Human Rights Watch Film Festival: Saving Face

I was introduced to the horrific realities of acid attacks at an early age while watching an episode of "The Mont ... http://p.ost.im/8R5N5J

9 Memorable Oscar speeches

We've all got our personal favourites when it comes to Oscar speeches. Some love Sally Field's oft-misquoted, yet ... http://p.ost.im/8RWfcG

5 Best Picture Winners that Didn't Deserve the Win

Oscar nominations usually gets fans and critics alike riled up. The discussion of what films were "snubbed" are c ... http://p.ost.im/8N5nYC

Givenchy on Film

French fashion designer Hubert de Givenchy and Audrey Hepburn created an image of timeless glamour onscreen. This ... http://p.ost.im/88X6FF

The Mubi Cinematheque: Accattone (1961)

Accattone is currently available on Mubi. Sign up for a free trial here.Pier Paolo Pasolini's first film will ... http://p.ost.im/8LMq4E

RoboCop, American Exceptionalism and the Common Good

In 1987, Deputy Commissioner of Metropolitan Police Service of London Ian Blair stated that the “freedom from c ... http://p.ost.im/888wuG

Best Picture Honors in Hindsight

Sometimes the Best Picture winners seem obvious...and sometimes we look back at them with a bit of confusion.  ... http://p.ost.im/8LgRDw

The Mubi Cinematheque: The Runaway (2013)

The Runaway is currently available on Mubi. Sign up for a free trial here.Short fiction in film is such a c ... http://p.ost.im/8d7Cee

Gambit (1966)

"Adorable" is a word I reserve for children and puppies. Up until now, I would’ve never been caught dead using ... http://p.ost.im/8dJDqd

Top 5 Pre-Oscar Best Costume Films

Last week we looked at my Top 5 Best Costume films since the Oscar category came into existence. From 1929, when ... http://p.ost.im/8J6Ax4

The Mubi Cinematheque: The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers is currently available on Mubi. Sign up for a free trial here.It was a dar ... http://p.ost.im/8JLXMn

The Netflix Queue: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)

I recently finished reading John le Carré's novel Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and had a hankering to revisit the ... http://p.ost.im/8d3q9b

Oscars 2014: Top 5 Best Picture Snubs

I’ve had a love/hate relationship with the Academy Awards ever since I was old enough to be able to ignore my b ... http://p.ost.im/8dfj8K

TIFF Next Wave: For No Eyes Only

For No Eyes Only is showing Sunday, February 16 at the TIFF Bell Lightbox.Sam (Benedict Sieverding) is a teen ... http://p.ost.im/8JPDGT

TIFF Next Wave Festival: G.B.F. (2013)

After a hook-up app snafu, closeted high school student Tanner (Michael J. Willett) suddenly finds himself oute ... http://p.ost.im/8JU8SR

The Tortoise and the Hare (1934)

Slow and steady wins the race – and sometimes it also wins the little golden statue as did The Tortoise and the ... http://p.ost.im/8duRpS

TIFF Next Wave: Leap 4 Your Life (2013)

It’s the 10th annual Leap 4 Your Life dance competition and cameras are rolling as the action ensues in Gary Ha ... http://p.ost.im/REKeSP

Psychic Critic: 2014 Oscar Winners

Last year, on the very day of the 2013 Academy Awards, I awoke from a feverish dream and had my first “full-o ... http://p.ost.im/8eTCgC

Top 5 Ear Scenes in Movies

The ear - the humblest appendage. We rarely think of it, except when someone slices it off. Apparently, filmmaker ... http://p.ost.im/RKBtDv

TIFF Next Wave Festival: Final Recipe (2013)

The outcome of Gina Kim's Final Recipe is never in doubt. Every twist, turn and lesson learned is mapable after ... http://p.ost.im/RKfADx

Overlooked Gems: The Secret Lives of Dentists (2002)

Despite the lurid title, The Secret Lives of Dentists is not an adult film or spy movie.  What it is about is a ... http://p.ost.im/REFyts

Top 5 Best Costume Oscar Winners

These are my personal look back at the Top 5 Best Costume Oscar Winners and the films that featured these amazi ... http://p.ost.im/RtHLHe

TIFF Next Wave Festival Launches on February 14

The 3rd TIFF Next Wave Festival will be running at the TIFF Bell Lightbox from February 14 to February 16, 2014. ... http://p.ost.im/RchM9X

Top 5 2014 Oscar Snubs From All Categories

Every year without fail, there are noticeable snubs when the nominations are announced for the Academy Awards. Wi ... http://p.ost.im/RtYdjS

The Monuments Men (2014)

George Clooney has a problem with sincerity.  It isn’t a problem I have with every film he appears in…somet ... http://p.ost.im/RTGWED

The Netflix Queue: Pirate Radio (2009)

Pirate Radio is available for streaming on Netflix.In the 1960s, when the stodgy British government wanted no ... http://p.ost.im/Rnf7eF

Top 5 Winter Weather Watchables

Now that we’re buried in this chilly polar vortex, and most of the country is locked in a prism of ice, it seem ... http://p.ost.im/RTvyyE

The Mubi Cinematheque: God Told Me To (1976)

God Told Me To is currently available on Mubi. Sign up for a free trial here.As God Told Me To begins, it see ... http://p.ost.im/RT4dY8

Three Little Pigs (1933)

The Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film of the year was introduced in 1932, but the category was originall ... http://p.ost.im/RW5vbN

Win the Rocky Heavyweight Collection on Blu-ray

The Rocky Heavyweight Collections drops on Blu-ray on February 11, 2014. Enter to win your very own from Pretty C ... http://p.ost.im/Rn3Fm4

The Oscar-Nominated Short Films (Live Action)

The "Short Film" categories may be one of the most overlooked at the Oscars. In fact, short films in general are ... http://p.ost.im/RG2Qu5

Besides Llewyn Davis: A Mix of 10 Overlooked Folk Revival Artists

Besides Llewyn DavisAs a semi-abashed snob (ex-unabashed; I still don't like anything, I just no longer consi ... http://p.ost.im/RGk2rE

Overlooked Gems: Jack Goes Boating (2010)

For the month of February I was planning to write about some of the overlooked films about romance and relationsh ... http://p.ost.im/Rnv7fL

1948: Oscar’s First Best Costume Award

It’s Oscar month here at Pretty Clever Films. Surprisingly the Oscar for Best Costume wasn’t awarded until 19 ... http://p.ost.im/RWKuJV

Win a Pair of Tickets to the Goethe Films Series Berlin on Film

Win a pair of tickets to a German film of your choice in GOETHE FILMS next film series: BERLIN ON FILM, March 6, ... http://p.ost.im/RvvJbF

And This Oscar Goes to... No One

As the calendar pages flip away to the 86th Academy Awards on March 2, it's tempting to think of the awards cerem ... http://p.ost.im/RW4J6P

Hidden Gems: Death of a Superhero (2011)

Death of a Superhero is a well-crafted coming-of-age story about dying. Think of Catcher in the Rye set in suburb ... http://p.ost.im/RGGK5d

Godard Forever: The Cinephiliac on Masculine and Feminine

Did you know that regular Pretty Clever Films contributor Toyiah Murray also has her blog, The Cinephiliac? I ... http://p.ost.im/RnvP9G

Whitewash (2013)

At this point in the filmgoing-season (and it's to be expected come January) multiplex-options in terms of choice ... http://p.ost.im/R7Na4M

TV on DVD: Lancelot Link: Secret Chimp

Okay, bear with me here. If you have ever seen an episode of Lancelot Link: Secret Chimp, go right ahead and sque ... http://p.ost.im/RtqMae

Letter from the Editor, February 2014

We at Pretty Clever Films are deeply saddened that all the ground hogs saw a shadow and ducked back into their ho ... http://p.ost.im/RGVsfj

A Foreign Affair (1948)

One of Billy Wilder’s many skills was his ability to take fresh and atypical perspectives on familiar situation ... http://p.ost.im/RcYMJ9

Godard Forever: The Cinephiliac on Alphaville

Did you know that regular Pretty Clever Films contributor Toyiah Murray also has her blog, The Cinephiliac? I ... http://p.ost.im/RnEegW

Jiří Trnka’s The Hand (1965)

When it was first released in 1965, Jiří Trnka’s final animated film Ruka (or The Hand) was of no consequence ... http://p.ost.im/RvGcJN