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NATIONAL ABORIGINAL DAY - Reviews By Greg Klymkiw - Here is a compendium of a...
On July 1, 2017, it will be "Canada Day", the celebration aimed at extolling the dubious virtues of 150 years of Colonial Rule and the exploitation of Native Canadians.TODAY, however, is the REAL...
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MADHOUSE (1981) - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Notorious Video Nasty Gets Arrow...
Arrow, the Gold Standard of Genre Home Entertainment,serves up delectable Blu-Ray/DVD of notorious "nasty"!Madhouse (1981)Dir. Ovidio G. AssonitisScr. Assonitis, Stephen Blakeley, Peter Sheperd....
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THE DAUGHTER OF DAWN - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Milestone restores important...
Any day is a great day to watch and rejoice in this important "lost" piece of cinema history, but Canada's NATIONAL ABORIGINAL DAY is a pretty good reason to celebrate the gorgeous Milestone...
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THEY LIVE BY NIGHT - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Ray Debut Gets Criterion Deluxe...
Depression-era novel yields perfect post-war Film Noir.They Live By Night (1948)Dir. Nicholas RayScr. Charles Schnee, Nicholas RayNvl. Edward AndersonStarring: Cathy O'Donnell, Farley Granger, Howard...
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THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Argento Debut on...
The birth of a horror master, and it was a good birth.The Bird With the Crystal Plumage (1970)Dir. Dario ArgentoStarring: Tony Musante, Suzy Kendall, Enrico Maria Salerno, Eva Renzi, Reggie...
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Le Samouraï - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Classic crime picture (on 35mm no...
Contract killer played by oh-so cool Alain Delon.Le Samouraï (1967)Dir. Jean-Pierre MelvilleScr. Melville & Georges PellegrinStarring: Alain Delon, François Périer, Nathalie Delon, Cathy...
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Army of Shadows (L'armée des ombres) - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Grim,...
Collaboration is a dirty business. So is Resistance.Army of Shadows AKA L'armée des ombres (1969)Dir. Jean-Pierre MelvilleNvl. Joseph KesselStarring: Lino Ventura, Simone Signoret, Jean-Pierre...
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NOWHERE TO HIDE - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Devastating Doc Reveals the...
America is good at destroying things.Can Iraq survive in spite of America?Nowhere to Hide (2016)Dir. Zaradasht AhmedReview By Greg KlymkiwIt's always worth thanking the United States of America for...
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Les enfants terribles - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Melville and Cocteau make...
Can too much Cocteau be too much? Perhaps.Les enfants terribles (1950)Dir. Jean-Pierre MelvilleScr. Jean Cocteau & MelvilleStarring: Nicole Stéphane, Édouard Dermit, Jacques Bernard, Renée...
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ELEVATOR TO THE GALLOWS (Ascenseur pour l'échafaud) - Review By Greg Klymkiw...
Babes. Hunks. Cigarettes. Murder. Paris. UNBEATABLE!!!Elevator to the Gallows - Ascenseur pour l'échafaud (1958)Dir. Louis MalleScr. Malle & Roger NimierNvl. Noël CalefStarring: Jeanne Moreau,...
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RIFIFI - Review By Greg Klymkiw - The greatest heist film ever made screens...
Rififi (1955)Dir. Jules DassinScr. Dassin & René WheelerNvl. Auguste Le BretonStarring: Jean Servais, Carl Möhner,Robert Manuel,Jules Dassin, Janine Darcey, Magali Noël, Claude SylvainReview By...
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Bob le flambeur - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Classic Melville Heist Picture at...
Aging high-roller takes the biggest gamble of them all.Bob le flambeur (1956)Dir. Jean-Pierre MelvilleScr. Melville & Auguste Le BretonStarring: Roger Duchesne, Daniel Cauchy, Isabelle Corey, Guy...
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THE EXORCIST - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Original Theatrical Version of...
THE EXORCIST is the best horror movie ever made!The Exorcist (1973)Dir. William FriedkinScr. William Peter BlattyStarring: Ellen Burstyn, Linda Blair, Jason Miller, Max von Sydow, Lee J. Cobb,Father...
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TWO MEN IN MANHATTAN (Deux hommes dans Manhattan) - Review By Greg Klymkiw -...
Film Noir in 50s Manhattan: The only movie to feature director Jean-Pierre Melville in a starring role.Two Men in Manhattan - Deux hommes dans Manhattan (1959)Dir. Jean-Pierre MelvilleStarring:...
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BEFORE ANYTHING YOU SAY - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Searing Domestic...
Kristen Harris and Darcy Fehr: Verbal Domestic Slug-FestBefore Anything You Say (2016)Dir. Shelagh CarterScr. Deborah SchnitzerStarring: Kristen Harris, Darcy Fehr, John Bluethner, Toni Reimer, Graham...
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OUTRAGE - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Ida Lupino's Groundbreaking 1950 Film...
If you're rich, you can attend a special "Patrons Circle Silver + Event" at TIFF Bell Lightbox (July 10) of Ida Lupino's Outrage, the groundbreaking 1950 film about a woman's sexual assault and its...
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EXPERIMENT IN TERROR - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Restored nail-biter @ TIFF...
Blake Edwards serves up the epitome of cool."Take off your clothes. You want me to take them off for you? Then take them off."- Ross Martin as Red Lynch in Blake Edwards's Experiment in...
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L'ARGENT - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Bresson's final film gets the Criterion...
Robert Bresson's last film might be his greatest...and the Dude made one great picture after another.L'Argent (1983)dir. Robert BressonStarring: Christian Patey, Caroline Lang, Sylvie Van den Elsen,...
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Le Silence de la mer (The Silence of the Sea) - Review By Greg Klymkiw -...
A Nazi soliloquizes to silent listeners in Melville's debut.Le Silence de la mer - The Silence of the Sea (1949)Dir. Jean-Pierre MelvilleNvl. Vercors (Jean Bruder)Starring: Howard Vernon, Nicole...
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BABY DRIVER - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Lead Character Needs to be Punched in...
Baby needs to be punched in the face - and often.Baby Driver (2017)Dir. Edgar WrightStarring: Ansel Elgort, Kevin Spacey, Lily James, Jamie Foxx,Eiza González, Jon Hamm, Jon Bernthal, Paul Williams,...
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