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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.

Mifune on My Mind – Random Notes

Posted on March 31, 2022 by Ted Hicks

Film Forum in New York City recently held a four-week retrospective of Toshiro Mifune films, 33 in all. I’ve loved Mifune on screen for years, so this series was like a gift. I’d seen many of the titles being shown … Continue reading →

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Best Documentary Films 2021

Posted on February 21, 2022 by Ted Hicks

The following ten documentaries, listed in alphabetical order, represent the best of what I saw last year. __________________________________________________ Ascension (Jessica Kingdon, director) From Daniel Fienberg’s review in The Hollywood Reporter (6/23/21): “Presented with no narrative and limited structure, Ascension is … Continue reading →

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Best Feature Films 2021, Part 2 – The Best of the Rest

Posted on February 6, 2022 by Ted Hicks

Here are the best of the rest of what I saw last year, 18 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 2021 – Part 1

Posted on January 31, 2022 by Ted Hicks

Movie theaters had been closed for a year due to the pandemic when they began reopening this past year. When I saw Tenet on the IMAX screen at AMC Lincoln Square on March 22, it was my first time in … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year 2022 – Bring It On!

Posted on December 31, 2021 by Ted Hicks

Here’s what I wrote to introduce last year’s Happy New Year post: “2020 has felt like the longest 10 years of my life. I sure won’t miss it. The new year has got to be better, right? A vaccine that … Continue reading →

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Face Time – The Classics, Part 3

Posted on November 16, 2021 by Ted Hicks

(Note: Sunday morning I found out that nearly all of the photos in parts one and two had somehow vanished. After several tedious hours I managed to restore them. Hopefully they won’t take another walk, but I’ll keep checking. So … Continue reading →

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Face Time – The Classics, Part 2

Posted on November 12, 2021 by Ted Hicks

Continuing with more shots of classic film actors. This keeps growing. I’ve realized it’s going to take a third part to wrap this up. Not that it will ever be finished, but I guess I have to stop somewhere. Also, … Continue reading →

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Face Time – The Classics, Part 1

Posted on November 11, 2021 by Ted Hicks

There’s no theme or organizing principle to this collection of photographs of actors, other than that they all have the Look, faces that hold the screen and our attention, then and now. These are nearly all from previous generations of … Continue reading →

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New York Film Festival 2021 – Supplemental + Dune in IMAX

Posted on October 30, 2021 by Ted Hicks

For those who’d like a deeper dive, here are interviews and Q&As for films cited in the previous post. I realize that these may be of more value once you’ve seen the films, but I want to make them available. … Continue reading →

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New York Film Festival 2021 – Part 2, The Wrap Up

Posted on October 28, 2021 by Ted Hicks

The 59th edition of the New York Film Festival concluded on Sunday, October 10. Based on the fourteen films I saw, it was a  very good year. I don’t know any actual figures, but from what I could tell there … Continue reading →

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