Tuesday 11 December 2012
Brandy & Ben See Django at the TIFF Bell Lightbox
In the ramp up to the release of Quentin Tarantino's hotly anticipated new movie, TIFF Bell Lightbox is screening Sergio Corbucci's 1966 Django. This movie might rightfully be subtitled: The patient zero movie that launched ...
Monday 10 December 2012
Pretty Clever Film's Ultimate Movie Lover's Holiday Gift Guide
So here it is, Pretty Clever FIlm's Ultimate Movie Lover's Holiday Gift Guide. Ask and ye shall receive, film fans! I asked all of you what's on your holiday wish list and you responded in droves. Here are the highlights of what Pretty Clever Film's ...
Saturday 8 December 2012
Georges Méliès and the Birth of Filmmaking
Georges Méliès was born on December 8, 1861. I says hats off (or heads off if you're as talented as Monsieur Méliès) to the man who first recognized cinema's potential for magic. To honor the bday of one of cinema's greatest pioneers, here's...
Friday 7 December 2012
Film Friday Weekly Roundup
It's beginning to look a lot like... Holiday movie time. Yep, time to dust off It's a Wonderful Life, A Christmas Carol, A Christmas Story or whatever holiday movie floats your boat. (If you keep reading, you'll get to Rober...
Thursday 6 December 2012
Watch It and Rate It: Be My Wife (1921)
Be My Wife (1921) was written and directed by and stars Max Linder. Linder is a little bit like the rich man's Charlie Chaplin. While Linder was actually French and always "European," his recurring comic character of Max was...
Wednesday 5 December 2012
Dickens on Screen at TIFF Bell Lightbox
As part of the global fete of Charles Dickens' 200th birthday, TIFF Cinematheque is launching a retrospective of the famed author's various screen incarnations. From the famous to the rare, from the classic to the contemporary, "Dickens on Screen" pr...
Saturday 1 December 2012
Let's Make a List: The Ultimate Movie Lover's Holiday Gift Guide
Yep, it's December 1. And that means it's time to start dropping some not so subtle hints for your friends and loved ones about what you want to find stuffing your stocking this holiday season.
Now, as a lover of rather obtuse movies, I know it's ...
Now, as a lover of rather obtuse movies, I know it's ...
Gallery: The Petrified Forest (1936)
Now that you've read Ben O'Brian's rockin' review of The Petrified Forest, you probably want more. (Who doesn't want more Humphrey Bogart. He's kind of like ...
Review: The Petrified Forest (1936)
The Petrified Forest begins with a solitary hitchhiker wandering through the dusty desolation of an Arizona desert road; his canteen empty and his walking stick leading the way as automobiles and tumble weeds pass him by. He...
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