GUIDANCE - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Funny Pat Mills Comedy plays TIFF Bell...
Guidance (2014)Dir. Pat MillsStarring: Pat Mills, Zahra Bentham,Laytrel McMullen, Alex Ozerov, Kevin Hanchard, Tracey HoytReview Excerpt By Greg KlymkiwDavid Gold (Pat Mills) is a loser. He's a former...
View ArticleTHE KINDERGARTEN TEACHER - Reviews By Greg Klymkiw - Creepy Ode to Artistic...
The Kindergarten Teacher (2014)Dir. Nadav LapidStarring: Sarit Larry, Avi ShnaidmanReview By Greg KlymkiwThe world is so full of mediocrity, conformity and ugliness that to discover pure beauty in...
View ArticleTHE FRONT PAGE - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Great Kino-Lorber Blu-Ray of 1931...
The Front Page (1931)Dir. Lewis MilestoneStarring: Adolphe Menjou, Pat O'Brien, Mary Brian, Mae Clark, Frank McHugh,Edward Everett Horton, Slim Summerville, Clarence Wilson, George E. Stone,Frank...
View ArticleBANG BANG BABY, THE AMINA PROFILE, VENDETTA - Reviews By Greg Klymkiw -...
3 Canucks Make Cool Movies 2 C now!BANG BANG BABYBang Bang BabyDir. Jeffrey St. JulesStarring: Jane Levy, Justin Chatwin, Peter Stormare, David RealeReview By Greg KlymkiwBang Bang Baby is easily one...
View ArticleBROOKLYN - Review By Greg Klymkiw *****TIFF 2015 MUST-NOT-SEE*****
As you can see, impish colleen immigrantsdo not require hands to provide good servicein the better department stores of Brooklyn.Brooklyn (2015)Dir. John CrowleyScr. Nick HornbyStarring: Saoirse Ronan,...
View ArticleHURT - Review capsule by Greg Klymkiw - Fonyo Noir *****TIFF 2015 TOPPICK*****
HURT (2015)Dir. Alan ZweigStarring: Steve Fonyo, Gabor MatéReview Capsule By Greg KlymkiwDuring the 80s, 18-year-old Steve Fonyo ran 8000 km across Canada with a prosthetic leg. Raising $14 million for...
View ArticleTHE WAITING ROOM - Review by Greg Klymkiw - Yugo Noir: *****TIFF 2015 TOP...
The Waiting Room (2015)Dir. Igor DrljačaStarring: Jasmin Geljo, Zeljko KecojevicReview By Greg KlymkiwEven when a war is 20-years-ago and thousands of miles away, it sears its ugly imprint upon your...
View ArticleOUR LITTLE SISTER + MUSTANG - Reviews By Greg Klymkiw - Mongrel Media's...
MONGREL MEDIA'S MUST-SEE SISTER ACT AT TIFF 2015Our Little Sister (above)Mustang (below)Our Little Sister (2015)Dir. Hirokazu Kore-edaStarring: Haruka Ayase, Masami Nagasawa, Kaho, Suzu HiroseReview By...
View ArticleCEMETERY OF SLENDOUR - Review By Greg Klymkiw *****TIFF 2015 TOP PICK*****
Cemetery of Splendour (2015)Dir. Apichatpong WeerasethakulStarring: Jenjira Pongpas Widner, Banlop Lomnoi, Jarinpattra Rueangram,Sujittraporn Wongsrikeaw, Bhattaratorn Senkgraigul, Richard...
View ArticleHORIZON - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Revelatory Gudni Doc *****TIFF 2015TOP...
Horizon (2015)Dir. Bergur Bernburg, Fridrik Thor FridrikssonStarring: Georg Gudni, Viggo MortensenReview By Greg KlymkiwWith his painterly eye for humanity and landscape, it seems fitting that...
View ArticleSTRANGER (Zhat) - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Oscar Hopeful ***TIFF 2015 TOP...
Strangeraka Zhat (2015)Dir. Yermek TursunovStarring: Yerzhan NurymbetReview By Greg KlymkiwWhen you're watching a picture and it occasionally reminds you of Sydney Pollack's Jeremiah Johnson, Akira...
View ArticleTHE RETURN OF THE ATOM - Review By Greg Klymkiw *****TIFF 2015 TOP PICK*****
The Return of the Atom (2015)Dir. Mika Taanila, Jussi EerolaReview By Greg KlymkiwSometimes The Return of the Atom seems like a chilling political science fiction thriller. In other instances you're...
View ArticleBLACK - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Gangland Rape Culture *****TIFF 2015 TOP...
Black (2015)Dir. Adil El Arbi, Bilall FallahStarring: Martha Canga Antonio, Aboubakr BensaihiReview By Greg KlymkiwThis violent, exuberantly-directed contemporary Belgian take on "Romeo and Juliet"...
View ArticleA HEAVY HEART - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Old Boxer's Last Bout ****TIFF...
A Heavy Heart (2015)Dir. Thomas StuberScr. Stuber, Clemens Meyer, Paul SalisburyStarring: Peter Kurth, Lina Wendel, Lena Lauzemis, Edin HasanovicReview By Greg KlymkiwWARNING: Do not attend this film...
View ArticleJACK - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Portrait of the artist as a Serial Killer...
Jack (2015)Dir. Elisabeth ScharangStarring: Johannes Krisch, Corinna Harfouch,Birgit Minichmayr, Sarah Viktoria Frick, Paulus MankerReview By Greg KlymkiwJack is a pimp and poet.He's also a ladykiller...
View ArticleSLEEPING GIANT - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Hoser Hijinx ***TIFF 2015 TOP-PICK***
Sleeping Giant (2015)Dir. Andrew CividinoStarring: Jackson Martin, Nick Serino, Reece Moffett,Katelyn McKerracher, David Disher, Erika Brodzky, Rita Serino Review By Greg KlymkiwMost teenage boys have...
View ArticleTHE FORBIDDEN ROOM - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Take a bath w/ Guy Maddin...
Marv (Louis Negin) teaches you how to take a bath in THE FORBIDDEN ROOMLOUIS NEGIN is MARVThe Forbidden Room (2015)Dir. Guy MaddinCo-Dir. Evan JohnsonScr. Maddin, Johnson, Robert KotykAddl. Writ. John...
View ArticleDÉGRADÉ - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Gaza Salon Under Siege ***TIFF2015...
Dégradé (2015)Dir. Tarzan Nasser, Arab NasserStarring: Victoria Balitska, Maisa Abdelhadi, Hiam Abbass, Manal Awad, Mirna Sakhla, Nelly Abou Sharaf, Wedad Al Naser, Raneem Al Daoud, Dina Shebar, Samira...
View ArticleMY SKINNY SISTER - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Terrific Kid Pic ***TIFF2015...
My Skinny Sister (2015)Dir. Sanna LenkenStarring: Amy Deasismont, Rebecka JosephsonReview By Greg KlymkiwWhy are most contemporary English-language family films so abysmal? They're either completely...
View ArticleTHE ARDENNES - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Creepy Belgians ***TIFF 2015 TOP-PICK***
The Ardennes (2015)Dir. Robert ProntScr. Pront & Jeroen PercevalStarring: Jeroen Perceval, Veerle Baetens, Kevin Janssens,Jan Bijvoet, Eric Godon, Peter Van den Begin, Sam Louwyck, Viviane de...
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