The Gaza Strip is 28 miles long, and 3-7 miles wide with a population of 1.7 million. In January 2009 Israel’s army and air force invaded Gaza in an incursion called “Operation Cast Lead” which is also known as “The Gaza Massacre” where three weeks of shelling and experiments with flesh melting white phosphorus resultedContinue reading “RKS 2024 Documentary Film: Palestinian Voices: “From Under the Rubble” (2017)”
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RKS 2023 Wine: 3 Red Wine Clunkers of 2023
Nor’Wester by Greystone Pinot Noir 2020 (New Zealand) 55 Vina del Pedregal 2018 Kidia Reserve Carmènére (Chile) 56 Meia Serra Jaen 2018 Casa Santos (Portugal) 59
RKS 2024 Film: Palestinian Voices: Larissa Sansour’s Sci-Fi Trilogy
The anger and hate in the War on Palestine is noisy and grating. Whomever can shoot and kill becomes the winner. Of course, cultural eradication is the biggest victory and one senses in Sansour’s Sci-Fi Trilogy (of shorts) Palestinian culture survives and quietly and effectively makes its point without resorting to RPGs. Can you imagineContinue reading “RKS 2024 Film: Palestinian Voices: Larissa Sansour’s Sci-Fi Trilogy”
RKS 2024 Film: “Between Two Crossings”: Caught in the Israeli-Egyptian Vice
My late Portuguese friend was a diplomat based in Toronto when I met him. He taught me many things and helped instill my love of Portugal. I last enjoyed his company in Estoril a decade ago and he had retired and we enjoyed a wonderful lunch on the boardwalk. He loved to say, “It’s complicated”Continue reading “RKS 2024 Film: “Between Two Crossings”: Caught in the Israeli-Egyptian Vice”
RKS 2024 Porthead Alert: Croft Reserve Tawny Port:
Not to augment my authenticity but I am a knight in Portugal without a castle. Yes I am in the army of the Port Brotherhood. That is a very long story. It started with coverage on Portuguese television in 2014. Psychedelic berries, precipitous cliffs, poetry at 02:00 at Quinta Vargellas, 250 Ports in 6 days,Continue reading “RKS 2024 Porthead Alert: Croft Reserve Tawny Port:”
RKS 2024 Wine: One Disaster Should Not Lead to a Global Taint
In these days the corporate and governmental fantasy of Global Inclusion runs amok and in real terms necessitates Global Exclusion of others. So I had a bad experience a few months ago with a New Zealand North Canterbury Pinot Noir by the name of Nor’wester. A disaster but I do not need the Global InclusionContinue reading “RKS 2024 Wine: One Disaster Should Not Lead to a Global Taint”
RKS 2024 Wine: A Beaujolais Cru from Nicolas Potel
As far as official classifications and the textbooks read the 10 Beaujolais Cru’s rank over Beaujolais and Beaujolais Villages. The Nicolas Potel 2022 Fleurie Cru du Beaujolais then should be put to test about how it justifies the textbooks! Aroma: A lively melange of raspberry, cherry, milk chocolate and vanilla. Palate: Crafted in a subtleContinue reading “RKS 2024 Wine: A Beaujolais Cru from Nicolas Potel”
RKS 2023 Wine: Best Whites of 2023
Meyer Family Vineyards 2022 Okanagan Valley Gewürztraminer (Canada) 94 Cline 2021 North Coast Viognier (United States) 94 Jackson-Triggs Niagara Estate 2020 Grand Reserve Chardonnay (Canada) 93 Malivoire Estate Grown Chardonnay 2019 (Canada) 91 Dough California 2020 North Coast Chardonnay (United States) 91 Casa Dea 2021 Melon de Bourgogne (Canada) 91 Stag’s Hollow 2022 Tragically VidalContinue reading “RKS 2023 Wine: Best Whites of 2023”
RKS 2023 Film: Best Documentaries of 2023
Seven Winters in Tehran (Germany and France) 95 Haulout (Great Britain) 94 Before the Sun (Canada) 94 Theatre of Violence (Germany and Denmark) 93 The Eternal Memory (Chile) 93 Pay or Die (USA) 93 Food and Country (USA) 92 Who’s Afraid of Nathan Law (USA) 92
RKS 2023 Film: Best Feature Films in 2023
Metronom (Romania) 96 Holy Emy (Greece) 96 Woman Meets Girl (Canada/Short) 96 Subtraction (Iran) 96 Scarpedicemente (Canada) 96 The Marines That Never Returned (Korea 1963) 96 Rose (Denmark) 96 Godland (Denmark) 95 Bloom (Canada/short) 95 Iman (Cyprus) 95 Sisu (Finland) 94 Eight Mountains (Italy) 93 Jules (USA) 93 Blackstone (Greece) 93 The Beasts (France) 93Continue reading “RKS 2023 Film: Best Feature Films in 2023”
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