“CIRCUSBOY”, a German documentary, focuses on the Arena Circus owned by the Frank family in the circus business for some 200 years. “CIRCUSBOY” recently had its world premiere at The Berlin International Film Festival. The Arena Circus represents a long-standing German travelling circus tradition. It is a circus one will not see in North AmericaContinue reading “RKS 2025 Film: “CIRCUSBOY” (Zircusboy): A Longstanding German Tradition”
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GEMFest 2025: RKS 2025 CANADIAN Film: “Lumen”: Murderous Intent and the $35 Lamp
A study in cinematographic depression courtesy of Yannick Nolan! It’s raining cats and dogs and the radio warns more is coming. Claude (Carmen Sylvestre), a 70-year-old trans sits in a gloomy apartment on a computer chasing down a lamp offered by Anne on Facebook marketplace. Claude jumps to a conclusion a deal has ben reachedContinue reading “GEMFest 2025: RKS 2025 CANADIAN Film: “Lumen”: Murderous Intent and the $35 Lamp”
Vancouver’s 20th Annual GEMFest Film Festival: “Saigon Kiss”: Much Not Said and Much Not Done Imbued with Massive Tension and Mystery!
“Saigon Kiss” might be misleading in that Saigon no longer exists having being renamed Ho Chi Minh City after the fall of South Vietnam. And there is a kiss but not quite the one you might expect and maybe even deserve with all the tension leading up to a moment that does not happen. HoContinue reading “Vancouver’s 20th Annual GEMFest Film Festival: “Saigon Kiss”: Much Not Said and Much Not Done Imbued with Massive Tension and Mystery!”
RKS 2025 CANADIAN Film: “Lucky Star”: Down the Rabbit Hole Again?
Harold “Lucky” Lee (Terry Chen) resides in Calgary, Alberta with his wife Noel (Olivia Cheng) and daughters Grace (Connie Miu) and Jenny. Lucky recently purchased an electronic repair business and is heavily leveraged. And his accountant, and long-time friend, advises him he owes the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) $15,000 in taxes. After Lucky receives aContinue reading “RKS 2025 CANADIAN Film: “Lucky Star”: Down the Rabbit Hole Again?”
RKS 2025 Film: “Eat the Night”: Video Game Unreality Intersects with Actual Brutal Reality
Pablo (Théo Cholbi) and sister Apolline (Lila Gueneau) are enamored with a medievalist violent and brutal video game Dark Noon. Decapitation, slashing and all matter of normalized violence. As one’s murderous on-screen rampage claims more victims and the player survives one’s skill rating increases. A perfect world of violence which 17-year-old Apolline appears lost in.Continue reading “RKS 2025 Film: “Eat the Night”: Video Game Unreality Intersects with Actual Brutal Reality”
RKS 2025 Film: “Timestalker”: Disturbing Pyscho Horror Thriller
The film community apparently categorizes “Timestalker” as comedic. If there is humour, I would say it is an attempt at such that transforms itself to generate a powerfully disturbing film documenting a dangerous delusional stalker. Initially one might strain to identify humour but it is weak and it is the splendiferous acting of Alice LoweContinue reading “RKS 2025 Film: “Timestalker”: Disturbing Pyscho Horror Thriller”
RKS 2025 Film: “Loren & Rose”: Jacqueline Bisset on Stage!
“Loren & Rose” showcases the enormous talent of Jacqueline Bisset in her role as Rose Martin an actress rising to great acclaim in “Lisa Overnight” her greatest commercial success and her biggest curse as once you reach the summit it may be more of a slide down as how much room is there left toContinue reading “RKS 2025 Film: “Loren & Rose”: Jacqueline Bisset on Stage!”
RKS 2025 Documentary Film: “Mediha”: ISIL’s Genocidal DNA
ISIL is a genocidal force bent on the annihilation of “non- believers”. There is no middle ground for fanatics. They can’t destroy all non-believers so they pick away here and there whether that be New Orleans, Paris, Moscow and many other urban centres with easy civilian targets. On 3August2014 ISIL commenced its attack on theContinue reading “RKS 2025 Documentary Film: “Mediha”: ISIL’s Genocidal DNA”
RKS 2025 Film: “Young Werther”: A Canadian Reverse Romcom Classic
Werther (Douglas Booth) a prepped out overconfident and shallow young man from the ritzy Anglo Montreal suburb of Westmount arrives in Toronto with geeky germaphobe buddy Paul (Jaouhar Ben Ayed) on a family errand. Once completed Werther will journey to Europe “to write his memoirs” but being so young what memoirs could this pompous assContinue reading “RKS 2025 Film: “Young Werther”: A Canadian Reverse Romcom Classic”
RKS 2025 Film: Scarborough Hits the Big Screen in “Morningside”
I grew up in Montreal and fled as a refugee to Toronto. I encountered incessant references about this neighbourhood called Scarborough and not always in the most positive language. An undertone of poverty, crime and naughtiness. Scarborough seemed so far away from Toronto it earned the derogatory nickname of Scarberia. The only relevance Scarborough heldContinue reading “RKS 2025 Film: Scarborough Hits the Big Screen in “Morningside””
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