“It was a very narrow street-a ravine of tall leprous houses. Lurching toward one another in queer attitudes, as though they had been frozen in the act of collapse. All the houses were hotels and packed to the tiles with lodgers, mostly Poles, Arabs and Italians. At the foot of the hotels were tiny bistrosContinue reading “RKS Literature: A Representative Paris Slum (George Orwell)”
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RKS Literature: Pretty, Undefended and Natural Daisy Miller (Henry James)
“Winterbourne was not pleased with what he had heard: but when, coming out upon the great steps of the church, he saw Daisy, who had emerged before him, get into an open cab with her accomplice and roll away through the cynical streets of Rome, he could not deny himself that she was going veryContinue reading “RKS Literature: Pretty, Undefended and Natural Daisy Miller (Henry James)”
RKS Literature: Pretty, Undefended and Natural Daisy Miller (Henry James)
“Winterbourne was not pleased with what he had heard: but when, coming out upon the great steps of the church, he saw Daisy, who had emerged before him, get into an open cab with her accomplice and roll away through the cynical streets of Rome, he could not deny himself that she was going veryContinue reading “RKS Literature: Pretty, Undefended and Natural Daisy Miller (Henry James)”
Toronto Hot Docs Festival: “Parasisi”: Wayana People Plagued by Intruders
“Parasisi” is a quiet yet threatening documentary. Take the opening minutes in a tender moment with a father and child bathing at dusk in the river then a scene with some roughnecks unloading battered steel barrels from a truck onto the riverside. What is in the barrels certainly can’t be beneficial for the river. ThreateningContinue reading “Toronto Hot Docs Festival: “Parasisi”: Wayana People Plagued by Intruders”
RKS Literature: Low-Minded Menials Talking About Daisy Miller (Henry James)
Winterbourne-to do him justice- as it were- mentioned to no one that he had encountered Miss Miller, at midnight, in the Coliseum with a gentleman; but nevertheless, a couple of days later, the fact of her being there under these circumstances was known to every member of the little American circle, and commented accordingly. WinterbourneContinue reading “RKS Literature: Low-Minded Menials Talking About Daisy Miller (Henry James)”
RKS Japanese Literature: Tomada’s Increasing Intoxication and Infatuation with the West (Tanizaki Jun’Ichiro)
‘My infatuation and intoxication grew deeper with every mile we travelled. When I reached Paris I threw myself wholeheartedly into a life of decadence. The bashful Oriental mind can hardly imagine the things I found there. Paris was a whirlpool of lust and desire-a dizzying vortex of excess, debauchery and sick perversions. It’s everything I’dContinue reading “RKS Japanese Literature: Tomada’s Increasing Intoxication and Infatuation with the West (Tanizaki Jun’Ichiro)”
RKS Japanese Literature: The Failure of Orientals to Deal With a Full Dose of Excitement (Tanizaki Jun’Ichiro)
‘Subtle they call it. Suggestive. Refined. What a lot of nonsense. It’s a question of aptitude. Orientals just can’t deal with a full dose of excitement. Take singing. Here in the East, no one would dream of really opening up and belting out the loudest voice they can produce. It’s more refined you see toContinue reading “RKS Japanese Literature: The Failure of Orientals to Deal With a Full Dose of Excitement (Tanizaki Jun’Ichiro)”
RKS WINES OF GREECE: A True Greek Blend: Novus Altitude White
A blend of 60% Moschofilero, 25% Assyrtiko and 15% Malagousia. Aroma: Peach, apricot and Nafplio marmalade Palate: Explosion of Greek peaches and juicy oranges with a long spicy finish. Personality: A true Greek blend I am. Food Match: Gavros tiganitos (fried anchovies). Cellarbility: Drink in 2026. Price: $18 CDN. RKS WINES OF GREECE Rating: 87/100.Continue reading “RKS WINES OF GREECE: A True Greek Blend: Novus Altitude White”
RKS EUROPEAN FILM: Radu Jude’s “Kontinental’25”: Panoply!
Orsolya (Ester Tompa) is a bailiff in Cluj, Transylvania, Romania. In the process of evicting a homeless man, a squatter, he commits suicide by strangling himself with a wire affixed to a radiator. Despite Orsolya making every effort to accommodate the squatter it ends with his suicide. Orsolya had given him, out of compassion anContinue reading “RKS EUROPEAN FILM: Radu Jude’s “Kontinental’25”: Panoply!”
RKS Japanese Literature: Tomoda Begins to Reject Japanese Culture (Tanizaki Jun’Ichiro)
‘A friend during my student days in Yokohama was another bad influence. He took me to Yokohama a couple of times, where I entered a dream world that few Japanese in those days had seen. It was my first glimpse into the world of the white man’s pleasures. From that moment, I had nothing butContinue reading “RKS Japanese Literature: Tomoda Begins to Reject Japanese Culture (Tanizaki Jun’Ichiro)”
