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Film Friday | Weekly Roundup (25)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Oct 7, 2011
Wowee! It’s been quite the Buster Keaton -centric week! Buster is near and dear to my heart, so to see such an outpouring of affection and appreciation for him gives me the warm and fuzzies (I think that’s the correct technical term). Pretty Clever Films will be Bustering it up all mont read more
Happy Birthday Buster Keaton!
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Oct 4, 2011
Buster Keaton would have been 116 years old today if, you know, he had had better health insurance. Keaton famously said, “No man can be a genius in slapshoes and a flat hat.” We all know that’s a big fat lie, but we won’t call a man a liar on his birthday. Instead, letR read more
Buster Keaton and Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle (1)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Oct 4, 2011
From Laurel and Hardy to Abbott and Costello to Cheech and Chong (yeah, I said it) – duos make the comedy world go ’round. And why not? You’ve got the yin and the yang, the clown and the straight man, the graceful and the inept – and you’ve got the very large and the read more
Excerpt from James Agee’s “Comedy’s Greatest Era”
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Oct 2, 2011
When someone asks me why they should care about Buster Keaton or Charlie Chaplin or Harold Llyod or silent film in general, I point them to this statement from the great James Agee. All these people zipped and caromed about the pristine world of the screen as jazzily as a convention of water bugs. read more
Happy Buster Keaton Month (otherwise known as October)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Oct 1, 2011
You may have noticed there’s a lot of Buster Keaton news and info flying around the interwebs in the past few days! October 4th is Buster Keaton’s birthday so there is an explosion of Buster love all over the blogosphere. He’s the artist of the month on TCM and many, many bloggers read more
Film Friday | Weekly Roundup (26)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Sep 30, 2011
Well it’s another week done gone, ladies and gents! The weather in Toronto is a little nutty, ranging from downright nippy to warm enough for a/c in a single day. In true Canadian fashion, as soon as the sun peeks out, every man, woman, and child heads outside under the banner of “this read more
Edison Studio’s Frankenstein (1910)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Sep 28, 2011
The 1910 Edison Studios production of Frankenstein is the first film adaptation of Mary Shelley’s novel. Believed to be lost for many years, the film later turned up in the hands of a private collector who proved unwilling to share. By the time BearManor Media released the restored public dom read more
October is a Movie Bonanza!
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Sep 28, 2011
I know I posted about October being Buster Keaton month on TCM yesterday. But the always fab She Blogged By Night dug way deeper and, as she says, TCM “is going to kick your butt first and ask questions never.” Seriously, cruise over there and look at what she rounded up. In addition to read more
TCM Sundays in October: Buster Keaton
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Sep 27, 2011
Clear the calendars y’all, Buster Keaton is TCM’s October artist of the month! And the movie line-up is AMAZING! Check out the full schedule here, clear some space on the dvr, and start stock piling microwave popcorn! buster keatonsundays in octoberTCM read more
Buster Keaton on Candid Camera
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Sep 26, 2011
Ya, know… Monday mornings are no fun at all. Until you come across a clip of Buster Keaton on Candid Camera. Pour yourself a cup of java and enjoy! buster keatoncandid camerayoutube read more
Film Friday Weekly Roundup (11)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Sep 23, 2011
Pretty Clever Film Gal is still recovering from her film festival hangover. Thanks to everyone who hung in with modern movie talk. Now we can get back to our regularly schedule classic and silent movie bonanza. But first, here are a few things I learned at TIFF: 1. Even movie popcorn get old after read more
The Freshman is the Moneyball of 1925
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Sep 23, 2011
For some nice advertorial tie-in to the release of Moneyball, Time.com has a 25 Best Sports Movies of All-Time feature. And, lo-and-behold, Harol Lloyd’s 1925 classic comedy The Freshman is included! Now, I’m not so sure I would necessarily call The Freshman a sports movie, and I’ read more
Keaton or Chaplin? Chaplin or Keaton?
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Sep 22, 2011
Keaton or Chaplin? Chaplin or Keaton? It’s an age old debate. Like yin and yang, black and white, east coast rap and west coast rap, Chaplin and Keaton dwell on opposing ends of the silent comedy genius spectrum. Is it possible to decide which is better? Is it even necessary? Turns out it read more
Kino to Release Buster Keaton’s Go West & Battling Butler on Blu-ray
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Sep 20, 2011
Buster Keaton in Go West Attention all you Blu-ray owners (of whom I’m becoming increasingly envious, by the way) Kino is all set to release Buster Keaton’s Go West and Battling Butler on Blu-ray on September 27. Both of these Keaton gems have had some restoration work, new scores, and read more
Film Friday Weekly Roundup (12)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Sep 16, 2011
My sound track for the week is the tick, tick, tick of the clock. Between TIFF screenings, writing about the films, work, and (ahem) the release of NHL 12 for xbox – well I’ve been a busy gal. Good news, though – the Toronto Maples Leafs are 1st in the league! But no matter how bu read more
Short Cuts Canada: Programme 6
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Sep 16, 2011
In thinking about choosing my tix for TIFF 2011, I knew I definitely had to hit one of the Short Cuts Canada programmes for two reasons. The first, short films strike me as quintessentially film festival-ly. Watching a short film is often like peeking into an artist’s sketchbook. You get the read more
Death for Sale
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Sep 15, 2011
My TIFF experience marched on with Wednesday’s screening of the Moroccan film Death for Sale. I approached this movie with some apprehension because what I know about Morrocco… well, frankly what I know about Morroco I learned from Casablanca. I don’t often watch contemporary fore read more
Mister Roberts (1)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Sep 14, 2011
Typically, I don’t say a lot of negative things about the movies I watch. Since I watch classic movies and silent films, the sometimes over one-hundred year old use-by date doesn’t leave a lot of unknowns. And if a “classic” movie doesn’t sound like something I want t read more
Intruders
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Sep 14, 2011
Juan Carlos Fresnadillo introduced Intruders at its TIFF premiere by saying, “It’s about how we create monsters when we’re kids, alone in the dark, and about how we pass those fears to the next generation. Fear becomes a legacy.” Intruders delivers on the potentials, large a read more
Film Friday | Weekly Roundup (27)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Pretty Clever Film Gal on Sep 9, 2011
It’s been a busy week here at Pretty Clever Headquarters! Exciting things are happening, Pretty Clever Films joined the LAMB, and life is good. Well, there’s one problems, the perennial problem – so many movies, so little time! Though as far as problems go, that’s a great on read more