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Book Review: The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made

Pretty Clever Films Posted by Laura Grande on Mar 13, 2014

While taking a drama workshop in San Francisco in the late-1990s, aspiring actor Greg Sestero never guessed he was on a collision course that would result in a long-standing friendship with a much-older wannabe auteur named Tommy Wiseau. An abrasive, egotistical mess of emotions, Wiseau had ambitio read more

The Mubi Cinematheque: Terminal Island (1973)

Pretty Clever Films Posted by Jason Wilson on Mar 12, 2014

Terminal Island is currently available on Mubi. Sign up for a free trial here. Many of the movies that have been popping up on Mubi have exploitation themes at their core. Vampire Hookers, as bad as it was, was all about its sex and lewd pseudo-humour. It pushed the envelope, even in the edgier 197 read more

Oscars In Memoriam: 20 Years Later

Pretty Clever Films Posted by Lesley Coffin on Mar 11, 2014

If there is one segment in the annual Academy Awards telecast/ceremony which regularly causes debate, it is the In Memoriam montage.  What should be a moving, sentimental segment always causes outcry over how it is handled – leaving the microphones on to hear random applause, the choice of mu read more

They Made Me a Criminal (1939) (2)

Pretty Clever Films Posted by Wade Sheeler on Mar 10, 2014

Something of a sensation in the late 30s and 40s, the Dead End kids made a string of hits at Warner Brothers. They were first seen in the 1937 Samuel Goldwyn smash, Dead End, based on the successful Broadway play. Warner Brothers, seeing a potential goldmine, scooped them up from Goldwyn and made s read more

The Mubi Cinematheque: Vampire Hookers (1978)

Pretty Clever Films Posted by Jason Wilson on Mar 6, 2014

Vampire Hookers is currently available on Mubi. Sign up for a free trial here. First, a disclaimer. I have always had a hard time with camp. The craze of “it’s so bad it’s good” has never made much sense to me. If it’s bad, it’s still bad regardless of whether or read more

Overlooked Gems: Goodbye Again (1961)

Pretty Clever Films Posted by Lesley Coffin on Mar 6, 2014

I try to avoid reviewing movies as Overlooked Gems which aren’t readily available.  However, I felt a review of Goodbye Again was required as 1) its a great movie, 2) it regularly shows up on public broadcasting and TCM, and 3) they should be re-releasing this film in North America.  Goodbye read more

Human Rights Watch Film Festival: Big Men

Pretty Clever Films Posted by Jason Wilson on Mar 4, 2014

As Big Men opens, it’s clear what the message will be. There are two quotes about the nature of greed and human-kind’s proclivities toward it. The first explains that greed is easily deflected, and that it’s always the “other guy” who is truly greedy. The second is fro read more

Scenes from the City: Filmmaking in New York

Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Mar 3, 2014

To live in New York City is to star in the movie of your own life. To live in New York City for a long time is to begin to doubt who’s the lead player in that drama, you or the city itself. Thanks to actual movies, New York City – perhaps the most frequently cast but uncredited extra in read more

True Detective

Pretty Clever Films Posted by Jared Bratt on Mar 3, 2014

Four episodes in and I’m hooked. “In for the long haul” as they say. Building off of its already established league of classy excellence, HBO’s True Detective is only excelling with age, and I have to say it does indeed feel good to be back in the swing of things, television read more

Buffalo ’66

Pretty Clever Films Posted by Jared Bratt on Mar 3, 2014

I recently double-dipped (as I knew I eventually would) with Vincent Galo’s 1998 revelation of an indie opus, Buffalo ’66. Yes, it was probably about three-plus weeks ago that I received an anonymous Facebook message detailing the sole image of Buffalo ‘66′s standard poster/ read more

Morning Glory (1933) (2)

Pretty Clever Films Posted by Wade Sheeler on Mar 3, 2014

Katherine Hepburn’s star was rising when she “agreed” to be in her third film, following head turning freshman and sophomore performances in 1932’s A Bill of Divorcement and 1933’s Christopher Strong. Her agent-lover Leland Hayward was able to finagle a heretofore unheard of deal with RKO read more

The Academy Awards: A Guilty Pleasure

Pretty Clever Films Posted by Jared Bratt on Mar 2, 2014

For me, watching the Oscars is kind of like being in a bar, ordering a caesar-salad, and just one single pint. Watching the Oscars is kind of like being back in early high-school orchestrating plans to see Home Alone 3 (in theaters) when I knew all  logic dictated that I should actually be at home read more

The Longest Yawn: Original Song @ the Academy Awards

Pretty Clever Films Posted by Christina Stewart on Mar 1, 2014

Before I get into it, let me just state that I enjoy watching the Oscars every year, even the all the Red Carpet stuff. I plan my cocktail and dinner menus, sit back and partake in the spectacle that is the Oscars, BUT there is one segment of the show that drives me over the edge: the Best Original read more

Three Orphan Kittens (1935)

Pretty Clever Films Posted by Bennett O'Brian on Mar 1, 2014

In terms of Oscar nominations, it’s extremely rare for a performer or filmmaker to be nominated twice in the same category within the same year. In 1939, Michael Curtiz was nominated twice for directing Angels with Dirty Faces and Four Daughters but lost the trophy to Frank Capra. During the first read more

Human Rights Watch Film Festival: Saving Face

Pretty Clever Films Posted by Toyiah Murry on Feb 28, 2014

I was introduced to the horrific realities of acid attacks at an early age while watching an episode of “The Montel Williams Show” early one morning. It was an episode I’ll never forget. On it, a woman from Jamaica whose face appeared plastic as if wearing a prosthetic mask, discussed read more

5 Best Picture Winners that Didn’t Deserve the Win

Pretty Clever Films Posted by Toyiah Murry on Feb 27, 2014

Oscar nominations usually gets fans and critics alike riled up. The discussion of what films were “snubbed” are common centerpieces during Oscar season. But every few years a Best Picture winner sparks outrage and disappointment from viewers, usually because it doesn’t represent read more

Givenchy on Film

Pretty Clever Films Posted by Christina Stewart on Feb 26, 2014

French fashion designer Hubert de Givenchy and Audrey Hepburn created an image of timeless glamour onscreen. This glamour has now permeated every facet of our lives and has become the epitome of class. I can still remember buying my first pair of Givenchy silk stockings and feeling oh so glamorous read more

The Mubi Cinematheque: Accattone (1961)

Pretty Clever Films Posted by Jason Wilson on Feb 26, 2014

Accattone is currently available on Mubi. Sign up for a free trial here. Pier Paolo Pasolini’s first film will prove difficult for those who need a sympathetic lead character to latch onto. Vittorio eschews his own name in favor of a nickname, which is how everyone he knows refers to him. Thi read more

Best Picture Honors in Hindsight

Pretty Clever Films Posted by Lesley Coffin on Feb 25, 2014

Sometimes the Best Picture winners seem obvious…and sometimes we look back at them with a bit of confusion.  Today, we are blessed with the gift of hindsight.  We know the film which have lasted in our popular culture memories longer than a single year, the films which proved to make the big read more

RoboCop, American Exceptionalism and the Common Good

Pretty Clever Films Posted by Bennett O'Brian on Feb 25, 2014

In 1987, Deputy Commissioner of Metropolitan Police Service of London Ian Blair stated that the “freedom from crime and the fear of crime is not a commodity which should be controlled by market forces.” That same year, RoboCop successfully played on our innate mistrust of authority in order to impa read more
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