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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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What I Saw Last Year: Best Documentaries 2018 – Part 1

Posted on February 13, 2019 by Ted Hicks

Last year was another excellent year for documentary features. Of the 15 films on my list, my top picks are Free Solo, Watergate, and Did You Wonder Who Fired the Gun? ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ Free Solo  (Jimmy Chin & Elizabeth Chai … 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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What I Saw Last Year: Best Feature Films 2018

Posted on January 31, 2019 by Ted Hicks

It was a year of many exceptional films. The following three are my top picks, the best of the 373 features (including documentaries) I saw in 2018. (Yeah, I know, get a life.) __________________________________________________________ Capernaum (Nadine Labaki, director & co-writer)  … Continue reading →

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Another One Bites the Dust — Happy New Year from Films etc.

Posted on December 31, 2018 by Ted Hicks

It’s been a good year for film and television, but pretty grim otherwise, both nationally and globally. I just hope that the creature in the White House finally implodes without taking the rest of us with him. That said, here’s … Continue reading →

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Ida Lupino – Supplemental

Posted on December 3, 2018 by Ted Hicks

This includes, in no particular order, a selection of material I didn’t have room for in my previous post on Ida Lupino. _______________________________________________________ The Man I Love (1947) was the fourth feature directed by Raoul Walsh that Lupino appeared in, … 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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Seen Anything Good Lately?

Posted on July 30, 2018 by Ted Hicks

Well, actually, I have. The following are some of the best films I’ve seen so far this year. This is by no means comprehensive, but these quickly came to mind. After I initially compiled the list I noticed that all … Continue reading →

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Kubrick Postscript: “Killer’s Kiss” – 1955

Posted on June 28, 2018 by Ted Hicks

After putting up my third post on Stanley Kubrick last Thursday, I was still in the mood, so I decided to watch his second feature, Killer’s Kiss. I didn’t plan to write about Kubrick again so soon, but I really … 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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