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Abel Gance’s Napoleon Just as Awesome as We Thought (1)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Mar 27, 2012
The interwebs are ablaze with eye-witness reports of the San Francisco Silent Film Festival’s presentation of Kevin Brownlow’s restorationof Abel Gance’s Napoleon. Who would have thought you could pack the house for a 5 plus hour silent epic. Well, silent films fans, that’s read more
Abel Gance’s Napoleon Just as Awesome as We Thought (2)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Mar 27, 2012
The interwebs are ablaze with eye-witness reports of the San Francisco Silent Film Festival’s presentation of Kevin Brownlow’s restorationof Abel Gance’s Napoleon. Who would have thought you could pack the house for a 5 plus hour silent epic. Well, silent films fans, that’s read more
Avi Federgreen Launches Edmonton Based Film Production Company River Valley Films (1)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Mar 26, 2012
Avi Federgreen, acclaimed Canadian film producer and founder of Federgreen Entertainment and IndieCan Entertainment, announced today the launch of River Valley Films, a new film production company based in Edmonton, Alberta. With River Valley Films, Federgreen both salutes his hometown of Edmonton read more
Avi Federgreen Launches Edmonton Based Film Production Company River Valley Films (2)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Mar 26, 2012
Avi Federgreen, acclaimed Canadian film producer and founder of Federgreen Entertainment and IndieCan Entertainment, announced today the launch of River Valley Films, a new film production company based in Edmonton, Alberta. With River Valley Films, Federgreen both salutes his hometown of Edmonton read more
Film Friday | Weekly Roundup (3)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Mar 23, 2012
Pretty Clever Film Gal’s fingers were flying all week to bring you the Toronto Silent Film Festival preview this week, resulting in what may be the first ever silent film induced case of carpal tunnel syndrome. But don’t fret my pets, this did not slow me down from my self-appointed ro read more
Film Friday | Weekly Roundup (47)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Mar 23, 2012
Pretty Clever Film Gal’s fingers were flying all week to bring you the Toronto Silent Film Festival preview this week, resulting in what may be the first ever silent film induced case of carpal tunnel syndrome. But don’t fret my pets, this did not slow me down from my self-appointed ro read more
TSFF Preview: Blood and Sand (1922) (1)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Mar 22, 2012
Bieber-fever is a trifling allergy attack compared to the fan fueled adoration of cinema’s “Latin Lover,” Rodolfo Alfonso Raffaello Pierre Filibert Guglielmi di Valentina D’Antonguolla – or Rudolph Valentino, if you’re nasty. Valentino was the first movie star a read more
TSFF Preview: Variety (1925) (1)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Mar 22, 2012
Grab your socks ladies and gentlemen, because the 2012 Toronto Silent Film Festival closes with the box office smash of 1925, E.A. Dupont‘s Variety. A masterpiece of German expressionism starring Emil Jannings (because what masterpiece of German expressionism doesn’t star Emil Jannings read more
Toronto Silent Film Festival Preview (1)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Mar 22, 2012
We’re heading into the final countdown… only one week ’til the launch of the 2012 Toronto Silent Film Festival! Heck to the yeah. At this point in a run-up to a film festival, reviewers would have screeners in their grubby little paws and would be anxiously rolling the dice about read more
TSFF Preview: Tabu – A Tale of the South Seas (1931) (1)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Mar 22, 2012
This year the Toronto Silent Film Festival will present F.W. Murnau’s Tabu – A Take of the South Seas on March 30. All silent film fans know F.W. Murnau, master of German expressionism and power house of silent cinema. Wait a minute – did I just say German expressionism? That pos read more
TSFF Preview: 1000 Laffs – Playmates
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Mar 22, 2012
You do not have a silent film fest until you bring in the clowns and Toronto Silent Film Festival will be delivering the goods on April 1 with 1000 Laffs – Playmates, a program of silent shorts. Silent comedy is, of course, dominated by the holy auteur trinity of Buster Keaton – Charli read more
TSFF Preview: Blood and Sand (1922) (2)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Mar 22, 2012
Bieber-fever is a trifling allergy attack compared to the fan fueled adoration of cinema’s “Latin Lover,” Rodolfo Alfonso Raffaello Pierre Filibert Guglielmi di Valentina D’Antonguolla – or Rudolph Valentino, if you’re nasty. Valentino was the first movie star a read more
TSFF Preview: The Italian Straw Hat (1927)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Mar 22, 2012
On April 2, Toronto Silent Film Festival presents a comedy of a different stripe with Rene Clair‘s The Italian Straw Hat. A comedy of manners rather than a slapstick, this French farce features a bride, a groom, an ill-mannered horse, a pretty young lady of questionable morals, and an angry read more
TSFF Preview: Variety (1925) (2)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Mar 22, 2012
Grab your socks ladies and gentlemen, because the 2012 Toronto Silent Film Festival closes with the box office smash of 1925, E.A. Dupont‘s Variety. A masterpiece of German expressionism starring Emil Jannings (because what masterpiece of German expressionism doesn’t star Emil Jannings read more
Toronto Silent Film Festival Preview (2)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Mar 22, 2012
We’re heading into the final countdown… only one week ’til the launch of the 2012 Toronto Silent Film Festival! Heck to the yeah. At this point in a run-up to a film festival, reviewers would have screeners in their grubby little paws and would be anxiously rolling the dice about read more
TSFF Preview: Tabu – A Tale of the South Seas (1931) (2)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Mar 22, 2012
This year the Toronto Silent Film Festival will present F.W. Murnau’s Tabu – A Take of the South Seas on March 30. All silent film fans know F.W. Murnau, master of German expressionism and power house of silent cinema. Wait a minute – did I just say German expressionism? That pos read more
TSFF Preview: Our Dancing Daughters (1928) (1)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Mar 21, 2012
The Toronto Silent Film Festival kicks off on March 29, 2012 with Our Dancing Daughters. Or maybe I should say it Charlestons off. This 1928 silent classic directed by Harry Beaumont is a jazzy look at the flappers and fops of 1920′s America and stars a very young Joan Crawford. And I mean v read more
TSFF Preview: Our Dancing Daughters (1928) (2)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Mar 21, 2012
The Toronto Silent Film Festival kicks off on March 29, 2012 with Our Dancing Daughters. Or maybe I should say it Charlestons off. This 1928 silent classic directed by Harry Beaumont is a jazzy look at the flappers and fops of 1920′s America and stars a very young Joan Crawford. And I mean v read more
The State of Canadian Animation and 3 Animators to Watch (1)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Mar 19, 2012
Ever wonder what’s hip and happening in Canadian animation these days? I thought so. I found out and explained in a piece for Toronto Film Scene. Check it out. Much as it is with all kinds, genres, and flavors of film making, Toronto (and Canada in general), is ripe with animation tal read more
It’s coming! The Toronto Silent Film Festival Launches on March 29! (1)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Mar 19, 2012
I am so excited I could spit! The Toronto Silent Film Festival launches on March 29. Check out my news piece at Toronto Film Scene. Film festivals are generally all about the new and the next, presenting specific challenges to the critics charged with previewing them. Not so with The Toronto Silen read more