Overlooked Gems: Sing You Sinners (1938)

One of my favorite things about movies is the required suspension of disbelief involved when casting actors as si ... http://p.ost.im/8fWVq6

Bringing Up Baby (1938)

Director Howard Hawks had the uncanny ability to take a premise that appeared implausible on paper and weave it i ... http://p.ost.im/8y5hDp

Coming Up: The Toronto Silent Film Festival

Toronto is an embarrassment of film riches. There's what - something like 5,000 distinct annual film festivals, n ... http://p.ost.im/8ys38A

Floyd Gottfredson’s Newsprint Mickey

By this point, we think we know Mickey Mouse pretty well. We certainly know the musically-inclined and more misch ... http://p.ost.im/85XDba

Howard Hawks and the Auteur Theory

François Truffaut once said, “There are no good and bad movies, only good and bad directors.” He, along wit ... http://p.ost.im/8PwqBs

Monkey Business (1952) Does Not Exist

Howard Hawks begins his 1952 comedy, Monkey Business, with an oddly loaded moment. The film opens upon the front ... http://p.ost.im/8ymEDd

His Girl Friday (1940)

His Girl Friday initially had me hanging on to every word that ping-ponged between Cary Grant’s suave mouth and ... http://p.ost.im/8fLu4H

The Extremes of Adrian: The Last of Mrs Cheyney (1929)

By 1929, MGM fashion designer Adrian was already credited with sixteen films to his name. Greta Garbo, Norma Shea ... http://p.ost.im/8fqYaB

Hawks on Hawks (2013)

Howard Hawks is undoubtedly one of the most important directors in Hollywood history, but he is also one of the m ... http://p.ost.im/8yW3y5

Robert Lepage: Possible Worlds at the TIFF Bell Lightbox

Robert Lepage, one of Canada's foremost theatre artists and filmmakers, received this year's Glenn Gould Prize as ... http://p.ost.im/8y73Pp

Win a Golden Age of Hollywood Book Prize Pack

Take a glimpse into the golden age of Hollywood!Through in-depth narratives paired with rare photographs, the ... http://p.ost.im/8hb7tj

The Mubi Cinematheque: 99% - The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film (2013)

99% - The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film is currently available on Mubi. Sign up for a free trial here. ... http://p.ost.im/8hv8ee

Screwball Comedy and the Hawksian Woman

In 1934, in the dark days of the Great Depression, Howard Hawks’ film Twentieth Century literally coined the te ... http://p.ost.im/8SenLk

Franz Kafka (1992)

The colour black dominates every aspect of Piotr Dumala’s animated short Franz Kafka; A dense all-encompassing ... http://p.ost.im/8UMqW8

Men in Love (with) A Girl In Every Port

As has been academically discussed ad infinitum, Howard Hawks’ had a very specific, personal, seemingly simple ... http://p.ost.im/8hJ8yg

Non-Stop (2014)

Now suffering the consequences of failed movie-memory relived, I'll spend some  time doing something I don't ty ... http://p.ost.im/8AcfAr

Film Review: A Song Is Born (1948)

Our Howard Hawks-athon this month at Pretty Clever Films continues with a look at A Song Is Born. A carbon copy r ... http://p.ost.im/8A8mjW

The Mubi Cinematheque: The Idiots (1998)

The Idiots is currently available on Mubi. Sign up for a free trial here.This is tricky. Lars von Trier is ... http://p.ost.im/8B93Qn

Rio Bravo, El Dorado and Howard Hawks' Degree of Separation

It’s not hard to tell you’re watching a Howard Hawks film. Whether it’s a western, a screwball comedy, a dr ... http://p.ost.im/8hA6Sa

Mr. Hublot (2013)

This past February, the Academy Award for Best Animated Short was presented to Laurent Witz and Alexandre Espigar ... http://p.ost.im/8hsfQ5

Overlooked Gems: The Freshman (1925)

It seems odd to be calling The Freshman an overlooked gem, considering its reputation as one of the most profitab ... http://p.ost.im/8hKbJR

Book Review: The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made

While taking a drama workshop in San Francisco in the late-1990s, aspiring actor Greg Sestero never guessed he wa ... http://p.ost.im/8h4aWB

Win The King of Comedy on Blu-ray

Martin Scorsese's classic The King of Comedy hits blu-ray on March 25, but you can win your own copy right now! ... http://p.ost.im/8hFXdT

Win The Book Thief on Blu-ray

Win your own copy of the recently released The Book Thief blu-ray!Based on the beloved best-selling book  ... http://p.ost.im/8hPyCJ

Win 12 Years a Slave on Blu-ray

Enter to win your own copy of the recently released 12 Years a Slave on Blu-ray!It is 1841, and Northup (Chiw ... http://p.ost.im/8hUE9w

The Mubi Cinematheque: Terminal Island (1973)

Terminal Island is currently available on Mubi. Sign up for a free trial here.Many of the movies that have ... http://p.ost.im/8hL9ty

Oscars In Memoriam: 20 Years Later

If there is one segment in the annual Academy Awards telecast/ceremony which regularly causes debate, it is the I ... http://p.ost.im/8MtmLE

They Made Me a Criminal (1939)

Something of a sensation in the late 30s and 40s, the Dead End kids made a string of hits at Warner Brothers. The ... http://p.ost.im/8jCwVV

The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)

When you see (or hear) about a Wes Anderson film, it is immediately apparent the mind behind the film  They are ... http://p.ost.im/8YnL9G

The Mubi Cinematheque: Vampire Hookers (1978)

Vampire Hookers is currently available on Mubi. Sign up for a free trial here.First, a disclaimer. I have alw ... http://p.ost.im/8RnE32

Overlooked Gems: Goodbye Again (1961)

I try to avoid reviewing movies as Overlooked Gems which aren't readily available.  However, I felt a review of ... http://p.ost.im/8Rqh79

The Netflix Queue: Blackfish (2013)

Blackfish is available for streaming on Netflix.In February of 2010, the death of SeaWorld trainer Dawn Branche ... http://p.ost.im/8NuhRG

Highway of Tears (2013)

An in-house production of Human Rights Watch, Highway of Tears, narrated by Nathan Fillion, turns a scrutinizing ... http://p.ost.im/88rS25

Snowpiercer 1: The Escape

In advance of a star-studded adaptation due out in North America this spring, Titan Comics has launched a three v ... http://p.ost.im/8FNSxU

Human Rights Watch Film Festival: Big Men

As Big Men opens, it's clear what the message will be. There are two quotes about the nature of greed and human ... http://p.ost.im/8RsGsg

Oscar’s 2014 Red Carpet Glitz

Now that the 2014 Academy Awards are over and the hoopla has died down, we can take a restful look back at some o ... http://p.ost.im/884Hx2

Morning Glory (1933)

Katherine Hepburn’s star was rising when she “agreed” to be in her third film, following head turning fresh ... http://p.ost.im/8RWD5c

True Detective

Four episodes in and I'm hooked. "In for the long haul" as they say. Building off of its already established leag ... http://p.ost.im/88T6Sv

Buffalo '66

I recently double-dipped (as I knew I eventually would) with Vincent Galo's 1998 revelation of an indie opus, B ... http://p.ost.im/8LBG2W

Scenes from the City: Filmmaking in New York

To live in New York City is to star in the movie of your own life. To live in New York City for a long time is to ... http://p.ost.im/8L95Yy

The Academy Awards: A Guilty Pleasure

For me, watching the Oscars is kind of like being in a bar, ordering a caesar-salad, and just one single pint. Wa ... http://p.ost.im/88deB7

Three Orphan Kittens (1935)

In terms of Oscar nominations, it’s extremely rare for a performer or filmmaker to be nominated twice in the sa ... http://p.ost.im/88n5xd

The Longest Yawn: Original Song @ the Academy Awards

Before I get into it, let me just state that I enjoy watching the Oscars every year, even the all the Red Carpet ... http://p.ost.im/8NMTJj