Thursday, 19 July 2012

The Cameraman (1928)

I'll get to The Cameraman in a sec, just bear with me. Did you watch Lost? I hope, for your sake, that the answer is no. I mean, c'mon - J.J. Abrams, I'm going to kick your ass in a dark alley if I ever get the chan...

Tuesday, 17 July 2012

The Speechless Blogathon

I staggered out of the woods yesterday, hot, itchy from mosquito bites and looking for something fun to do. And lo and behold... I come across the Speechless Blogathon from

Review: Calendar Girl (2011)

So I reviewed Calendar Girl for filmsnobbery.com, and it was truly a mess of a movie. The IMDB listing pegs this in the genre comedy-horror-romance. What's that? Comorrorance? Horomedy? Romcomrror? I dunno. It was just a mes...

Friday, 13 July 2012

Film Friday Weekly Roundup: The Alfred Hitchcock Edition

I'm going to let you in on a little secret my fellow film fans - I'm not actually here. That's right... Pretty Clever Film Gal is currently deep in the wilds of Canada, desperately trying to juice up her iPad with solar charger, just so she can get a...

Friday, 6 July 2012

Review ménage à trois: Savages

Have you ever wondered what would happen if three reasonable women went to see Oliver Stone's misogynist lady-hate-fest Savages and then sat down to talk about it? Well, that's exactly what happened when Kristal Cooper, Trista DeVries, and yours trul...

Film Friday Weekly Roundup

Hey now... it's been a rough week for Pretty Clever Film Gal. First, I had a little spill on my bike, completing belying the image I have of my self as one of those effortlessly chic Parisian lasses who zip about on cool vintage bicycles. Then Andy G...

Wednesday, 4 July 2012

The TFS List: 5 docs about porn

Hey what now? Pretty Clever Film Gal is talking about porn? Yep. Thing are heating up over at Toronto Film Scene during July - it's porn month! This little list of docs about porn - see how respectable I manage to remain? - is my humble contribution ...