKS Film: “End of The Line”: New York City Transportation System Teeters on Dysfunctionality

The documentary “End of The Line” presents the City of New York’s transportation system under the control of the MTA. The subway system is teetering on the edge unable to complete capital spending projects, political infighting and suffering from huge COVID ridership decline. Having visited so many times over the past 5 decades the subwayContinue reading “RKS Film: “End of The Line”: New York City Transportation System Teeters on Dysfunctionality”

RKS FILM: “The Story Won’t Die”: The Maturing of the Syrian Artistic Refugee Community

Since 2011 over a half a million people have been killed in the Syrian conflict and 6 million out of 13 million Syrians  have become refugees. Assad the Syrian tyrant teamed up with the Butcher of Bucha before he was slaughtering Ukrainians so he could learn how to slaughter Syrians with chorine gas and clusterContinue reading “RKS FILM: “The Story Won’t Die”: The Maturing of the Syrian Artistic Refugee Community”

RKS Film: “Days of Daisy”: Something for Everybody!

“Days of Daisy” has its world premiere at Dances with Films indie festival on June 14th at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles and after that can be purchased through VOD. It may appear to you initially as one of those “chick flicks” and as it concludes a film in the “warm and fuzzy”Continue reading “RKS Film: “Days of Daisy”: Something for Everybody!”

RKS Films: “Erzulie”: Gentleman Be Kind to the Ladies

“Erzulie” is a warning film to men who mistreat ladies. Erzulie is a river mermaid that is a protector of women and children. We start the film with a “Jaws “scene of some obnoxious guy Brad bothering one of his lady companions and hurts her by tossing a beer can at her. Poor Brad disappearsContinue reading “RKS Films: “Erzulie”: Gentleman Be Kind to the Ladies”

RKS Film: “Who Killed Vincent Chin” : 40th Anniversary

After an altercation at a Detroit strip club Vincent Chin was beaten to death with a baseball bat by Ronald Ebens and his adopted son Michael Nitz (both white) on June 19, 1982. According to multiple witnesses Ebens insulted Chin by calling him a moutherfucker whose people were stealing American jobs.  Chin knocked down EbensContinue reading “RKS Film: “Who Killed Vincent Chin” : 40th Anniversary”

RKS Film: “The Quest: Nepal”: Doc Builds on the Me Me Genre

“The Quest: Nepal” has a comedic twist to it although I am sure not intended. Alex Harz a filmmaker from the United States has a childhood dream of climbing Mount Everest and so he sets out to do just that. So we hop onto a cruise ship of the mind and jet off to Katmandu,Continue reading “RKS Film: “The Quest: Nepal”: Doc Builds on the Me Me Genre”

RKS Film: “Acid Test”: Me Me vs. Me Me

Jenny (Juliana De Stefano) is in her last year of high school in Texas living with her father Jack (Brian Thornton), mother (Mia Ruiz) and younger brother. Jenny is squeaky clean, perhaps a bit too squeaky clean to be a follower of a feminist rock band Riot Grrrl and drop her first tab of acid.Continue reading “RKS Film: “Acid Test”: Me Me vs. Me Me”

RKS Film: “Madeleine Collins”: Back to My Roots Mon! Demain Le Fin De Monde!

I owe a debt to Demain Le Fin De Monde! Growing up in Montreal as an anglophone I watched French television which meant nifty French cinema on late Friday and Saturday nights. Hollywood was banal while French cinema was compelling because unlike Hollywood trash it was more complicated and almost always tinged with a bitContinue reading “RKS Film: “Madeleine Collins”: Back to My Roots Mon! Demain Le Fin De Monde!”

RKS Film: “Good Life”: Entrepreneurs Hustling Entrepreneurs!

Remember that famous phrase of P.T. Barnum, “There is a sucker born every minute.” In the documentary “Good Life” there are many youthful suckers born. Take your choice of treating the film as a serious look into the minds of young entrepreneurs or a comedy exploring the gullibility of Musk and Branson wannabes. Many callContinue reading “RKS Film: “Good Life”: Entrepreneurs Hustling Entrepreneurs!”