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Showing posts with label Romance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Romance. Show all posts
Wednesday, 30 August 2017

REBECCA - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Hitchcock/Selznick Classic on the Criterion Collection

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Joan Fontaine, Laurence Olivier, Judith Anderson in creepy crawly Hitchcock/Selznick romance. Rebecca (1940) Dir. Alfred Hitchcock...
Saturday, 27 May 2017

THE TRANSFIGURATION - Review By Greg Klymkiw - The tragedy of adolescent vampirism (and another reason why Toronto's The Royal Cinema is the best indie theatre in Canada).

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Teen lovers in dangerous times. The Transfiguration (2016) Dir. Michael O'Shea Starring: Eric Ruffin, Chloe Levine, Aaron Clift...
Tuesday, 23 May 2017

McCABE & MRS. MILLER - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Heartbreaking Altman on Criterion Blu

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Booze, brothels, love and tragedy in the Old West. McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971) Dir. Robert Altman Nvl. Edmund Naughton Scr. Alt...
Saturday, 3 September 2016

THE HAPPIEST DAY IN THE LIFE OF OLLI MAKI - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Finnish Boxing

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The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki (2016) Dir. Juho Kuosmanen Scr. Kuosmanen and Mikko Myllylahti Starring: Jarkko Lahti, Oona...
Saturday, 27 August 2016

THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Turgid Tedium Rules Romance

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The Light Between Oceans (2016) Dir. Derek Cianfrance Starring: Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander, Rachel Weisz, Bryan Brown, Jack ...
Monday, 25 July 2016

THE NEW WORLD - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Malick's Last Real Movie on Criterion Blu-Ray

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Terrence Malick's last real movie. The New World (2005) Dir. Terrence Malick Starring: Colin Farrell, Q'orianka Kilcher, Chr...
Thursday, 19 May 2016

TO LIFE (À la vie) - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Auschwitz survivors get some fun in the sun.

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Sand, surf and fun in the sun await this trio of MILF Holocaust survivors. To Life (aka À la vie) (2014) Dir. Jean-Jacques Zilbermann...
Wednesday, 11 May 2016

SUNSET SONG - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Oh Dear, Another Terence Davies Masterpiece. What else is new? UK's Greatest Living Director Serves Up Epic of Romance and War.

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Sunset Song (2015) Dir. Terence Davies Nvl. Lewis Grassic Gibbon Starring: Agyness Deyn, Peter Mullan, Kevin Guthrie, Jack Greenlees, D...
Saturday, 5 December 2015

CAROL - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Cucumber-cold adaptation of Highsmith sapphic romance

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"Oh Harge, my quim belongs to another." Carol (2015) Dir. Todd Haynes Scr. Phyllis Nagy Starring: Cate Blanchett, Rooney M...
Thursday, 8 October 2015

A SPECIAL DAY - Review By Greg Klymkiw - Italian Kitchen-Sink Love Story now on Criterion

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A gay dissident. An overworked housewife. Can happiness, no matter how brief, be far behind? A Special Day (1977) Dir. Ettore Scola ...
Monday, 24 August 2015

BROOKLYN - Review By Greg Klymkiw *****TIFF 2015 MUST-NOT-SEE*****

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As you can see, impish colleen immigrants do not require hands to provide good service in the better department stores of Brooklyn. Bro...