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From Veronica Lake to the White House: Oleg Cassini
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Christina Stewart on Nov 27, 2013
Dashing Oleg Cassini led a jet-set life, and by his own admission, was a bit of a boulevardier. Aside from being a lover of beautiful women, he was the exclusive couturier to First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy and created “The Jackie Look”. During his time in Hollywood, he designed the on and off scree read more
Joel & Ethan Coen: Tall Tales Hits TIFF Bell Lightbox
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Nov 27, 2013
On November 28, TIFF Cinematheque will launch the Joel & Ethan Coen: Tall Tales series at the TIFF Bell Lightbox. Running right up until December 20, just 5 days before the TIFF debut of the new Coen Brother’s film Inside Llewyn Davis on December 25, the series includes 10 of the CoenR read more
Top 5 Movie… Things
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Sam Cooper on Nov 26, 2013
Ah, amorphous beings. Always changing shape, always wanting to murder people. Here is a short list of some of my favorite villainous beings. In a segment entitled “The Raft” four unsuspecting friends decide to take a dip in a lake for some good ol’ summer fun. Things come to a gri read more
Enter to Win The Wolverine on Blu-ray
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Nov 26, 2013
The Wolverine is slashing his way to DVD and Blu-ray on December 3, 2013. But you can enter to win your very own copy of The Wolverine on Blu-ray, courtesy of Pretty Clever Films and 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment! He’re how to enter: 1. Register and login to Pretty Clever read more
Top 10 Stars as Character Actors
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Jared Bratt on Nov 25, 2013
Hard to believe there was a time when Steve Bucemi wasn’t associated with being the headliner of the hugely successful, highly acclaimed HBO creation known as Boardwalk Empire. Hard to believe there was an even a time when HBO itself wasn’t synonymous with million-dollar television. For read more
10 Rillington Place (1971)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Wade Sheeler on Nov 25, 2013
That Richard Attenborough’s killer in 10 Rillington Place is a monster is not the point. Within the first ten minutes we watch him play “doctor” by gassing a woman, violating, then murdering her. No, the real shocker in this true crime expose is how well the serial murderer manipulates events read more
EUFF13 Review: Natural Grace
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Jennifer Reynolds on Nov 25, 2013
Natural Grace gives audiences an intimate portrait of Martin Hayes, one of the best fiddlers of his generation. Director Art Ó Briain’s documentary, filmed over two years in Ireland, the United States and Japan, highlights Hayes’ role it engaging new audiences in Irish music, largely through interv read more
Indie Watch: Play House
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Sean Fitzpatrick on Nov 24, 2013
Home-invasion thrillers tend to run the gamut between utterly ludicrous and totally terrifying. Usually taking on a conventionally happy family unit or couple, countless films like Wait Until Dark and The Strangers use sinister external forces to penetrate and ultimately destroy the love – that dev read more
Fantastic Planet (1973)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Bennett O'Brian on Nov 23, 2013
Welcome to planet Ygam, home of the bald, blue-skinned semi-aquatic looking life forms known as the Draags. Although the shape-shifting Draags spend most of their energies in consciousness-expanding meditation, they are more human that you might expect. In particular, the way their young delight read more
Win a Copy of Hitchcock’s Villains!
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Ms.Dean on Nov 22, 2013
With holiday fever descending upon us, Pretty Clever Films is feeling the giving spirit. To say thanks to our loyal readers and to kick off a very happy cinephile holiday season, we’re giving away a copy of Hitchcock’s Villains: Murderers, Maniacs, and Mother Issues by authors Eric San read more
Overlooked Gems: Movie Crazy (1932)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Lesley Coffin on Nov 22, 2013
In college I can remember having one big debate with a professor which got a little “heated.” It was with a professor I respected more than any other, but for whatever reason, one comment got under my skin. It was in regards to the silent comics, when he ranked the top four, Chaplin, Keaton, read more
Three from Lee Tracy
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Nov 21, 2013
Lee Tracy was a bit of anomaly. The hugely popular leading man, the go-to-guy for the fast talking wise guy of 1930′s dramas, was not what you’d call a looker. He was pitted and lumpy and his success flew in the face of Hollywood convention. Hitting the scene in 1929, Tracy was somehow read more
Jezebel (1938) (2)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Nov 21, 2013
When the novel Gone with the Wind became a runaway best-seller, the office of independent producer and films rights holder David O. Selznick was flooded with fan suggestions for casting. They wanted Clark Gable as Butler (natch) but they also really, really wanted Bette Davis as Scarlett O’Ha read more
Costume Designer: Theadora Van Runkle
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Christina Stewart on Nov 20, 2013
It’s absolutely fantastic to think that a self-taught costume designer would be nominated for an Academy Award for her every first film, but that is exactly what happened to Theadora Van Runkle. She worked as a commercial artist before a former employer called to see if she’d be interested in desig read more
Dark Victory (1939) (3)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Laura Grande on Nov 20, 2013
Dark Victory continues to be hailed in film circles as one of Bette Davis’ crowning achievements. And rightly so. The Oscar-nominated Davis delicately balances the myriad of emotions her character experiences throughout the duration of the film, holding the movie afloat simply through the pow read more
1936: The Year of William Powell
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Lesley Coffin on Nov 19, 2013
Most of the great stars have one year in their career when they seem to be firing on every level and hit a new stratosphere, from movie star to icon. In 1936, William Powell had the biggest year of his career, both critically and among audiences, cemented his public image, and was the darling of t read more
Michael Cera – Call Me, Eh?
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Jared Bratt on Nov 19, 2013
I’m becoming a very big fan of Michael Cera. I should clarify that I was already an initiated fan of his work- that signature brand of dry, deadpan, debatably awkward (I prefer to use the word truthful) sense of comedy. But I have to admit, I have only seen season one of Arrested Development read more
This Property is Condemned (1966) (1)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Nov 18, 2013
In This Property is Condemned, a humidity dripping adaptation of the one-act play of the same name by Tennessee Williams, a railroad official blows into the tiny town of Dodson and finds himself falling in love with the town flirt Alva. When Alva, desperate to escape the constraints of life in her read more
EUFF13 Review: Dream Team 1935
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Lesley Coffin on Nov 17, 2013
The “inspired by true events” sports film is nothing new. We’ve seen it in Miracle (about US Hockey’s victory), Cool Runnings (about Jamaican bobsledding) and Chariots of Fire (about UK track and field). Now we have the Toronto premiere of Aigars Grauba’s Dream Team 1935 about the read more
All About Eve (1950) (1)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Nov 16, 2013
For Hollywood actresses old age is at best a limbo of obscurity and at worst a slow descent into the hell of being unknown. To wit, just look at two of Hollywood’s most famous portrayals of the aging actress, Gloria Swanson as the waxily preserved Norma Desmond in Billy Wilder’s Sunset read more