KINGS OF THE SUN - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Chakiris/Brynner: Foes Become...
Kings of the Sun (1963)Dir. J. Lee ThompsonStarring: George Chakiris, Yul Brynner,Richard Basehart, Shirley Anne Field, Leo GordonReview By Greg KlymkiwHow do like your cheese? Ripe, runny and mouldy...
View ArticleTHE LOOK OF SILENCE - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Powerful, important, deeply...
The Look of Silence (2014)Dir. Joshua OppenheimerReview By Greg KlymkiwA sure-fire way to avoid insanity after killing someone is to collect a couple of cupfuls of the victim's blood as it gushes from...
View ArticleI SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE (1978) + I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE (2010) - Reviews By Greg...
Anchor Bay Entertainment Canada has released one of the best Blu-Rays in years - easily on a par with the best work from Criterion, Kino-Lorber and Arrow Films. That said, the films are both utterly...
View ArticleA HARD DAY - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Tense, Darkly Hilarious Korean Cop...
This fellowis having a harder daythan most.A Hard Day (aka Kkeut-kka-ji-gan-da) (2014)Dir. Kim Seong-hunStarring: Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Jin-woongReview By Greg KlymkiwHave you ever have one of those days?...
View ArticleBIKES VS. CARS - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Fredrik Gertten Doc Opens July 31
THIS JUST IN:BIKES vs CARSopens theatrically in Toronto via Kinosmithon July 31, 2015 at The Bloor Hot Docs Cinema (506 Bloor St. W.)with other Canadian cities to follow.Bike Valet will be provided by...
View ArticleMISSION IMPOSSIBLE: ROGUE NATION - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Not since...
Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation (2015)Dir. Christopher McQuarrieStarring: Tom Cruise, Rebecca Ferguson, Simon Pegg, Jeremy Renner,Ving Rhames, Alec Baldwin, Sean Harris, Simon McBurney, Jens...
View ArticleSOUTHPAW - Review By Meraj Dhir - The Film Corner's Ghee Time Scribe Craps on...
Ladies and Gentlemen, it's GHEE-TIME again as Klymkiw is too shagged to write and the Film Corner's trusty Ghee-Time Columnist, Harvard PhD candidate Meraj Dhir steps in to take a solid crap upon...
View ArticleHOW TO CHANGE THE WORLD - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Environmental Activism...
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...
View ArticleIRRATIONAL MAN - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Woody Allen pulls one out of the...
Irrational Man (2015)Dir. Woody AllenStarring: Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, Parker Posey, Jamie BlackleyReview By Greg KlymkiwOnce again Woody Allen dusts off a script from his drawer of un-produced...
View ArticleTHE GARDEN OF THE FINZI-CONTINIS - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Haunting De Sica...
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970)Dir. Vittorio De SicaStarring: Dominique Sanda, Helmut Berger,Lino Capolicchio, Fabio Testi, Romolo ValliReview By Greg KlymkiwThe grandly sprawling walled estate...
View ArticleTHE LEOPARD - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Magnificent, Heart-Achingly Romantic...
The Leopard (1963)Dir. Luchino ViscontiStarring: Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon, Claudia CardinaleReview By Greg KlymkiwChrist Almighty, I love Luchino Visconti! Then again, what's not to love? The guy...
View ArticleVIDEODROME - Review By Greg Klymkiw at "Electric Sheep - A Deviant View of...
David Cronenberg, along with the likes of Atom Egoyan, Guy Maddin, Peter Mettler and a clutch of other visionary filmmakers in English Canada, generated product which can be viewed as Canadian by...
View ArticleSAMUEL BECKETT AND BUSTER KEATON!!! TOGETHER AGAIN FOR THE FIRST TIME!!! IF...
ATTENTION: ANYONE AND EVERYONE WHO CARES ABOUT CINEMA, HERE IS A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME INVOLVED IN THE RESTORATION OF THE ONLY FILM MADE BY PLAYWRIGHT SAMUEL BECKETT AND USING FOOTAGE RECENTLY...
View ArticleGOODNIGHT MOMMY (Ich seh Ich seh) - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Creepy Austrian...
Goodnight Mommy (AKA Ich seh Ich se (2014)Dir. Veronika Franz, Severin FialaPrd. Ulrich SeidlStarring: Susanne Wuest, Elias Schwarz, Lukas SchwarzReview By Greg KlymkiwHere's a Pop Quiz as administered...
View ArticleMR. NOBODY - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Something execrable to blame the French...
Mr. Nobody (2010)dir. Jaco Van DormaelStarring: Jared Leto, Diane Kruger, Linh Dan Pham and Sarah PolleyReview By Greg KlymkiwOh joy! Just what the world needed! More whimsy in the cinema!For this, I...
View ArticleWHY I HATE (MOST) CONTEMPORARY TV DRAMA - Editorial Commentary By Greg Klymkiw
Why I Hate (Most) Contemporary TV DramaFilm Corner Editorial Commentary By Greg KlymkiwI pretty much stopped watching television in the 1980s. There were, mind you, a few exceptions to the rule. In...
View ArticlePART TWO: WHY I HATE (MOST) CONTEMPORARY TV DRAMA - An Ultra-Grumpy-Pants...
Part Two: Why I Hate (Most) Contemporary TV DramaFilm Corner Editorial Commentary By Greg KlymkiwIn 1977 I bore witness, along with millions upon millions of others, to the birth of event television -...
View ArticleTHE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE - Review By Greg Klymkiw - There's so little to...
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010) dir. David SladeStarring: Kristin Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Bryce Dallas HowardReview By Greg KlymkiwWading through this vat of raw sewage, I came to...
View ArticleA MASTER BUILDER - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Wallace Shawn knocks another one...
A Master Builder (2014) Scr. Wallace ShawnDir. Jonathan DemmeStarring: Wallace Shawn, Julie Hagerty, Lisa Joyce,Larry Pine, Andre Gregory, Emily Cass McDonnell, Jeff BiehlReview By Greg KlymkiwThis...
View ArticlePINK FLAMINGOS - Review By Greg Klymkiw in "Electric Sheep - a deviant view...
PINK FLAMINGOS is screening as part ofIt isn’t Very Pretty…The Complete Films of John Waters (Every Goddam One of Them…)6, 19, 25 September 2015 at BFI SouthbankHere's an excerpt from Greg Klymkiw's...
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