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Indie Watch: The Winking Boy
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Sean Fitzpatrick on Jul 28, 2013
A rest and rehabilitation facility isn’t an obvious setting for a comedy. Most narratives about the infirm, their caregivers, and their surroundings focus on tragic circumstances, but those sad stories often omit scenes that would present even the slightest possibility of laughter and joy, and ther read more
John Randolph Bray: Animation’s First Mogul
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Bennett O'Brian on Jul 27, 2013
Before Porky, Mickey and Betty Boop, even before Felix the Cat and Koko the Clown, there were the animated antics of something called Colonel Heeza Liar (as in He’s-a Liar. Get it?) All but forgotten a century later, Heeza Liar has the distinction of being the first recurring cartoon character to read more
49 Years, 49 Films: Part II
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Wade Sheeler on Jul 26, 2013
Now that the dreaded week is here, and my age is one number higher than my previous post, it’s time to finish off my list of personal favorite films, one per year, up to 2012. For 1964 – 1988, check out last week’s list. (Disclaimer: The films chosen do not in any reflect the opinions of PRETTY read more
10 Things About Some Like It Hot
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Laura Grande on Jul 26, 2013
Recently, I had the pleasure of revisiting Billy Wilder’s 1959 masterpiece Some Like It Hot at Toronto’s TIFF Bell Lightbox. The film was introduced by director Ivan Reitman and he cited numerous reasons as to why Wilder’s comedy has had such an enduring impact on both his love fo read more
Blu-ray Review: Trance
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Sean Fitzpatrick on Jul 26, 2013
“No life is worth a piece of art.” This statement is repeated numerous times at the beginning of Danny Boyle’s new psychological thriller, Trance (which is coming out on Blu-ray this Tuesday). As the film progresses, this statement, which at first seems like a redundant no-brainer, becomes a philos read more
Top 10 Unhappy Movie Endings
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Sophie Vickers on Jul 25, 2013
Everyone of us probably has that one particular film where no matter how many times we view it, we still feel that sad, gloomy feeling once it’s over. There’s often something extremely cathartic about a film where you can have a good, hard cry afterwards. There are hundreds, probably ev read more
The Mubi Cinematheque: Strike (1925)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Jul 25, 2013
Strike is currently available for streaming on Mubi. Get a free trial and watch it today. Strike (Russian title Stachka) was director Sergei Eisenstein’s debut and the only film he made before directing the cinematic masterpiece Battleship Potemkin. Still, from the moment Eisenstein took cam read more
What A Way To Go! (1964)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Christina Stewart on Jul 24, 2013
What a concept! What a cast! What a wardrobe! Twentieth Century-Fox’s film What A Way To Go! is quite the star-studded affair. I mean you can’t really go wrong with a Betty Comden and Adolph Green screenplay, J. Lee Thompson direction, Sydney Guilaroff hairstyles, Ben Nye and Frank Westmore makeup, read more
Top 5 Reasons Why William Powell and Myrna Loy are One of the Best Movie Couples Ever
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Claire Dunderman on Jul 22, 2013
Growing up, I always loved watching classic film couples interact. I hate to sound like “that guy,” but the chemistry just felt more genuine than some of the sloppily thrown together couples of today (I mean, just look at every couple in New Year’s Eve). One couple I particularly read more
Movie Review: Picnic (1955)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Jul 22, 2013
So Picnic… geez, where do I even start with Picnic? In the course of the movie, Kim Novak’s Madge has the occasion to say, “What good is it only being pretty? I get tired of being looked at.” That seems like a fitting enough tagline for the movie itself. While this 1955 dram read more
Indie Watch: A Day’s Messing
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Sean Fitzpatrick on Jul 21, 2013
For contemporary filmmakers, recreating the aesthetics of pre-sound cinema is a double-edged sword. The idea seems like a screenwriting shortcut (“Hey! I don’t need to write dialogue!”), but its execution involves far more than an absence of talking. The film stock needs to look authentically read more
49 Years, 49 Films: Part 1
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Wade Sheeler on Jul 19, 2013
It is with great sadness that I announce that next week I shall be 49 years old. Ouch! Perhaps the only way to lessen the blow is to look back and give you my personal birthday list for the best film of each year, from 1964 to 2013. With such a massive list comes great responsibility, as well as th read more
Movie Review: My Man Godfrey (1936)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Laura Grande on Jul 19, 2013
With the emergence of the “screwball comedy” in the 1930s, Hollywood discovered a sure-fire way to lift the spirits of an American populace struggling to survive the Depression. Audiences sought a reprieve from their daily hardships in the form of beautiful celebrities who had an effort read more
Top Five Disastrous Film Weddings
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Sophie Vickers on Jul 18, 2013
To bring out an old cliche, weddings are meant to be the happiest day of your life. On screen, however, they can often be far from perfect. Anyone who’s ever seen a soap opera will know what a screaming, fighting, sobbing frenzy they can be portrayed to be, and films often highlight the more read more
Talk To Me, Harry Winston: Cinematic Baubles
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Christina Stewart on Jul 17, 2013
They sparkle, glisten and pop on-screen and off. Hollywood jewels have been catching our eyes and hearts since movies began. These cinematic baubles have adorned our favorite male and female stars, their clothes, and accessories. They’ve even had movies centered around them. Our fascination with th read more
Blogdanovich
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Jul 17, 2013
For most film bloggers, there’s probably a little niggling fear of doubt when that blog is launched – who will read this? will anyone care? am I talking to myself. I’m going to hazard a guess, though, that there blog nightmares did not plague Peter Bogdanovich at the outset of Blo read more
Crushing on Danny Boyle
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Jared Bratt on Jul 16, 2013
Besides Robert Rodriguez (his earlier work being the major influence) and now David Lynch, Danny Boyle would be the other seminal runner-up in influencing how I’m trying to realistically shape or direct my own filmmaking endeavors. What I admire about Boyle’s career specifically, other read more
The Criterion Contraption
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Jul 16, 2013
We all remember Julie who cooked her way through Julia Child’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking and we’re all familiar with bloggers who are working their way through 1001 Movies to See Before You Die. But it was only yesterday that I discovered The Criterion Contraption and Matthew read more
Kick Ass Ladies in Film – Lucille Fay LeSueur as Joan Crawford
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Jul 15, 2013
That’s right – I’m talking about the ultimate in female bad assery – Joan Crawford as… herself. From her humble beginnings as a contract hoofer to her final starring role as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Pepsi Cola Co., Crawford kicked and clawed her way to read more
Top 3 Screen Screams
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Claire Dunderman on Jul 15, 2013
One of the cheesiest things in movies is a bad screen scream. You just sort of sit and cringe and just pray for it to be over. There are some screams, however, that are truly bloodcurdling and terrifying. Just even thinking about these horrible screen screams give me the shivers. “Oh my God!! read more