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Jesse Hawthorne Ficks

Jesse Hawthorne Ficks
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Jesse Hawthorne Ficks is the film history coordinator at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, and is part of the San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle. He curates and hosts “MOViES FOR MANiACS,” a film series celebrating underrated and overlooked cinema, in a neo-sincere manner.
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Ficks’ Picks: Here are the real best movies of 2025

Now that the Oscar dust has settled, an underground movie maven dives into a wild year. 'Castration,' anyone?
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What we saw at Sundance 2026: 9 narrative features that found the plot

'Buddy' taps horror in children's TV, Channing Tatum shines as SF father in Beth de Araújo's 'Josephine', a surprising wartime divorce comedy soars.
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What we saw at Sundance 2026: 8 documentaries bringing back facts

An ode to Barbara Hammer, a women's chess champ, Marianne Faithfull's reckoning—and polar bears.
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What we saw at the NY Film Fest: Ficks’ Picks of feature films

Big director names filled up screens, from Richard Linklater and Noah Baumbach to Kathryn Bigelow and Luca Guadagnino.
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What we saw at the NY Film Fest: Ficks’ Picks of experimental gems

A very meta Romanian 'Dracula', Sharon Lockhart's breathtaking grace, melancholic Georgian questing, more.
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Ficks’ Picks: Diving into CROSSROADS Fest’s river of experimental celluloid

SF Cinematheque showcases Japanese classics, Day-Glo rock formations, Inuit lichen-based developers.
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What we saw at Sundance 2025: 12 narrative trips, animatronic buddies included

Teenagers on the range, misguided missionaries, a cerulean-faced orphan puppet? The Park City fest took many turns.
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What we saw at Sundance 2025: 14 great docs, from epic to Pee Wee

Unprecedented Paul Reubens, a Deaf rebellion, Leonard Peltier's resistance, and more real life from the 41st film fest.
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Ficks’ Picks: Best flicks of 2024, part two

The big buff blaze of 'Love Lies Bleeding,' a shout-out to Sade, 'Megalopolis,' and more superlative reels.
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Ficks’ Picks: Best flicks of 2024, part one

Justice for 'Folie À Deux'! Plus nods to Harmony Korine, Clint Eastwood, M. Night Shyamalan, 'The Last Showgirl,' more
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