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Review: The Great Train Robbery (1903) (2)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Dec 17, 2012
The Great Train Robbery is a 1903 American Western film written, produced, and directed by Edwin S. Porter. The story opens with two masked bandits breaking into a railroad telegraph office, where they force the operator at gunpoint to stop the train at the station’s water tan. When the train read more
Review: The Divine Lady (1929) (2)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Dec 17, 2012
The Divine Lady (1929) is an historical drama based on the true life love affair between Emma Hart and Admiral Horatio Nelson of the British Navy. The story opens with the arrival of slatternly Emma Hart, a cook’s daughter, at the home of Charles Greville. Emma becomes Greville’s kept w read more
Film Friday Weekly Round Up (1)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Dec 14, 2012
I made the somewhat arbitrary holiday season resolution to NOT watch A Christmas Story. Why? By my rough, back-of-the-envelope calculations I’ve seen this movie at least 28 times, but accounting for years with multiple viewings in one season, probably more like 34, maybe as many as 38. So I&# read more
Film Friday Weekly Round Up (3)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Dec 14, 2012
I made the somewhat arbitrary holiday season resolution to NOT watch A Christmas Story. Why? By my rough, back-of-the-envelope calculations I’ve seen this movie at least 28 times, but accounting for years with multiple viewings in one season, probably more like 34, maybe as many as 38. So I&# read more
Brandy & Ben See Django at the TIFF Bell Lightbox (1)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Dec 11, 2012
In the ramp up to the release of Quentin Tarantino’s hotly anticipated new movie, TIFF Bell Lightbox is screening Sergio Corbucci’s 1966 Django. This movie might rightfully be subtitled: The patient zero movie that launched 30-100 not-quite-official sequels featuring the character of Dj read more
Gallery of Images from Django (1966) (1)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Dec 11, 2012
Sergio Corbucci’s 1966 Django is the cheesy spaghetti western that launched a billion imitations, including Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained. If you enjoy discussion, check out Brandy & Ben See Django at TIFF Bell Lightbox. If you just like to look at pictures, enjoy this galler read more
Brandy & Ben See Django at the TIFF Bell Lightbox (2)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Dec 11, 2012
In the ramp up to the release of Quentin Tarantino’s hotly anticipated new movie, TIFF Bell Lightbox is screening Sergio Corbucci’s 1966 Django. This movie might rightfully be subtitled: The patient zero movie that launched 30-100 not-quite-official sequels featuring the character of Dj read more
Gallery of Images from Django (1966) (2)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Dec 11, 2012
Sergio Corbucci’s 1966 Django is the cheesy spaghetti western that launched a billion imitations, including Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained. If you enjoy discussion, check out Brandy & Ben See Django at TIFF Bell Lightbox. If you just like to look at pictures, enjoy this galler read more
Pretty Clever Film’s Ultimate Movie Lover’s Holiday Gift Guide (1)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Dec 10, 2012
So here it is, Pretty Clever FIlm’s Ultimate Movie Lover’s Holiday Gift Guide. Ask and ye shall receive, film fans! I asked all of you what’s on your holiday wish list and you responded in droves. Here are the highlights of what Pretty Clever Film’s readers are hoping to fin read more
Pretty Clever Film’s Ultimate Movie Lover’s Holiday Gift Guide (2)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Dec 10, 2012
So here it is, Pretty Clever FIlm’s Ultimate Movie Lover’s Holiday Gift Guide. Ask and ye shall receive, film fans! I asked all of you what’s on your holiday wish list and you responded in droves. Here are the highlights of what Pretty Clever Film’s readers are hoping to fin read more
Georges Méliès and the Birth of Filmmaking (1)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Dec 8, 2012
Georges Méliès was born on December 8, 1861. I says hats off (or heads off if you’re as talented as Monsieur Méliès) to the man who first recognized cinema’s potential for magic. To honor the bday of one of cinema’s greatest pioneers, here’s a repost of a Méliès primer read more
Georges Méliès and the Birth of Filmmaking (2)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Dec 8, 2012
Georges Méliès was born on December 8, 1861. I says hats off (or heads off if you’re as talented as Monsieur Méliès) to the man who first recognized cinema’s potential for magic. To honor the bday of one of cinema’s greatest pioneers, here’s a repost of a Méliès primer read more
Film Friday Weekly Roundup (1)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Dec 7, 2012
It’s beginning to look a lot like… Holiday movie time. Yep, time to dust off It’s a Wonderful Life, A Christmas Carol, A Christmas Story or whatever holiday movie floats your boat. (If you keep reading, you’ll get to Robert Osborne’s favs!) Some holiday movies really a read more
Film Friday Weekly Roundup (13)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Dec 7, 2012
It’s beginning to look a lot like… Holiday movie time. Yep, time to dust off It’s a Wonderful Life, A Christmas Carol, A Christmas Story or whatever holiday movie floats your boat. (If you keep reading, you’ll get to Robert Osborne’s favs!) Some holiday movies really a read more
Watch It and Review It: Be My Wife (1921) (1)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Dec 6, 2012
Be My Wife (1921) was written and directed by and stars Max Linder. Linder is a little bit like the rich man’s Charlie Chaplin. While Linder was actually French and always “European,” his recurring comic character of Max was popular with American audiences for awhile. But the prev read more
Watch It and Review It: Be My Wife (1921) (2)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Dec 6, 2012
Be My Wife (1921) was written and directed by and stars Max Linder. Linder is a little bit like the rich man’s Charlie Chaplin. While Linder was actually French and always “European,” his recurring comic character of Max was popular with American audiences for awhile. But the prev read more
Dickens on Screen at TIFF Bell Lightbox (1)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Dec 5, 2012
As part of the global fete of Charles Dickens’ 200th birthday, TIFF Cinematheque is launching a retrospective of the famed author’s various screen incarnations. From the famous to the rare, from the classic to the contemporary, “Dickens on Screen” promises to be a rare treat read more
Dickens on Screen at TIFF Bell Lightbox (2)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Dec 5, 2012
As part of the global fete of Charles Dickens’ 200th birthday, TIFF Cinematheque is launching a retrospective of the famed author’s various screen incarnations. From the famous to the rare, from the classic to the contemporary, “Dickens on Screen” promises to be a rare treat read more
Review: The Petrified Forest (1936) (1)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by benobrian on Dec 1, 2012
The Petrified Forest begins with a solitary hitchhiker wandering through the dusty desolation of an Arizona desert road; his canteen empty and his walking stick leading the way as automobiles and tumble weeds pass him by. He eventually makes it to a lonely gas station diner with the words “LAST CHA read more
Gallery: The Petrified Forest (1936) (1)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Dec 1, 2012
Now that you’ve read Ben O’Brian’s rockin’ review of The Petrified Forest, you probably want more. (Who doesn’t want more Humphrey Bogart. He’s kind of like cowbell that way). Check out this gallery of production stills from The Petrified Forest featuring Humphre read more