Category Archives: Home Video

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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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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What I Watched Last Year: Best TV 2012

Posted on February 3, 2013 by Ted Hicks

Boardwalk Empire (HBO) I was impressed, but not overwhelmed, when I watched the first episode of this series, set in Atlantic City on the eve of Prohibition in 1920. The pilot was directed by Martin Scorsese (Executive Producer on the … Continue reading →

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What I Saw Last Year: Best Documentaries 2012

Posted on January 10, 2013 by Ted Hicks

Documentaries have become increasingly viable theatrically, probably since Michael Moore’s Roger and Me (1989) shook things up and pumped new life into non-fiction films. Recent years have seen documentaries playing for weeks, even months, in commercial theaters. 2012 was another … Continue reading →

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What I Saw Last Year: Best Revivals and Discoveries 2012

Posted on January 7, 2013 by Ted Hicks

When I moved to New York in 1977 there were quite a few revival movie theaters with great repertory programming, including the Bleeker Street Cinema, Carnegie Hall Cinema, the Regency, Theatre 80 St. Marks (with its odd projection from behind the … Continue reading →

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What I Saw Last Year: Best Feature Films 2012

Posted on January 4, 2013 by Ted Hicks

The year just ended turned out to be an unusually strong one for films, both big budget studio pictures, such as Lincoln, Argo, Skyfall, and Flight, as well as smaller productions, such as Liberal Arts, Middle of Nowhere, Moonrise Kingdom … Continue reading →

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