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RKS 2025 Film: “Bau: Artist at War”

“Bau: Artist at War” is based on Joseph’s Bau’s autobiographical novel, “Dear God Have You Ever Gone Hungry”. Bau (Emile Hirsch) was deported from the Krakow Ghetto by the German occupiers of Poland and transported from the Krakow Ghetto with his family to the Plaszow Concentration Camp. Franz Gruen (Yan Tual) is a vicious concentrationContinue reading “RKS 2025 Film: “Bau: Artist at War””

RKS 2025 Wine: Janare Q Vino Spumante Brut Falanghina from Italy

Aroma: Green apple, pear, ginger, cinnamon and white peach. Palate: Aggressive bite. A mighty effective palate cleanser. Pear and honeydew melon. Austere. Personality: No so much about the fruit and nothing like you might expect from a Prosecco in that regard. I get the job done so you can start your meal with a scouredContinue reading “RKS 2025 Wine: Janare Q Vino Spumante Brut Falanghina from Italy”

RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine: Queen Bee 2023 Niagara Peninsula Rosé

Ontario rosé is nothing to sneeze at. But I fear I will be stung by the heavy Muscat component of this Queen Bee rosé as Muscat can be very tiresome in blended dry white and rosé with a very notable exception being the rosé wines by Vokakis Winery on the Greek Island of Samos. AContinue reading “RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine: Queen Bee 2023 Niagara Peninsula Rosé”

RKS 2025 Film: “Dear Stranger”: Wreckage and Ruin: Emotional, Architectural and Physical

Kenji (Hidetoshi Nishijima) and Jane (Gwei Lun-Mei) live in a New York City borough with their son Kai (Everest Talde). Kenji and Jane are on the precipice of physical and mental collapse. Kenji is desperate to receive tenure as a professor of architecture specializing in ruins. Jane is a director of a puppet theatre andContinue reading “RKS 2025 Film: “Dear Stranger”: Wreckage and Ruin: Emotional, Architectural and Physical”

RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine: Palatine Hills 2023 Viognier

Viognier is a rare grape in Ontario! So with great interest Viognier from Palatine Hills. Aroma: Apricot, peach, Seville marmalade, mango and talcum powder. Palate: Guava, banana and Orri tangerine. Firm. Dry. Big mouthfeel. Long finish. Personality: Don’t be timid about giving me a try. You will not find much of me as a singleContinue reading “RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine: Palatine Hills 2023 Viognier”

RKS Vintage Film: Yugoslav Black Wave Films: “Love Affair: or the case of the Missing Switchboard Operator” (1967)

A complex seemingly discombobulated and incomprehensible movie you might think. Initially a few moments into this film had me both enthralled and somewhat confused. But understanding a director of a film has message(s) in the film to be conveyed to a viewer I was drawn in hook line and sinker determined to discover the message(s).Continue reading “RKS Vintage Film: Yugoslav Black Wave Films: “Love Affair: or the case of the Missing Switchboard Operator” (1967)”

RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine: Adamo’s 2021 Bistro Wine

Adamo’s 2021 Bistro red wine is a blend of 52% Cabernet Franc, 27.5% Cabernet Sauvignon, 13.9% Merlot, 4.6% Malbec and 2.3% Petit Verdot. The grapes were purchased in the Niagara Peninsula region of Ontario. 20% of the wine was aged in oak. 920 cases made. What is a bistro wine? Simple French food such asContinue reading “RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine: Adamo’s 2021 Bistro Wine”

RKS CANADIAN Literature: (Michael Ondaatje)Thermometer of Blood

“She never looked at herself in mirrors again. As the war got darker she received reports about how certain people she had known died. She feared the day she would remove blood from a patient’s face and discover her father or someone who had served her food across a counter on Danforth Avenue. She grewContinue reading “RKS CANADIAN Literature: (Michael Ondaatje)Thermometer of Blood”

RKS CANADIAN Literature: Shell Shocked Nurses (Michael Ondaatje)

“Nurses too became shell-shocked from the dying around them. Or from something as small as a letter. They would carry a severed arm down the hall, or swab at blood that never stopped, as if the wound were a well, and they began to believe in nothing, trusted nothing. They broke the way a manContinue reading “RKS CANADIAN Literature: Shell Shocked Nurses (Michael Ondaatje)”

RKS 2025 Film: “Trains”: Dreamlike and Savage

“Trains”, a Polish film directed by Maciej J. Drygas, is more reflective about humanity than trains. Trains can move humanity in adventuresome and joyful spirits but in this film more towards the unspeakable horrors of war on soldiers and civilians alike. 46 film archives were utilized crafting a black and white film without dialogue onlyContinue reading “RKS 2025 Film: “Trains”: Dreamlike and Savage”