MANIC - Review By Greg Klymkiw - 2017 Hot Docs Hot Pick - Nutty Daddy Scary...
Creepy Daddy, Cocksman ExtraordinaireManic (2017)Dir. Kalina BertinReview By Greg KlymkiwGee whiz! If my Dad managed to sire 15 kids, part of me thinks I'd be, "Whoa, dude! Pass me a bottle of that...
View ArticleABOUT MY LIBERTY - Review By Greg Klymkiw - 2017 HotDocs Hot Pick - Protests...
Our youth are our only hope and salvation.About My Liberty (2017)Dir. Takashi NishiharaReview By Greg KlymkiwThere are few things in democratic society more appalling than when a government...
View ArticleLAST MEN IN ALEPPO - Review By Greg Klymkiw - 2017 HotDocs Hot Pick - Do NOT...
NOTE: If your government is not allowing Syrian refugees into your country, DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!!! If you believe Syrian refugees should NOT be allowed into your country, you are an ASSHOLE. If after...
View ArticleWHITNEY "CAN I BE ME"& INTENT TO DESTROY - Reviews By Greg Klymkiw - 2017...
Houston Decimated by drugs and a broken heart.Armenians decimated by Turkey.Whitney "Can I Be Me"Dir. Nick Broomfield, Rudi DolezalIntent to DestroyDir. Joe BerlingerReview By Greg KlymkiwVeteran...
View ArticleA BETTER MAN - Review By Greg Klymkiw - 2017 HotDocs HotPick - An Abused &...
Scumbag Abuser Meets Victim 20+ Years Later.You don't see this everyday.A Better Man (2017)Dir. Attiya Khan, Lawrence JackmanReview By Greg KlymkiwAbout halfway through A Better Man, I bolted from the...
View ArticleISLAND SOLDIER - Review By Greg Klymkiw - 2017HotDocsHotPick - Military...
Colonialism Means Dying for Someone Else's CountryIsland Soldier (2017)Dir. Nathan FitchReview By Greg KlymkiwYou can never go wrong with a God's-eye view and the gorgeous shots at the beginning of...
View ArticleJACKIE BOY - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Angry Young Men in Grotesque Canuck...
Jackie Boy (2015)Dir. Cody CampanaleStarring: Alino Giraldi, Shannon Coulter, Edward Charette,Andrew Di Rosa, Chloe Van Landschoot, Christina BrysonReview by Greg KlymkiwThis grim, powerful...
View ArticleGHOSTS OF OUR FOREST - Review By Greg Klymkiw - 2017 Hot Docs Hot Pick -...
The music of the Batwa survives amidst displacement.Ghosts of Our Forest (2017)Dir. Daniel RoherReview By Greg KlymkiwThe Batwa of Uganda have been displaced from their centuries-old ancestral home in...
View ArticleASK THE SEXPERT - Review By Greg Klymkiw - 2017HotDocsHotPick - Nonagenarian...
Dr. Mahinder Watsa is 90-years-old.He knows EVERYTHING about sex. Ask him ANYTHING.Ask the Sexpert (2017)Dir. Vaishali SinhaReview By Greg KlymkiwIs there anything you want to know about sex? Well,...
View ArticleHOUNDS OF LOVE - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Sickeningly Effective Aussie...
Preamble: Between 1990 and 1992, loving Canadian couple Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka kidnapped, tortured, raped and murdered three schoolgirls (including Homolka's little sister). Bernardo, on his...
View ArticleVIOLET - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Portrait of adolescent grief an emotional...
Leading the bike of a dead friend on a lonely road of grief.Violet (2017)Dir. Bas DevosStarring: Cesar De Sutter, Mira Helmer, Raf Walschaerts, Fania Sorel, Koen De SutterReview By Greg KlymkiwIs there...
View ArticleRUMBLE FISH - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Coppola B & W gang pic looks GREAT on...
"How do you know when someone's crazy?"Rumble Fish (1983)Dir. Francis Ford CoppolaScr. S. E. Hinton and CoppolaStarring: Matt Dillon, Mickey Rourke, Dennis Hopper, Nicholas Cage, Diane Lane,Diana...
View ArticleMcCABE & MRS. MILLER - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Heartbreaking Altman on...
Booze, brothels, love and tragedy in the Old West.McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971)Dir. Robert AltmanNvl. Edmund NaughtonScr. Altman and Brian McKayStarring: Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, René...
View ArticlePOPULATION ZERO - Review By Greg Klymkiw - How To Get Away With Murder in the...
In Yellowstone National Park:You can legally get away with murder,a bear once chased a burning bison anda documentary filmmaker buys a really stupid hat.Population Zero (2017)Dir. Adam Levins, Julian...
View ArticleTHE TRANSFIGURATION - Review By Greg Klymkiw - The tragedy of adolescent...
Teen lovers in dangerous times.The Transfiguration (2016)Dir. Michael O'SheaStarring: Eric Ruffin, Chloe Levine, Aaron Clifton MotenReview By Greg KlymkiwWe've all found ourselves in public washrooms...
View ArticlePART FIVE: NETFLIX (CANADA) IS POO, SHUDDER IS GOLD: More Reviews By Greg...
Preamble: I tried Netflix Canada for the free one-month service. It took one day to realize I would never pay for it. Shudder launched October 20, 2016 (in Canada, the UK and Ireland). It took less...
View ArticleLOSING GROUND - Review By Greg Klymkiw - The Milestone Cinematheque Release...
Valuable addition to the history of African-American CinemaLosing Ground (1982)Dir. Kathleen CollinsStarring: Seret Scott, Bill Gunn, Duane Jones,Maritza Rivera, Billie Allen, Gary Bolling, Noberto...
View ArticleGreg Klymkiw's List of 100 All-Time Favourite Canadian Films at David...
Yeah, this is me in Guy Maddin's HEART OF THE WORLD,300 pounds heavier than I am now, mind you.The list of my 100 Favourite Canadian Films of All Time can be found on David Davidson's website The...
View ArticleWonder Woman - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Lame, voiceless direction sinks WW...
I am Wonder Woman! I kill to bring peace to mankind.Wonder Woman (2017)Dir. Patty JenkinsScr. Allan HeinbergStarring: Gal Godot, Chris Pine, Danny Huston, David Thewlis, Robin Wright, Ewan Bremner,...
View ArticleGHOST WORLD - Review By Greg Klymkiw - 2001 Zwigoff & Clowes masterpiece on...
A shirtless Nunchuck Master fortifies with beef jerky.A sad old man waits for a bus that never comes.Teenage girls in this GHOST WORLD see it all.Ghost World (2001)Dir. Terry ZwigoffScr. Daniel Clowes...
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