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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What we saw at Sundance 2021, part 1: Ficks’ Picks at the big fest

February 10, 2021

Nicolas Cage, Tessa Thompson, Sparks, and a majestic Georgian tree—our annual peek at the giant movie event

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Ficks’ Picks at the 11th Annual CROSSROADS Experimental Film Festival

August 28, 2020

This year's mind-melting batch of experimental films at San Francisco Cinematheque's 11th annual CROSSROADS 2020, may be extremely helpful to some of you looking...

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What we saw at Sundance, part 3: Crossed borders and different lives

February 27, 2020

Culling through the forty features viewed at both the Sundance and Slamdance Film Festivals last week has been as much fun as watching them...

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What we saw at Sundance, Part 2: A side-trip to Slamdance

February 23, 2020

Culling through the forty features viewed at both the Sundance and Slamdance Film Festivals last week has been as much fun as watching them...

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What we saw at Sundance, part 1: Wild rides and deep looks

February 19, 2020

Culling through the 40 features viewed at both the Sundance and Slamdance Film Festivals last week has been as much fun as watching them...

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Ficks’ Picks: The best flicks of 2019

January 15, 2020

48 Hills festival movie critic Jesse Hawthorne Ficks travels the continent for us checking out the biggest film events. He also hosts the invaluable...

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Ficks’ Picks: The best of the Toronto International Film Fest!

September 22, 2019

Our festival critic Jesse Hawthorne Ficks had a golden ticket to all the latest films debuting at the Toronto International Film Festival 2019. Check...

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Watching at CROSSROADS 2019: Avant-garde film festival returns

June 3, 2019

San Francisco Cinematheque’s annual experimental film festival CROSSROADS is celebrating its 10th year at the SFMOMA, Fri/7-Sun/9. With 62 works of film, video, and...

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What we saw at Sundance (and Slamdance), part 4: Narrative features

February 21, 2019

SUNDANCE 2019 Our festival critic Jesse Hawthorne Ficks reports from the Sundance Film Festival. Read part 1 here, part 2 here, and part 3 here! Honey...

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What we saw at Sundance, Part 3: MiDNiTE MOViES and Beyond!

February 19, 2019

SUNDANCE 2019 Jesse Hawthorne Ficks reports from Sundance. See part 1 here and part 2 here! The Death of Dick Long (Daniel Scheinert, US) Absurdism dates back to...

Jesse Hawthorne Ficks

What we saw at Sundance 2021, part 1: Ficks’ Picks at the big fest

Ficks’ Picks at the 11th Annual CROSSROADS Experimental Film Festival

What we saw at Sundance, part 3: Crossed borders and different lives

What we saw at Sundance, Part 2: A side-trip to Slamdance

What we saw at Sundance, part 1: Wild rides and deep looks

Ficks’ Picks: The best flicks of 2019

Ficks’ Picks: The best of the Toronto International Film Fest!

Watching at CROSSROADS 2019: Avant-garde film festival returns

What we saw at Sundance (and Slamdance), part 4: Narrative features

What we saw at Sundance, Part 3: MiDNiTE MOViES and Beyond!

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