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Henry Jaglom and Orson Welles, On Screen: A Safe Place and Someone to Love
Pretty Clever Films Posted by John McIntyre on Aug 9, 2013
Henry Jaglom directed Orson Welles in two films, his debut, 1971’s A Safe Place, and Someone to Love, Welles’s last screen appearance. They’re essentially bookends to the friendship of the two men. In addition to showing Jaglom’s evolution as a filmmaker, they give a sense of Welles’ aura, read more
The MUBI Cinematheque: Scarlet Street (1945)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Aug 8, 2013
Scarlett Street (1945) is one of the better known of director Fritz Lang’s American offerings. It’s also a well loved one, though at the time of it’s release it was viewed as mostly lame follow-up to Lang’s The Woman in the Window, which included the same casting triangle of read more
Cinematic Style: Evelyn Brent
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Christina Stewart on Aug 7, 2013
Unless you’re a devotee of Josef von Sternberg’s films of the late 1920’s you probably haven’t heard of Evelyn Brent. More than likely you’ve seen images of her, for she was a striking beauty, but you just can’t seem to place her or remember who she was. Brent was a popular Paramount silent read more
Modern Love: The Films of Leos Carax at TIFF
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Jovana Jankovic on Aug 7, 2013
It’s either fitting or bewildering that my introduction to the work of French auteur Leos Carax began with his latest film, the confounding and haunting Holy Motors (2012). Carax’s cinematic universes and the progression (if it can be called that) of his life’s work are hardly lin read more
Movie Review: Don’t Look Now (1973)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by John Munshour on Aug 6, 2013
For all of it’s impressive cinematography, excellent acting, and nuanced writing, when Nicholas Roeg’s 1973 suspense masterpiece Don’t Look Now is brought up, it’s often in the context of whether or not the film’s sex scenes are real. Julie Christie and Donald Sutherla read more
Blu-ray Review: To the Wonder
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Sean Fitzpatrick on Aug 5, 2013
To the Wonder, the new film from Texan auteur Terrence Malick, is the first release from the director since his 2011 Palme D’or-winning and Oscar-nominated philosophical tract, Tree of Life. Tree of Life and To the Wonder are closer in age than any other pair of works in the director’s famously read more
The Degenerate Opus of Walter Ruttmann
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Bennett O'Brian on Aug 3, 2013
While endeavoring to redefine who was and wasn’t considered a human being, the cultural policies of Adolph Hitler’s government also sought to redefine what was and wasn’t considered art. Starting in the mid-1930s the German government banned and publicly destroyed artwork viewed to be modernist read more
Blu-ray Review: Quicksilver (1986)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Aug 2, 2013
Do you remember when Kevin Bacon was smooth-faced and adorable? Do you love a great “getting things done” montage? Do you long for the days when bad guys drove Gran Torinos and used them as weapons? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then I have some fabulous news for you &# read more
Lomography Sale on Now
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Aug 2, 2013
Look, we all like images here at Pretty Clever Films. We like to look at them, especially when they move. We like to think about them. We like to talk about them (and write about them!). But I’m guessing, like me, many of you like to make ‘em as well. And now that Lomography Canada has read more
Review: Murder, He Says (1945)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Wade Sheeler on Aug 2, 2013
Murder, He Says airs Wednesday, August 7th on TCM. Check local listings for times. Not to be confused with, but an homage to the Miss Marple Mystery Murder, She Said, this little gem is really worth a watch. Murder, He Says star Fred MacMurray was one of those few actors as ably suited for comedy a read more
Movie Review: Julia Misbehaves (1948)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Laura Grande on Aug 2, 2013
It was the rare Hollywood film that featured a female lead who abandoned her husband and baby to pursue a career as a music hall performer. But thus is the premise of the MGM comedy, Julia Misbehaves. After completing a series heavy dramas, British star Greer Garson turned her talents to performing read more
Blu-ray Review: Olympus Has Fallen
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Aug 1, 2013
When Olympus Has Fallen hit the multiplex screens, it fell faster than the White House. I’m a sucker for a one man on a rampage action story, so I was mildly interested in seeing it. But the most reliable source of movie recs – word o’mouth marketing – spoke and what it said read more
Top 6 Natalie Portman Moments
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Sophie Vickers on Aug 1, 2013
Jerusalem born Natalie Portman has been acting since she was eleven years old, and since her early days in Leon she’s taken on a huge range of roles, from large Blockbusters (Thor) to small indie roles (Hesher), dramas (Brothers) and rom-coms (No Strings Attached). She’s a hugely divers read more
The Netflix Queue: The Naked City (1948) (1)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Toyiah Murry on Jul 31, 2013
The Naked City is available for Netflix Instant Streaming. The Naked City is a different breed of cat when it comes to the Hollywood Studio System Era of the 1920 through the 50s. The Naked City unfolds to a jolting start for a crime drama of the period. The usual text laden opening credits are abs read more
DVD Review: The Power of Myth: 25th Anniversary Editon
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Jul 31, 2013
Any serious cinephile cannot afford to ignore the seminal six-hour campfire conversation between journalist Bill Moyers and scholar Joseph Campbell that aired on PBS in 1988 under the title The Power of Myth. Hell, any serious anyone – any human being – can ill afford to miss this landm read more
Changing Styles: Why Change Your Wife? (1920)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Christina Stewart on Jul 31, 2013
The inter-war years were undoubtably tremendous times of change, but the crux of this happened in the years immediately following The Great War, and no one highlighted this better than Cecil B. DeMille. By DeMille’s stylish use of the gorgeous Gloria Swanson in a string of fashionable, and dare we read more
The Netflix Queue: The Naked City (1948) (2)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Toyiah Murry on Jul 31, 2013
The Naked City is available for Netflix Instant Streaming. The Naked City is a different breed of cat when it comes to the Hollywood Studio System Era of the 1920 through the 50s. The Naked City unfolds to a jolting start for a crime drama of the period. The usual text laden opening credits are abs read more
Only God Forgives: Some Assembly Required
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Jared Bratt on Jul 30, 2013
I’m being low-key about it but amongst some circles (just my buddy and myself on the phone) I have started to affectionately dub 2013: The year of trip/cinema. Look beyond the river-bend and you can discover a select slew of subversive films (out there on a mainstream basis) that are all defi read more
DVD Review: Tales of the City: 20th Anniversary Edition
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Jul 30, 2013
The impact of Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City and its 1993 television mini-series probably cannot be underestimated. I’m no sociologist, but I distinctly remember the revelation of seeing gay couples on television, a circumstance that we just were not confronted with in mid-1990 read more
3 Classic Film Crossovers That Would Have Been Epic
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Claire Dunderman on Jul 29, 2013
The age of the crossover is upon us – even the fiercest of television enemies (such as Homer Simpson and Peter Griffin) are joining together for even just a little bit of screen time. There are some older films that really could have profited from a classic film crossover. That and it would h read more