Category Archives: Music

What I Saw Last Year: Best Documentaries 2018 – Part 2

Posted on February 16, 2019 by Ted Hicks

Here are the rest of my top choices for 2018. _________________________________________________________ Chef Flynn (Cameron Yates, director)  Flynn McGarry opened a restaurant he called Eureka in his home at age 11. His journey is amazing. Totally encouraged by his mother, Meg … Continue reading →

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Best Features 2018 – Supplemental

Posted on February 2, 2019 by Ted Hicks

Once again, for those who want to take a deeper dive into some of the films on my Best Features list, here is a selection of interviews that will add to your experience of those films. Take your pick. ________________________________________________________ … Continue reading →

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Ida Lupino – Filmmaker

Posted on November 30, 2018 by Ted Hicks

In commemoration of Ida Lupino’s 100th birthday this year, Film Forum in New York recently ran a two-week retrospective of her films. She’s probably better known as an actor, but it’s her career as a director, writer, and producer in … Continue reading →

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Still More Kubrick!

Posted on June 21, 2018 by Ted Hicks

The subject of Stanley Kubrick is a very deep well. After completing my two previous posts, I still had a lot of material left over and thought of putting together another installment. Since then, I’ve come across even more. There’s … Continue reading →

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Stanley K Is in the House!

Posted on May 31, 2018 by Ted Hicks

It feels like Stanley Kubrick has always been with us. He hasn’t gone anywhere. This is especially true of late. Through a Different Lens, an astonishing exhibit of his still photography for Look magazine in the late 1940s, is on … Continue reading →

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Wind River: “Luck don’t live out here”

Posted on August 11, 2017 by Ted Hicks

This is a good one. Based on his terrific screenplays for Sicario (2015) and Hell or High Water (2016), I was more than ready for Taylor Sheridan’s Wind River. It does not disappoint. After seeing Wind River on opening day … Continue reading →

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“Dawson City: Frozen Time” – Amazing!

Posted on June 8, 2017 by Ted Hicks

Dawson City: Frozen Time is unlike any film you’re likely to have seen before. The discovery and subsequent restoration of 533 reels of 35mm nitrate film prints buried as landfill in a swimming pool provides the way into director Bill … Continue reading →

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Jonathan Demme & Talking Heads – Burning Down the House

Posted on May 18, 2017 by Ted Hicks

Until this past Sunday, the last time I’d seen Stop Making Sense in a theater was in 1999 during a 15th anniversary re-release at Film Forum. At that showing I looked around to check out the audience before the lights … Continue reading →

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What I Saw Last Year: Best Documentaries 2016

Posted on January 28, 2017 by Ted Hicks

________________________________________________________ 13th, By Sidney Lumet, and The Witness are my top picks for 2016 documentaries, but the rest of the titles on my list are very strong as well. Note that I have not yet seen O.J.: Made in America( a … Continue reading →

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Varieties of Human Experience: Recent Documentaries

Posted on June 4, 2016 by Ted Hicks

In the last ten to twenty years, in addition to informing us in a journalistic sense, the best documentaries have been artistic expressions in their own right. The ones I’ve seen lately have been outstanding, uplifting, deeply moving, and extremely … Continue reading →

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