Monthly Archives: January 2020

Feature Films 2019 – The Best of the Rest of What I Saw

Posted on January 31, 2020 by Ted Hicks

Here are the best of the rest of what I saw last year, 31 films in alphabetical order. I don’t claim that all of these are great films (though some of them are), but they all got my attention and … Continue reading →

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What I Saw Last Year: Best Feature Films 2019

Posted on January 28, 2020 by Ted Hicks

2019 was another year of exceptional films. Maybe every year is, to one degree or another, or so it seems to me. Out of the 384 feature films (including documentaries) I saw in 2019, I’ve actually come up with a … Continue reading →

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More Roundtables – Actors & Actresses

Posted on January 21, 2020 by Ted Hicks

This is a follow-up to my previous post, “Actors on Acting – Face to Face.” The Actors Roundtable was just made available, so I’m including it here with the Actresses Roundtable. I prefer the term “actor” for both male and … Continue reading →

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Actors on Acting – Face to Face

Posted on January 16, 2020 by Ted Hicks

Since 2014, the trade publication Variety has produced a series of television specials appearing on PBS SoCal called Variety Studio: Actors on Actors. Each program has actors talking to actors about their work and experiences with no moderator or audience, … Continue reading →

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Directors Roundtable 2020: Scorsese, Gerwig, Baumbach, and more – This is great!

Posted on January 10, 2020 by Ted Hicks

Yesterday I started watching a new Directors Roundtable presented by The Hollywood Reporter. I had the idea of including it as a supplemental item to my roundup of feature films for 2019, but the more I watched it, the more … Continue reading →

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