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RKS Film: “Good Life”: One Strange Film

Unfortunately for this film I have been travelling about Greece since the early 1970’s. So when I sat down and watched “Good Life” I was looking forward to a great film as after all what could be wrong about the dear protagonist Olive going to her mother’s ancestral home in Greece after a break upContinue reading “RKS Film: “Good Life”: One Strange Film”

RKS Film: “The Last Tourist”: I’ve Seen the Damage the Cruise Ship Has Done

“The Last Tourist” can be seen as the exposure of a dirty industry called mass tourism that destroys what the tourist goes to see or perhaps goes to take a wonderful Instagram photo for those with a three second attention span. Yes according to a recent survey 29.5% of Millennials travel for the sole purposeContinue reading “RKS Film: “The Last Tourist”: I’ve Seen the Damage the Cruise Ship Has Done”

RKS Film: Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival: “Rules of War”: Kudos for Trying: Results Unknown

With the Russian attack on Ukraine we have been hearing some high-volume chatter about Russian war crimes. According to the Red Cross Rules of War prepared in 1863 and signed by 193 countries the most important principle is that no civilians should be coming to harm. We see what a farce that is in theContinue reading “RKS Film: Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival: “Rules of War”: Kudos for Trying: Results Unknown”

RKS Film: Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival; “The Eclipse”

I have visited Yugoslavia (as it then was) three times in the 1970’s having been from its toes to its head spending most of my time in the republics of Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia. As a political science student I studied the rise of Marshall Tito from Partisan leader to President until his death inContinue reading “RKS Film: Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival; “The Eclipse””

RKS Film: “The Automat”: The Rise and Demise of Horn & Hardart

“The Automat” is a documentary about the rise and demise of what was America’s first chain restaurant Horn & Hardart. But is it also about how its inclusiveness and high-quality foods influenced the perceptions of many Americans. Do you go back that far to remember what an automat is? It is a restaurant where allContinue reading “RKS Film: “The Automat”: The Rise and Demise of Horn & Hardart”