Category Archives: Home Video

Best TV 2019 & 2020 – Supplemental

Posted on April 22, 2020 by Ted Hicks

Here are supplemental materials for some of the titles listed in my last two posts. I didn’t think there was going to be much, but it turns out I found a lot. Pick and choose, as per your interests. ___________________________________________________ … Continue reading →

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TV, Cable & Streaming – Best of 2019 & 2020 (so far) – Part 2

Posted on April 21, 2020 by Ted Hicks

              _______________________________________________ Marc Maron: End Times Fun – (Netflix)  This was obviously recorded well before the coronavirus outbreak, but it feels like it was done five minutes ago. Resonates sharply with our current times. … Continue reading →

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TV, Cable & Streaming – Best of 2019 & 2020 (so far) – Part 1

Posted on April 20, 2020 by Ted Hicks

It’s a good thing there’s an abundance of good and even great stuff to watch on TV, computers, and (shudder) mobile phones, considering that movie theaters are closed and we don’t really have anywhere to go except grocery stores, drug … Continue reading →

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Seeing Movies in These Crazy Times: Pt. 2 – New Films to Stream + One Classic

Posted on April 2, 2020 by Ted Hicks

All movie theaters and film programs in New York City were shut down by March 15. At that time, quite a few new films had their theatrical runs cut short. A number of these films have since been made available … Continue reading →

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Best Documentaries 2019 – Supplemental

Posted on March 2, 2020 by Ted Hicks

My blog post from last August, Recent Documentaries: Supplemental, contains materials on the following films on my 2019 list. (Click on the link to access.) Echo in the Canyon, David Crosby: Remember My Name, Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am, … Continue reading →

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What I Saw Last Year: Best Documentaries 2019

Posted on February 29, 2020 by Ted Hicks

___________________________________________________ I wrote on seven of these titles last August (“Random Notes on Recent Films: Documentaries!“). You can read about them there. The films are indicated by a double- asterisk ** in the list below. ____________________________________________________ American Factory (Steven Bognar … Continue reading →

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Best Features 2019 – Supplemental

Posted on February 3, 2020 by Ted Hicks

For those of you interested in a deeper dive, here are supplemental materials for the films on my top-10 list. _______________________________________________________ Diane _________________________________________________ The Irishman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opqCW-rAnE4 __________________________________________________ Little Women I definitely don’t understand how Greta Gerwig didn’t get an Oscar … Continue reading →

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Feature Films 2019 – The Best of the Rest of What I Saw

Posted on January 31, 2020 by Ted Hicks

Here are the best of the rest of what I saw last year, 31 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 2019

Posted on January 28, 2020 by Ted Hicks

2019 was another year of exceptional films. Maybe every year is, to one degree or another, or so it seems to me. Out of the 384 feature films (including documentaries) I saw in 2019, I’ve actually come up with a … Continue reading →

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“Shooting the Mafia” – Supplemental

Posted on November 22, 2019 by Ted Hicks

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 →

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