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Showing posts with label Crime. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Crime. Show all posts
Sunday, 16 July 2017

LOWLIFE - Review By Greg Klymkiw - A Luchador Thug in Tarantinoville at Fantasia 2017

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El Monstruo worships a grand Luchador at a Holy Shrine! Lowlife (2017) Dir. Ryan Prows Scr. Prows, Tim Cairo, Jake Gibson, Shaye Og...
Wednesday, 12 July 2017

BABY DRIVER - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Lead Character Needs to be Punched in the Face.

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Baby needs to be punched in the face - and often. Baby Driver (2017) Dir. Edgar Wright Starring: Ansel Elgort, Kevin Spacey, Lily J...
Monday, 10 July 2017

L'ARGENT - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Bresson's final film gets the Criterion treatment.

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Robert Bresson's last film might be his greatest... and the Dude made one great picture after another. L'Argent (1983) dir....
Tuesday, 4 July 2017

Bob le flambeur - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Classic Melville Heist Picture at Toronto's TIFF Bell Lightbox in summer 2017 series "Army of Shadows: The Films of Jean-Pierre Melville" and via the O.O.P. Criterion Collection DVD.

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Aging high-roller takes the biggest gamble of them all. Bob le flambeur (1956) Dir. Jean-Pierre Melville Scr. Melville & August...
Monday, 3 July 2017

RIFIFI - Review By Greg Klymkiw - The greatest heist film ever made screens at Toronto's TIFF Bell Lightbox in the Summer 2017 series "Panique: French Crime Classics" and is also available on a gorgeous Criterion Collection Blu-Ray/DVD

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Rififi (1955) Dir. Jules Dassin Scr. Dassin & René Wheeler Nvl. Auguste Le Breton Starring: Jean Servais, Carl Möhner,Robert Ma...
Sunday, 2 July 2017

ELEVATOR TO THE GALLOWS (Ascenseur pour l'échafaud) - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Louis Malle's Taut Fiction Feature Debut at Toronto's TIFF Bell Lightbox in the Summer 2017 series "Panique: French Crime Classics" and, of course, on a gorgeous Criterion Collection DVD

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Babes. Hunks. Cigarettes. Murder. Paris. UNBEATABLE!!! Elevator to the Gallows - Ascenseur pour l'échafaud (1958) Dir. Louis Ma...
Wednesday, 28 June 2017

Le Samouraï - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Classic crime picture (on 35mm no less) at Toronto's TIFF Bell Lightbox in summer 2017 series "Army of Shadows: The Films of Jean-Pierre Melville" and, of course available on a gorgeous DVD via the Criterion Collection

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Contract killer played by oh-so cool Alain Delon. Le Samouraï (1967) Dir. Jean-Pierre Melville Scr. Melville & Georges Pellegri...
Sunday, 25 June 2017

THEY LIVE BY NIGHT - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Ray Debut Gets Criterion Deluxe Treatment

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Depression-era novel yields perfect post-war Film Noir. They Live By Night (1948) Dir. Nicholas Ray Scr. Charles Schnee, Nicholas R...
Friday, 14 April 2017

RUMBLE FISH - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Coppola B & W gang pic looks GREAT on Criterion, & Torontonians can see it on a big screen at the "Neon Dreams" series at The Royal Cinema.

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"How do you know when someone's crazy?" Rumble Fish (1983) Dir. Francis Ford Coppola Scr. S. E. Hinton and Coppola S...
Tuesday, 6 December 2016

THE ASPHALT JUNGLE - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Classic Film Noir Heist Picture on Criterion

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The palooka has a dream. Let's watch it crumble. The Asphalt Jungle (1950) Dir. John Huston Nvl. W.R. Burnett Scr. Ben Maddow,...
Monday, 5 September 2016

DOG EAT DOG - Review By Greg Klymkiw - TIFF 2016 - Schrader NailsBunker Book Bigtime

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Dog Eat Dog (2016) Dir. Paul Schrader Scr. Matthew Wilder Nvl. Edward Bunker Starring: Nicolas Cage, Willem Dafoe, Christopher Matth...
Friday, 17 June 2016

IN A LONELY PLACE + LA CHIENNE - Blu-Ray/DVD Review Double Bill By Greg Klymkiw - Haunting Nicholas Ray Noir on Criterion. Haunting Jean Renoir Melodrama on Criterion. Hangdog Male Leads make perfect bedfellows. Join in, why don't you? Room for all!

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Michel Simon and Humphrey Bogart Brothers in Lost Love and MURDER! Almost two decades separate two great male performances twixt two o...