Author Archives: Ted Hicks

I didn’t see very many feature documentaries last year. This was not by design, it just turned out that way. I’m sure I missed some great ones, but of those I did see, the following eleven titles are my favorites. … Continue reading →

I saw a total of 288 films in 2023 – 140 in theaters and 148 streaming or on video discs, both new and old. This is 34 fewer than I saw the previous year, but who’s counting? I’ve come up … Continue reading →

This is the fourth edition of  “On Set, Off Camera,” following the first in 2018 and two more last year. They consist mainly of shots of actors and directors caught in off-camera moments during the making of a movie, sometimes … Continue reading →

________________________________________________ I want to close out the year by listing, in no particular order, some of the performers who got my attention in 2023. This is, as the saying goes, just the tip of the iceberg. Following that will be … Continue reading →

For someone who consumes as much film and television as I do,  a big upside to living in New York City is frequently encountering actors, directors, and writers I admire. I think I’m normally rather shy, but I don’t seem … Continue reading →

Here are interviews and an article pertaining to some of the films listed in the previous post. _______________________________________________ Ferrari Two Q&As from the New York Film Festival. Running tine for the first is 21:08, the second is 37:28. Below is … Continue reading →

There were forty-eight films total in the Main Slate and Spotlight categories, so the fourteen I saw might not seem like that much of a sample, but based on the consistent quality of what I did see, I have to … Continue reading →

This is a follow-up to “On Set, Off Camera,” posted on April 2, 2018, which can be accessed here,  and more recently “On Set, Off Camera Redux,” posted on August 13, 2023, which can be accessed here. They mainly consisted … Continue reading →

I don’t remember the first time I saw George Romero’s Night of the Living Dead. It was initially released in 1968 while I was still in the Air Force. It didn’t play anywhere I was stationed the next two years, … Continue reading →

This is a follow-up to “On Set, Off Camera,” posted on April 2, 2018, which can be accessed here. It mainly consisted of shots of actors caught in off-camera moments during the making of a movie. I’ve expanded the parameters … Continue reading →