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Film Friday – Weekly Round Up (1)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on May 11, 2012
What a beautiful Friday morning it’s shaping up to be! It’s sunny and mild, and I hope you’re not reading this because you’re out in it, or you’re at the Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid classic film weekend hosted by the Toronto Film Society at the Carlton! But read more
Film Friday – Weekly Round Up (2)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on May 11, 2012
What a beautiful Friday morning it’s shaping up to be! It’s sunny and mild, and I hope you’re not reading this because you’re out in it, or you’re at the Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid classic film weekend hosted by the Toronto Film Society at the Carlton! But read more
Review: Hitler: The Comedy Years (1)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on May 8, 2012
How could I not want to watch a documentary titled Hitler: The Comedy Years? This doc has a really fascinating premise – in short, Great Britain viewed ridicule as it’s greatest anti-Nazi weapon. Now, that’s interesting. In the end, the doc doesn’t quite hold up. It&# read more
Review: Hitler: The Comedy Years (2)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on May 8, 2012
How could I not want to watch a documentary titled Hitler: The Comedy Years? This doc has a really fascinating premise – in short, Great Britain viewed ridicule as it’s greatest anti-Nazi weapon. Now, that’s interesting. In the end, the doc doesn’t quite hold up. It&# read more
Watch: His Regeneration (1915) (1)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on May 7, 2012
Let’s play spot the Chaplin! His Regeneration was released on May 7, 1915 by Essanay Studios. In it, a criminal type get in an argument over a dance hall gal. Notable mostly for featuring an uncredited Charlie Chaplin in the role of “a customer.” Release date: May 7, 1915 read more
Short Films from the Golden Age of Comedy
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on May 7, 2012
The golden age of the short film and the golden age of comedy are one in the same. Here’s a look at a few of my favorites from the silent era, when all films were short films, and the comic geniuses were at play. Get ready for a yuks and chucks! Short film is the almost ideal vehicle for come read more
Watch: His Regeneration (1915) (2)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on May 7, 2012
Let’s play spot the Chaplin! His Regeneration was released on May 7, 1915 by Essanay Studios. In it, a criminal type get in an argument over a dance hall gal. Notable mostly for featuring an uncredited Charlie Chaplin in the role of “a customer.” Release date: May 7, 1915 read more
Film Friday – Weekly Roundup (1)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on May 4, 2012
I’m going to call this week’s Film Friday – Weekly Roundup: The Super-sized Edition. I mean just look at all those links! I am obviously inspired by the interwebs this week, and obviously NOT just avoiding doing other, boring work. Obviously. And never you mind that it̵ read more
Watch Caught in the Rain (1914) (1)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on May 4, 2012
See Charlie Chaplin in Caught in the Rain (1914). I’m going four stars on this one, since it’s Charlie, Keystone Studios, and funny. Cast Direction Release Date May 4, 1914 Caught in the Raincharlie chaplinKeystone Studiosonline movies read more
Film Friday – Weekly Roundup (3)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on May 4, 2012
I’m going to call this week’s Film Friday – Weekly Roundup: The Super-sized Edition. I mean just look at all those links! I am obviously inspired by the interwebs this week, and obviously NOT just avoiding doing other, boring work. Obviously. And never you mind that it̵ read more
Watch Caught in the Rain (1914) (2)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on May 4, 2012
See Charlie Chaplin in Caught in the Rain (1914). I’m going four stars on this one, since it’s Charlie, Keystone Studios, and funny. Cast Direction Release Date May 4, 1914 Caught in the Raincharlie chaplinKeystone Studiosonline movies read more
The Mystery of the Leaping Fish (1916) (1)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on May 3, 2012
I give the Mystery of the Leaping Fish 5 stars just for it weirdness and it’s Little Fish Blower. Read my review here. Cast Douglas Fairbanks … Coke Ennyday
Bessie Love … The Little Fish Blower
Alma Rubens … His Female Accomplice
Allan Sears … Gent Rolling in W read more
Review: The Mystery of the Leaping Fish (1916) (1)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on May 3, 2012
Thanks to the generosity and hospitality of an awesome Toronto film fan, I had the opportunity to see The Mystery of the Leaping Fish last weekend. I’ve seen this silent short before, but it’s been awhile and I had forgotten how truly weird and oddball it is. I think a lot of sil read more
The Mystery of the Leaping Fish (1916) (2)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on May 3, 2012
I give the Mystery of the Leaping Fish 5 stars just for it weirdness and it’s Little Fish Blower. Read my review here. Cast Douglas Fairbanks … Coke Ennyday
Bessie Love … The Little Fish Blower
Alma Rubens … His Female Accomplice
Allan Sears … Gent Rolling in W read more
Review: The Mystery of the Leaping Fish (1916) (2)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on May 3, 2012
Thanks to the generosity and hospitality of an awesome Toronto film fan, I had the opportunity to see The Mystery of the Leaping Fish last weekend. I’ve seen this silent short before, but it’s been awhile and I had forgotten how truly weird and oddball it is. I think a lot of sil read more
5 Awesome Anthology Films (1)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on May 2, 2012
What’s an anthology film you ask? It’s one of those feature films that’s really a bunch of short films or disparate narratives stitched together somehow. Sometimes they’re called omnibus films, or (my personal fav) portmanteau films. But, dear readers, I wrote this piece mer read more
5 Awesome Anthology Films (2)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on May 2, 2012
What’s an anthology film you ask? It’s one of those feature films that’s really a bunch of short films or disparate narratives stitched together somehow. Sometimes they’re called omnibus films, or (my personal fav) portmanteau films. But, dear readers, I wrote this piece mer read more
The Toronto Film Society Presents the “Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid” Film Weekend (2)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on May 1, 2012
For the past 45 years, the Toronto Film Society has hosted a May film weekend in northern Ontario, and now for the first time ever, the May film weekend will play out right here in Toronto. The “Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid” Weekend will run from Friday, May 11 through Sunday May 13 at Toronto’ read more
Strike (1925) (1)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Apr 28, 2012
Sergei Eisenstein’s Strike was released on April 28, 1925. Sometimes I like to imagine what would have happened if Eisenstein had given up on collectivism, focused on individualism, and become a good old fashioned Hollywood capitalist. Or better yet, if he had just been born in Germany read more
Strike (1925) (2)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Apr 28, 2012
Sergei Eisenstein’s Strike was released on April 28, 1925. Sometimes I like to imagine what would have happened if Eisenstein had given up on collectivism, focused on individualism, and become a good old fashioned Hollywood capitalist. Or better yet, if he had just been born in Germany read more