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Author Archives: Ted Hicks
Actors on Acting – Face to Face
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
Posted in Books, Feature films, Fiction, Film
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Directors Roundtable 2020: Scorsese, Gerwig, Baumbach, and more – This is great!
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
Happy New Year 2020- Part 2
Here’s some stuff I didn’t have when I put yesterday’s post together. I could save it until next New Year’s, but if the presidential election goes sideways, I might be in the hills with the Resistance. But more likely I’d … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Documentaries, Feature films, Fiction, Film, Film posters, Streaming, TV & Cable
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Happy New Year + Things to Come
Usually I’ll do a Happy New Year post by just putting up a bunch of random stuff like this… or this… But this year I thought that instead I’d list some of the films I’m looking forward to in 2020. … Continue reading
Posted in Feature films, Film
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“Shooting the Mafia” – Supplemental
KIM LONGINOTTO – Director (From press notes provided by Cohen Media Group, the film’s distributor) Kim Longinotto is a multi-award-winning documentary filmmaker, well known for making films about female outsiders and rebels. Among her 20 films, she has followed a … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Documentaries, Feature films, Film, Film posters, History, Home Video, photography, Streaming, TV & Cable
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“Shooting the Mafia” – An Archive of Blood
“I was saved by photography. I was a young, intelligent, desperate woman. My encounter with photography allowed me to express my thoughts, my rebellion, my social and political commitment.” — Letizia Battaglia This astonishing documentary, directed by Kim Longinotto, is … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Documentaries, Film, Film posters, History, Non-Fiction, photography, TV & Cable
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The Family Frankenstein – Etc.
Here are a few more Frankenstein-related items to close out this series. I couldn’t resist. The first of these is a brief interview with Boris Karloff from 1963 regarding his role as the Monster in the original Frankenstein (1931). I … Continue reading
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