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About Ted Hicks

Iowa farm boy; have lived in NYC for 49 years; worked in motion picture labs, film/video distribution, subtitling, media-awards program; obsessive film-goer all my life.

James Gandolfini and Richard Matheson — Jersey Boys

Posted on June 27, 2013 by Ted Hicks

It was quite a shock to hear last Thursday that James Gandolfini had died the day before, June 19th, in Italy of a heart attack — much too young at age 51. And then to learn a few days later … Continue reading →

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“Man of Steel” – Overkill

Posted on June 21, 2013 by Ted Hicks

This is a bit of a ramble. Please bear with me. So much has been written online and in print about Man of Steel in the week since it opened, that I’m hesitant to add anything at this point (though I … Continue reading →

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Gatsby Stew

Posted on June 1, 2013 by Ted Hicks

Which one of these Gatsbys would you rather see? Based on the poster for the Alan Ladd version (1949), which appears to recast the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel in noirish gangster terms, it’s no contest, that’s the one for me. … Continue reading →

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Burt Lancaster – “If it’s killin’ you want…”

Posted on May 23, 2013 by Ted Hicks

Burt Lancaster would have been 100 years old on November 2 of this year. The Film Society of Lincoln Center is taking the occasion to show 13 of his 74 feature films. Last Friday I saw one of my favorites, … Continue reading →

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The Wonder of “What Maisie Knew”

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Ted Hicks

What Maisie Knew – Monday, May 13 at Lincoln Plaza Cinemas. Directed by Scott McGehee and David Siegel, written by Nancy Doyne and Carroll Cartwright. When I first heard of this film I thought there was something familiar about the … Continue reading →

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Pennebaker, Dylan, and All the Rest

Posted on May 11, 2013 by Ted Hicks

Last weekend we saw Dont Look Back (1967) at the Museum of the Moving Image, with director D.A. Pennebaker there for a Q&A after. I thought the opportunity to see the film on a big screen with the filmmaker in … Continue reading →

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“Upstream Color” – Through the Looking Glass

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Ted Hicks

Upstream Color – Thursday, March 29 at Magno Review and Friday, April 5 at the IFC Center. In addition to directing, writing, and producing Upstream Color, Shane Carruth also was director of photography, a camera operator, co-editor, wrote the original … Continue reading →

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Kubrick and “The Killing”

Posted on April 2, 2013 by Ted Hicks

The IFC Center in New York recently ended a week’s run of Stanley Kubrick films. I saw a double feature of two of my favorites, The Killing (1956) and Paths of Glory (1957), then topped that off the next day … Continue reading →

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“Leviathan” – What the hell is this?

Posted on March 26, 2013 by Ted Hicks

Leviathan – Wednesday, February 13  at Magno Review. A film by Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel. This film may be nominally called a documentary, but it’s so far from any documentary I’ve ever seen that it defies description. The press notes … Continue reading →

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Great Short Films (It’s not the size that counts)

Posted on February 7, 2013 by Ted Hicks

For the past several years, the IFC Center in New York has been showing Oscar-nominated shorts in the animation, live action, and documentary categories. This has been a great opportunity to experience works we might otherwise not know much about. … Continue reading →

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