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HOT DOCS 2015: HOW TO CHANGE THE WORLD - Review By Greg Klymkiw ****
How To Change The World (2015)Dir. Jerry RothwellReview By Greg KlymkiwPreamble: A few things about Robert (Bob) Hunter that contribute, for me personally, to his legendary perch in Canadian...
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HOT DOCS 2015: A DIFFERENT DRUMMER: CELEBRATING ECCENTRICS - Review By Greg...
A Different Drummer: Celebrating Eccentrics (2014)Dir. John ZaritzkyReview By Greg KlymkiwMarching to the beat of one's own drum is not without merit and the title alone was enough to pique my...
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Greg Klymkiw presents his HOT DOCS 2015 HOT PICKS #4: HAIDA GWAII - ON THE...
Greg Klymkiw presents his HOT DOCS 2015 HOT PICKS #4For the next fourteen days I will only review movies I liked, loved or that totally blew me away during the 2015 Hot Docs Canadian International...
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HOT DOCS 2015: LEAVING AFRICA - Review By Greg Klymkiw *****
Leaving Africa (2015)Dir. Iiris HärmäReview By Greg KlymkiwUganda is a beautiful country and so are its people, but it's been fraught with scourges like the butcher dictator Idi Amin Dada and in recent...
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HOT DOCS 2015: CHAMELEON - Review By Greg Klymkiw ***
Chameleon (2014)Dir. Ryan MullinsReview By Greg KlymkiwAnas Aremeyaw Anas not only seeks to fight crime, he wants to expose it publicly, shame it and then create enough evidence for the evil-doers to...
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HOT DOCS 2015 - (T)ERROR - Review By Greg Klymkiw *****
(T)ERROR (2015)Dir. David Felix Sutcliffe, Lyric R. CabralReview By Greg KlymkiwThis is one blistering, nerve-jangling political thriller, not unlike the kind Costa-Gavras (Z, State of Siege) and Alan...
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HOT DOCS 2015: MILK - Review By Greg Klymkiw ***
Milk (2015)Dir. Noemi WeisReview By Greg KlymkiwI have to admit that Milk was a huge eye-opener for this fella and might well have a similar effect upon millions upon millions of people. On the...
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HOT DOCS 2015: FRACTURED LAND - Review By Greg Klymkiw ***
Fractured Land (2015)Dir. Damien Gillis, Fiona RayherReview By Greg KlymkiwIt's the stuff good movies are made of; WITNESS: a young, handsome, rugged, Mohawk-pated Aboriginal man of the Dene Nation in...
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HOT DOCS 2015: ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD - Review By Greg Klymkiw ***
All The Time In The World (2014)Dir. Suzanne CrockerReview By Greg KlymkiwA happy, progressive family from Dawson City realize that the stress of modern living is wreaking havoc with their quality of...
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HOT DOCS 2015 - HAIDA GWAII: ON THE EDGE OF THE WORLD - Review By Greg...
Haida Gwaii: On the Edge of the World (2015)Dir. Charles WilkinsonPrd. Tina SchliesslerReview By Greg KlymkiwSome of the most important environmental documentaries being made in the world include the...
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HOT DOCS 2015 - CENSORED VOICES - Review By Greg Klymkiw *****
Censored Voices (2015)Dir. Mor LoushyReview By Greg KlymkiwCensored Voices might be one of the most profound anti-war films made in recent years. Though the backdrop is the 1967 Arab–Israeli Six Day...
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HOT DOCS 2015: MISSING PEOPLE Review By Greg Klymkiw ****
Missing People (2015)Dir. David ShapiroReview By Greg KlymkiwThe art of Roy Ferdinand is bathed in the blood, sweat, pain and fears of the New Orleans mean streets. It pulsates with life (and yes,...
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HOT DOCS 2015: A SINNER IN MECCA Review By Greg Klymkiw ****
A Sinner in Mecca (2015)Dir. Parvez SharmaReview By Greg KlymkiwI think filmmaker Parvez Sharma (A Jihad for Love) wins the grand prize, hands-down, for making one of the bravest films of this or any...
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HOT DOCS 2015 - Documentaries About Loss - Reviewed By Greg Klymkiw: SHOULDER...
Shoulder the Lion (2014)Dir. Erinnisse Rebisz, Patryk RebiszReview By Greg KlymkiwLoss takes many forms, but the scariest thing for me would be to lose a part of myself that would prevent me from doing...
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HOT DOCS 2015 - LISTEN TO ME MARLON - Review By Greg Klymkiw *****
Listen To Me Marlon (2015)Dir. Stevan RileyReview By Greg KlymkiwSuperlatives declaring something's the best are a dime a dozen. I've made more than a few in my lifetime, but one I'll affix a...
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TORONTO JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL 2015 - Reviews By Greg Klymkiw - HIRSCH *****,...
Hirsch (2015)Dir. Noam GonickStarring: Louis NeginReview By Greg KlymkiwJohn Hirsch was one of the world's most important artists and I can think of no greater tribute than Noam Gonick's Hirsch, a...
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GREG KLYMKIW SELECTS THE VERY BEST OF HOT DOCS 2015: TRUST NO OTHER CRIX PIX
I HAVE SEEN OVER 60 DOCUMENTARY FILMS AT HOT DOCS 2015THIS IS WHAT I NOW LOOK LIKEOUT OF OVER 60 MOVIESI WROTE ONLY ABOUT THOSETHAT I LIKED, LOVED OR WAS BLOWN AWAY BYTHE REST I DIDN'T WRITE ABOUT AS...
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THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Crime Classic on...
The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973)dir. Peter YatesStarring: Robert Mitchum, Peter Boyle, Richard Jordan, Steven Keats, Alex Rocco Review By Greg KlymkiwThe fate of Eddie Coyle (Robert Mitchum) is clear...
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A DAY IN THE COUNTRY - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Jean Renoir does de Maupassant
A Day in the Country (1936/1946)Dir. Jean RenoirStarring: Sylvia Bataille, Georges D’Arnoux,Jane Marken, André Gabriello, Jacques Brunius, Paul TempsReview By Greg KlymkiwA Day in the Country, made by...
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COFFY - Review By Greg Klymkiw @ Electric Sheep Magazine - Pam Grier Cleans...
PAM GRIER is COFFY, a lean, mean, KILLING machine with a soul that’s ALL WOMAN. By day, she’s a caring, highly skilled inner-city nurse, but by night, she transforms into a DEADLY show-no-mercy...
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