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ACROSS THE LINE - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Hockey, Crime and Racial Divides...
Two brothers. One's a pimp. The other's a new NHL star.Across the Line (2015)Dir. Director XScr. Floyd KaneStarring: Stephan James, Sarah Jeffery, Shamier Anderson,Lanette Ware, Steven Love, Denis...
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QUEBEC MY COUNTRY MON PAYS - HOT DOCS 2016 Review By Greg Klymkiw -Master...
Quebec My Country Mon Pays (2016)Dir. John WalkerReview By Greg KlymkiwPlace defines us. It's our roots, our lifeblood, the thing that we can never shake free of, whether we want to or not. However, so...
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LEAGUE OF EXOTIQUE DANCERS - HOT DOCS 2016 Review By Greg Klymkiw - a history...
Legendary Burlesque Queen and Russ Meyer StarKITTEN NATIVIDAD, her cutey cartoony still emblazonedon the equally legendary gentlemen's club, The Body Shop.League of Exotique Dancers (2016)Dir. Rama...
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RAVING IRAN - HOT DOCS 2016 Review By Greg Klymkiw - Iranian House DJs Risk...
To Rave Or Not To Rave?To Die Or Not To Die?Choices Galore for House DJs in Iran!Raving Iran (2016)Dir. Susanne Regina MeuresReview By Greg KlymkiwThe genuinely brilliant House DJs Anoosh and Arash...
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SONITA - HOT DOCS 2016 Review By Greg Klymkiw - Teen Rapper Tale veers into...
Sonita (2016)Dir. Rokhsareh Ghaem MaghamiStarring: Sonita AlizadehReview By Greg KlymkiwIt's not surprising that Sonita won the Audience Award during the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, playing to...
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GOD KNOWS WHERE I AM - HOT DOCS 2016 Review By Greg Klymkiw - Poetic Truth
God Knows Where I Am (2016)dir. Todd Wider, Jedd WiderNarration: Lori SingerReview By Greg KlymkiwToo many filmmakers forget about the power of poetry in cinema. This is especially endemic in...
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CHASING ASYLUM - HOT DOCS 2016 Review By Greg Klymkiw - Refugees on the "Barbie"
Australia's Government implements RACISM, INCARCERATION, ISOLATION & TORTURE towards political refugees in the guise of humanitarianism.Chasing Asylum (2016)Dir. Eva OrnerReview By Greg...
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DE PALMA - HOT DOCS 2016 Guest Review By Meraj Dhir - De Palma Fetishes Revered
De Palma (2016)Dir. Noah Baumbauch, Jake PaltrowStarring: Brian De PalmaGuest ReviewBy Meraj DhirDe Palma is indispensable - a jewel for filmmakers and film lovers alike. Then again, Brian De Palma is...
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NATASHA - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Stellar Opener for Toronto Jewish Film...
Natasha (2015)Dir. David BezmozgisStarring: Alex Ozerov, Sasha K. Gordon, Aidan Shipley, Deanna DezmariReview By Greg KlymkiwGiven the ongoing richness of the immigrant experience in Canada, a country...
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DEMON - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Toronto Jewish Film Festival (TJFF 2016) -...
Demon (2015)Dir. Marcin WronaStarring: Itay Tiran, Agnieszka ŻulewskaReview By Greg KlymkiwThe dybbuk has always been one of the most bloodcurdling supernatural creatures, yet its presence in...
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The Royal Cinema in Toronto is the Best Independent Movie Theatre in Canada....
Retropath is The Royal Cinema's series of truly demented masterworks of the 50s and 60s. Mervyn LeRoy's 1956 chiller, THE BAD SEED, is playing 2016-05-11 in the grand College Street cinema in the heart...
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THE GHASTLY LOVE OF JOHNNY X - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Retro Romp Rock,...
Not only was Johnny X shot on FILM,IT HAS LOBBY CARDS!!!The Ghastly Love of Johnny X (2012)Dir. Paul BunnellStarring: Will Keenan, Creed Bratton, Kevin McCarthy, Paul Williams,Reggie Bannister, De Anna...
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AN AFFECTIONATE LOOK AT WAYNE & SHUSTER, WAYNE & SHUSTER IN BLACK AND WHITE -...
Canuck comedy duo Wayne & Shuster were profiledon this CBC-TV light news and public affairs programentitled TELESCOPE. Pictured here are screen grabs fromone of the most insane opening title...
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Retrospective Programming a Hallmark of the Toronto Jewish Film Festival...
Posters for La Grande Illusion and images of fellow German P.O.W. camp escapees Jean Gabin and Marcel Dalio.Heritage Cinema, Retrospective Programming:Important Hallmarks of the Extremely VitalToronto...
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BY SIDNEY LUMET - Review By Greg Klymkiw -...
I'M MAD AS HELLI'M NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORESIDNEY LUMET - AN AMERICAN MASTER By Sidney Lumet (2015)Dir. Nancy BuirskiReview By Greg KlymkiwThough By Sidney Lumet might not have the Noah Baumbach...
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THE RAINBOW KID - Review By Greg Klymkiw -
The Rainbow Kid (2015)Dir. Kire PaputtsStarring: Dylan Harman, Julian Richings, Tony Nappo, Nicholas CampbellReview By Greg KlymkiwIs it possible for a picture to hover in the strange never-never land...
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SUNSET SONG - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Oh Dear, Another Terence Davies...
Sunset Song (2015)Dir. Terence DaviesNvl. Lewis Grassic GibbonStarring: Agyness Deyn, Peter Mullan, Kevin Guthrie, Jack Greenlees, Daniela Nardini, Douglas Rankine, Ian Pirie, Linda Duncan McLaughlin,...
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TO LIFE (À la vie) - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Auschwitz survivors get some...
Sand, surf and fun in the sunawait this trio of MILF Holocaust survivors.To Life (aka À la vie) (2014)Dir. Jean-Jacques ZilbermannScr. Zilbermann, Danièle D'Antoni, Odile BarskiStarring: Julie...
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THE WAITING ROOM - Review By Greg Klymkiw - The Living Death of War *****
The Waiting Room (2015)Dir. Igor DrljačaStarring: Jasmin Geljo, Zeljko Kecojevic, Cynthia AshpergerReview By Greg KlymkiwEven when a war is 20-years-ago and thousands of miles away, it sears its ugly...
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I, DALIO - OR THE RULES OF THE GAME - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Kudos...
To be a great Jewish actor like Marcel Dalioin Pre-War Paris meant to always play a Jew or Araband in either ethnicity, play a pimp, snitch, woman-beater,gun-runner, smuggler, usurer, killer or...
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