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When the Wind Blows (1986)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Bennett O'Brian on Nov 16, 2013
The year is 1986. Margaret Thatcher is the Prime Minister of Great Britain and a massive fortified wall separates the city of Berlin between capitalist and communist. The permissiveness of the 1960s and 1970s has led to an era of intolerance and repression in North America and the United Kingdom wh read more
Review: Cornered (1945)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Wade Sheeler on Nov 15, 2013
Cornered is available and streaming on the new Watch TCM app until November 18th. I don’t care what some people think – I dig Dick Powell’s tough guy roles. When he played Philip Marlowe (he was the first), he offered up a very different spin on the no-nonsense detective archetype. He was read more
The Letter (1940)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Nov 15, 2013
The Letter, directed by William Wyler and featuring magnificent star turn from Bette Davis, is a movie all about beginnings and endings, with a juicy middle section of “is she or isn’t she” why-dunnit. More than a melodrama (though it is that as well), The Letter is a masterful o read more
Of Human Bondage (1934) (5)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Nov 14, 2013
Of Human Bondage is the movie that signaled Bette Davis was more than one more (slightly funny looking) face in a row of Hollywood hopefuls. Her portrayal of Mildred Rogers, a waitress turned seductress turned adulterer turned unwed mother turned prostitute set a kind of template for the not so kin read more
Top 10 Underrated Twilight Zone Episodes
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Lesley Coffin on Nov 14, 2013
Recently it was announced that the complete Twilight Zone (episodes only) would be released on blu-ray and DVD. It’s about time, because while the series has been available to the public for sometime (on Netflix, Amazon Instant, Hulu, and Itunes) there is something to be said for watching th read more
Overlooked Gems: Smile (1975)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Lesley Coffin on Nov 14, 2013
This week, one of my favorite films of the year so far, Nebraska, begins to roll out in theaters. Bruce Dern deserves all the praise he’s receiving for his role in the film as an old man with a history of alcoholism who convinces himself that he’s won a million dollars and goes to Nebraska to read more
The Mighty Clutch
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Christina Stewart on Nov 13, 2013
Earlier this week, I came across this disparaging article about the noble and mighty clutch. I’d like to think the article was meant to be taken as a joke, with it’s main purpose being to fill space with funny gifs. That said, there was an underlying tone of clutch resentment coupled with a shockin read more
The Hard Way: The Films of Bette Davis Opens at the TIFF Bell Lightbox
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Nov 12, 2013
On the head stone of Bette Davis, located in the Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills cemetery, the phrase “She did it hard way” is etched in a girly, italic script. And that sums it up, for the woman born Ruth Elizabeth Davis, the power house actress known as Bette Davis, and most (if not all) read more
Claire’s Top 5 Most Quotable Movies
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Claire Dunderman on Nov 12, 2013
You’ve heard the lines again and again. And again. And again. And again and again and again and again. And yet… it never gets old. These are my top 5 most quotable movies where, whether 2 or 20 years old, my friends and I will quote them again and again. What’s your favorite quota read more
TV on DVD: The Twilight Zone: The Complete Series
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Nov 11, 2013
All 156 Episodes of Rod Serling’s Classic TV Series In One Special Box Set Available on DVD on Nov. 19, 2013 at a Great Price Many years ago I had a paperback book, an episode guide to the seminal television series The Twilight Zone. Aside from the usual airdate, cast, and synopsis info, the book read more
Top 5 Film Cats
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Claire Dunderman on Nov 11, 2013
I’ve done the best film dogs, and I realized that this was very biased, given my own status as a dog-owner. (My family has a pug). But, cats are swell as well, and some would argue that they are better than dogs (though I would disagree). These felines stole scenes on the big screen. Joan, t read more
Overlooked Gems: The Landlord (1970)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Lesley Coffin on Nov 11, 2013
I am a relatively new resident of New York City. I have lived in the city for 8 years, but compared to lifetime residents, I’m a newbie. Sometimes New York films can make that fact especially noticeable when you see just how much things can change in a few years. One of the most popular and read more
Enter to Win Turbo on Blu-ray
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Nov 11, 2013
On your marks, get set – Turbo hits DVD and Blu-ray November 12! Enter to WIN your very own Blu-ray now! Team up with Turbo and his gang on November 12, when this “Fresh, fast and funny” (Lou Lumenick, New York Post) film hits DVD and Blu-ray! Directed by David Soren, Turbo is a comedy-adve read more
Indie Watch: Game
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Sean Fitzpatrick on Nov 10, 2013
The set-up is the most important part of most horror movies. Chances are that films ranging from The Shining to Hostel would merely be random depictions of extreme horror and terror without the careful (with the latter film, I use the term loosely) exposition, character development, and setting. It read more
Top 5 Songs in High Fidelity
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Claire Dunderman on Nov 9, 2013
Every loner musician fan who is disdained of the 21st century pop-tripe yet continuing to believe that life is music is destined to fall in love with High Fidelity. Whether you’re a music snob or list-lover or neither of the two, as a cinephile it’s hard to not love the quirky, eccentri read more
Top 5 Colonel Hans Landa Moments from Inglorious Basterds
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Claire Dunderman on Nov 8, 2013
In Inglorious Basterds, Colonel Hans Landa of the Austrian SS is easily one of scariest, most conniving, and most engrossing villains of our time. Without Christopher Waltz’s spectacular performance, he just wouldn’t be the same. One of the best part of Landa is the way he crafts his de read more
Book Review: George Hurrell’s Hollywood (1)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Laura Grande on Nov 7, 2013
For every glossy Hollywood portrait we admire in magazines, we have George Hurrell to thank. The revered American photographer is touted by many as the man who invented the celebrity glamour shot — seductive black-and-white imagery that brought out a little extra something in all of his subje read more
The Rose Tattoo (1955) (1)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Nov 7, 2013
Roberto Rossellini’s neorealist Open City first brought Italian actress Anna Magnani to the attention of Americans and, legend has it, Tennessee Williams penned the lead role in his play The Rose Tattoo specifically with Magnani in mind. Maybe or maybe not, but she did find her way to the pa read more
The Matchmaker (1958)
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Brandy Dean on Nov 7, 2013
Thornton Wilder’s play The Matchmaker is probably best known by its screen adaptation name Hello Dolly! But, as is Hollywood is wont to do, the studios went to that well several times, starting with the 1958 adaptation The Matchmaker, starring Shirley MacLaine and Anthony Perkins (pre-Psycho, read more
Edina Ronay: From Actress to Designer
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Christina Stewart on Nov 6, 2013
I first encountered Edina Ronay as an actress while watching an old BBC Sherlock Holmes television episode, A Study in Scarlet from 1964. Ronay played Alice Charpentier, a young woman who has to fight off the unwanted advances of an aggressive man. What made me sit-up and take notice, was that she read more