Female Filmmakers Continue to Take Centre Stage in Canada: THE SUN AT...
The Sun at Midnight (2016)Scr/Prd/Dir. Kirsten CarthewPre. Amos ScottEprd. Anne–Marie GélinasStarring: Devery Jacobs, Duane HowardReview By Greg KlymkiwWhen Lia (Devery Jacobs) is forced to live with...
View ArticlePART FOUR: NETFLIX IS POO, SHUDDER IS GOLD - Shudder.com is the...
SHUDDER:THE ULTIMATECHRISTMAS GIFTFOR SOMEONE YOU LOVEPsycho Santas and Cannibals for XMAS on Shudder.comI tried Netflix for the free one-month service. It took one day to realize I would never pay for...
View ArticleTHE AUTOPSY OF JANE DOE - Review By Greg Klymkiw - TIFF 2016 - Slicing and...
Father-son coroners discover that a little somethinghas been removed "non-surgically, crudely"from the comely maw of Jane Doe.The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016) ****Dir. André ØvredalScr. Ian Goldberg,...
View ArticlePATERSON - Review By Greg Klymkiw - TIFF 2016 - Dullsville meets Poetry in...
Impossibly gorgeous Iranian women who marrybus drivers in Paterson, New Jersey NEVER have to work.Paterson (2016)Dir. Jim JarmuschStarring: Adam Driver, Golshifteh Farahani, Barry Shabaka Henley,Cliff...
View ArticleNOCTURNAL ANIMALS - Review By Greg Klymkiw - TIFF 2016 - Arty Vehicle Runs On...
MICHAEL SHANNON: Great Actor in searchof a Great Movie (or even good one).Nocturnal Animals (2016)Dir. Tom FordNvl. Austin WrightStarring: Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Shannon, Aaron...
View ArticleCHRISTINE - Review By Greg Klymkiw - TIFF 2016 - Days of madness, despair,...
Rebecca Hall as reporter Christine ChubbuckChristine (2016)Dir. Antonio CamposScr. Craig ShilowichStarring: Rebecca Hall, Michael C. Hall, Tracy Letts,Maria Dizzia, J. Smith-Cameron, John Cullum,...
View Article10 BEST FILMS OF 2016 as selected by The Film Corner's Greg Klymkiw -...
I had such a great year at the movies that I am forced to cheat a bit with my annual Ten Best List. (You'll also find my individual craft accolades and my Worst of 2016 below.)Here then are my...
View ArticleMALIGLUTIT/SEARCHERS - Review By Greg Klymkiw - TIFF 2016 - Inuk John Ford...
MALIGLUTIT: a figure on the landscape of the universe.Maliglutit/Searchers (2016)Dir. Zacharias Kunuk, Natar UngalaaqScr. Norman Cohn, KunukStarring: Benjamin Kunuk, Jocelyne Immaroitok,Johan Qunaq,...
View ArticleA QUIET PASSION - Review By Greg Klymkiw - TIFF 2016 - Davies Does Dickinson...
CYNTHIA NIXON and KEITH CARRADINEA Quiet Passion (2016)Dir. Terence DaviesStarring: Cynthia Nixon, Emma Bell, Keith Carradine,Jennifer Ehle, Joanna Bacon, Duncan Duff, Jodhi May Review By Greg...
View ArticleMOONLIGHT - Review By Greg Klymkiw - TIFF 2016 - A Young Life in Three Movements
Moonlight (2016)Dir. Barry JenkinsPly. Tarell Alvin McCraneyStarring: Alex Hibbert, Ashton Sanders, Trevante Rhodes,Naomie Harris, Jaden Piner, Jharrel Jerome, André HollandMahershala Ali, Janelle...
View ArticleLA LA LAND - Review By Greg Klymkiw - TIFF 2016 - a movie musical in search...
La La Land (2016)Dir. Damien ChazelleStarring: Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, John Legend,Rosemarie DeWitt, J.K. Simmons, Tom Everett ScottReview By Greg Klymkiw"I should have known better with a girl like...
View ArticleWEREWOLF - Review By Greg Klymkiw - TIFF 2016 - The Dardenne Brothers in Cape...
Werewolf (2016)Dir. Ashley McKenzieStarring: Bhreagh MacNeil, Andrew GillisReview By Greg KlymkiwFilms about homeless, drug-addicted, at-risk youth have joined the dime-a-dozen club (especially) in...
View ArticleBLAIR WITCH - Review By Greg Klymkiw - TIFF 2016 - Decent sequel to 1999...
Blair Witch (2016)Dir. Adam WingardScr. Simon BarrettStarring: James Allen McCune, Callie Hernandez, Brandon Scott,Corbin Reid, Wes Robinson, Valorie CurryReview By Greg KlymkiwHaving directed a couple...
View ArticleARRIVAL - Review By Greg Klymkiw - TIFF 2016 - Dreary SF designed to make us,...
Hi there! My name is Amy Adams!I am ubiquitous. And dour.Arrival (2016)Dir. Denis VilleneuveStarring: Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest WhitakerReview By Greg KlymkiwOh, how poor Amy Adams, the...
View ArticleTHE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Solid Kurosawa/Sturges Remake
Seven new samurai with six-shooters!!!The Magnificent Seven (2016)Dir. Antoine FuquaScr. Nic Pizzolatto, Richard WenkStarring: Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke,Vincent D'Onofrio, Lee...
View ArticleAnother Reason Why The Royal in Toronto is the BEST Indie Cinema, not just in...
The Love Witch is precisely the sort of movie I'd have seen during the 70s and 80s in one of my favourite (and long-gone) grind houses in Winnipeg that dotted Portage Avenue and Main Street in my old...
View ArticleOLD STONE - Review By Greg Klymkiw - TIFF 2016 - To be good, to be honest . ....
Is there any actor alive who looks cooler thanChen Gang when he's got a cigarette dangling from his lips?Old Stone (2016)Dir. Johnny MaStarring: Chen GangReview by Greg KlymkiwIn China, it is better to...
View ArticleLOVING - Review By Greg Klymkiw - TIFF 2016 - Bland TV-movie approach...
Ruth Negga and Joel Edgerton as interracial Loving couple.Loving (2016)Dir. Jeff NicholsStarring: Joel Edgerton, Ruth Negga, Marton Csokas, Nick Kroll, Michael ShannonReview By Greg KlymkiwThe story of...
View ArticleMY SCIENTOLOGY MOVIE - Review By Greg Klymkiw - "Act of Killing - Lite" on...
Louis Theroux - Brit Michael Moore sans Bulk.My Scientology Movie (2016)Dir. John DowerScr. Louis TherouxPrd. Simon ChinnStarring: Louis Theroux, Mark Rathbun, Andrew Perez, Jeff HawkinsReview By Greg...
View ArticleA MAN CALLED OVE - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Sentimental Swedish Ode to Old Grump
Plucky Persian Perks Up Grump's Spirits.A Man Called Ove (2016)Dir. Hannes HolmNvl. Fredrik BackmanStarring: Rolf Lassgård, Bahar Pars, Filip Berg, Ida EngvollReview By Greg KlymkiwYou'd have to be the...
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