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What we saw at Sundance, part 1: Wild rides and deep looks
Our annual trip to the fest turned up dreamy features, experimental masterworks, and a strikingly intelligent horror doc.
Ficks’ Picks: The best flicks of 2019
From Inuk to Tasmania, blockbuster to experimental, this year's list ranges widely and highlights breathtaking films.
Ficks’ Picks: The best of the Toronto International Film Fest!
Screen gems from Portugal to India, directors from Noah Baumbach to Deborah Stratman—and one wily Joker.
Ficks’ Picks: Best Movies of 2018
From 'You were Never Really Here' and 'Life and Nothing More' to 'Street Meat' and 'Never Never Land,' our festival critic picks his faves.
Ficks’ Picks at TIFF: Midnight movie madness
From David Gordon Green's 'Halloween' to Gaspar Noe's 'Climax,' the Toronto International Film Festival offered popcorn delights.
Ficks’ Picks at TIFF: The grand masters return
Godard, Cuarón, Panahi, Reygadas, and other contemporary greats bring new films to the Toronto International Film Fest.
Ficks’ Picks at TIFF: Indian Cinema in full effect
From 'Husband Material' to 'Hotel Mumbai,' the Toronto International Film Festival boasted a slate of impressive Indian films.
Ficks’ Picks at TIFF: Gorgeous Chinese films + early Oscar buzz
35 features, 35 shorts in 11 days of the Toronto International Film Festival: Here's part one of Jesse Hawthorne Ficks' reports.
Ficks’ Picks: A guide to the CROSSROADS 2018 experimental film festival
SF Cinematheque's annual eye-popper ranges far and wide, from American commercials and Chinese streets to a tribute to local genius Paul Clipson.
Ficks’ Picks: Favorite movies of 2017
Thirty-plus awesome cinematic moments, from 'Twin Peaks: The Return' to 'Blade of the Immortals' and 'The Florida Project'