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Cocksucker Blues (1972)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by John Munshour on Oct 14, 2013
“Why did you want to film that? ” the young woman asks after we watch her shoot up. She’s various shades of cyan, along with the rest of the hotel room. Most of the movie looks like this: mostly tinted cyan but some purple and some full color, some black and white too, but all lik read more
TV on Blu-ray: American Horror Story: Asylum
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Oct 11, 2013
Season 1 of the hit television show American Horror Story, just out on Blu-ray, exemplifies that old saw about the inmates running the asylum. Indeed, as the subtitle suggests, the story takes place in an asylum, a set so ripe with creepy terrifying potential, it gives me chills just contemplating read more
The Beast With Five Fingers (1946) (1)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Oct 11, 2013
In The Beast with Five Fingers, locals in an Italian village become alarmed when a one-handed pianist (Victor Fancen) dies under mysterious circumstances. Suspicions flare when the reading of his recent last will and testament reveal he’s left his estate to his nurse Julie (Andrea King), and read more
Overlooked Gems: Seconds (1966)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Lesley Coffin on Oct 10, 2013
John Frankenheimer cut his teeth as a director in TV, working in plenty of live TV and anthology series. Yet, one program he never worked on is perhaps the benchmark example of the great anthologies, The Twilight Zone. It’s a shame he never had an opportunity, because the morality questions mixed read more
Vivacious Lady (1938) (2)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Oct 10, 2013
Vivacious Lady, from director George Stevens and featuring Ginger Rogers and Jimmy Stewart, is a fun and frothy screwball comedy, with a twist. Actually, it’s not a twist – it’s punches and kicks. Rogers is Frances Brent, a sassy nightclub performer who, in a single night, meets, read more
Screen Style: Barbara La Marr
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Christina Stewart on Oct 9, 2013
The Girl Who Was Too Beautiful Barbara La Marr was one of those bright hot stars that burned out too quickly and was gone in a flash. La Marr’s career only lasted six years, but she packed those years as full as any actress of her time could. She worked for various studios, played opposite almost read more
Of Human Hearts (1938) (1)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Oct 9, 2013
Set in Ohio, circa 1845 to 1865, Of Human Hearts tracks the intergenerational conflict between Preacher Ethan Wilkins (Walter Huston) and his son Jason (Jimmy Stewart). While the good reverend is forgiving of his congregants, he is far less sympathetic to the material ambitions of his son. The esse read more
NYFF Review: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Lesley Coffin on Oct 8, 2013
Walter Mitty is one of the most iconic characters in literary history. He’s become a character type who has been used to described countless other characters in popular culture since his invention by James Thurber. But the actual short story is rather tiny (only two pages in most print editions) read more
Chocolat (1988)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Oct 8, 2013
Chocolat, the feature debut from director Claire Denis and the opener of TIFF Cinematheque’s retrospective Objects of Desire: The Cinema of Claire Denis, is a semi-autobiographical film that examines how personal identity fits in the broader context of political history. functions as a polit read more
No Time for Comedy (1940)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Oct 8, 2013
No Time for Comedy, directed by William Keighley and starring Rosalind Russell and Jimmy Stewart, is a light-hearted adaptation of the popular Broadway play of the same name by S. N. Behrman. Falling somewhere between a toned down screwball comedy and a classic comedy of manners, the movie largely read more
Enter to Win The Internship on Blu-ray
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Oct 7, 2013
ENTER TO WIN THE INTERNSHIP ON BLU-RAY Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson team up to crash the digital world in this laugh-out-loud buddy comedy you’ve been searching for! Trying to reboot their obsolete careers, old-school salesmen Billy (Vaughn) and Nick (Wilson) talk their way into an internship progr read more
Claire Denis Retro Comes to the TIFF Bell Lightbox
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Oct 7, 2013
For the first time in more than a decade, Toronto will get a serious look at the work of filmmaker Claire Denis with TIFF Cinematheque’s upcoming retrospective Objects of Desire: The Cinema of Claire Denis, launching Friday, October 11, 2013 at the TIFF Bell Lightbox. After spending time work read more
Indie Watch: Love in Motion
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Sean Fitzpatrick on Oct 6, 2013
I’m consistently tickled by the fact that, despite my general aversion to the genre in my daily life, my Indie Watch column regularly features appraisals of romantic comedies. In my better moments, I just watch the film and try to determine its good and bad qualities without applying too much of my read more
Book Review: The Charley Chase Talkies: 1929-1940
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Oct 6, 2013
In the holy Chaplin-Keaton-Lloyd trinity of silent film comedy, Charley Chase exists outside of the limelight but always earns an honorable mention. Silent comedy fans love this guy (for good reason). But Chase’s post-silent era talkies rarely get much attention. This oversight is so profound read more
Enter to Win The Heat on Blu-ray
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Oct 5, 2013
TURN UP THE HEAT IN THE YEAR’S BIGGEST COMEDY! Get the Unrated Blu-ray™ Combo Pack Loaded with 2 Hours of Hysterical Bonus Features on October 15 Theatrical and Unrated Cuts Available on Digital HD™ October 1 Synopsis Oscar® Winner Sandra Bullock* and Oscar® Nominee Melissa McCarthy** are a read more
Book Review: Very Naughty Boys: The Amazing True Story of Handmade Films
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Oct 5, 2013
The new release from Titan Books Very Naughty Boys: The Amazing True Story of Handmade Films is half celebration, half cautionary tale. The celebration part takes a look at what happens when a brilliant comedy troupe hooks up with one of the world’s biggest (and wealthiest) pop stars, to wit read more
The Mad Mad Mad Comedians (1970)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Bennett O'Brian on Oct 5, 2013
In the world of animation, Rakin/Bass Productions never got to be a household name. However, over the course of their professional partnership, Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin Jr. created some of the most enduring and nostalgia-inspiring holiday specials like Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964) and read more
Enter to Win American Horror Story: Asylum on Blu-ray
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Oct 4, 2013
NOMINATED FOR 19 EMMY AWARDS® INCLUDING OUTSTANDING MINISERIES AND OUTSTANDING CAST, “AMERICAN HORROR STORY: ASYLUM” DEBUTS ON BLU-RAY™ AND DVD ENTER TO WIN A COPY OF THE BLU-RAY OUT OCTOBER 8th American Horror Story: Asylum Experience the chilling new incarnation of TV’s most daringly read more
Book Review: Dark Victory: The Life of Bette Davis
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Laura Grande on Oct 4, 2013
Film historian Ed Sikov’s 2008 book Dark Victory: The Life of Bette Davis is not so much a biography as a detailed overview of the thespian’s filmography. Sikov, playing the film critic, discusses Davis’ performance in each film and provides an analysis of her abilities in each ro read more
Happy Birthday Buster Keaton, Here’s a T-Shirt
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Oct 4, 2013
Buster Keaton, the best that ever was, was born October 4, 1895. To celebrate we’ve got a new (and super awesome) Buster Keaton t-shirt design. The artwork is an original illustration for Pretty Clever Film’s very own Ben O’Brian – yep, the guy who brings you Saturday Mornin read more