Tag: Ficks’ Picks
Ficks’ Picks at the 11th Annual CROSSROADS Experimental Film Festival
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 for an alternative to all...
What we saw at Sundance, part 1: Wild rides and deep looks
Culling through the 40 features viewed at both the Sundance and Slamdance Film Festivals last week has been as much fun as watching them in the first place. Here...
Ficks’ Picks: The best flicks of 2019
48 Hills festival movie critic Jesse Hawthorne Ficks travels the continent for us checking out the biggest film events. He also hosts the invaluable MiDNiTES FOR MANiACS series. Here...
Ficks’ Picks: The best of the Toronto International Film Fest!
Our festival critic Jesse Hawthorne Ficks had a golden ticket to all the latest films debuting at the Toronto International Film Festival 2019. Check out his TIFF picks below,...
Ficks’ Picks: Best Movies of 2018
FICKS' PICKS Jesse Hawthorne Ficks picks his favorite films of 2018 and presents them in a double bill format. Save this spoiler-free list for those late nites when you...
Ficks’ Picks at TIFF: Midnight movie madness
Our critic Jesse Hawthorne Ficks caught this year’s Toronto International Film festival. Read more of his coverage here.
TIFF The most difficult ticket to get at this year's Toronto International Film...
Ficks’ Picks at TIFF: The grand masters return
48 Hills critic Jesse Hawthorne Ficks reports from the Toronto International Film Festival. Read more of his on-the-ground reviews and impressions here.
TIFF Hirokazu Kore-eda's Shoplifters which won the Palme d’Or at...
Ficks’ Picks at TIFF: Indian Cinema in full effect
Critic Jesse Hawthorne Ficks reports from the Toronto International Film Festival. Read his first report here.
TIFF Working as an activist filmmaker for more than 50 years, Anand Patwardhan delivered one...
Ficks’ Picks at TIFF: Gorgeous Chinese films + early Oscar buzz
Our critic Jesse Hawthorne Ficks reports from the Toronto International Film Festival. Read more of his coverage here.
TIFF This year's Toronto International Film Festival (which just wrapped up this weekend) boasted...
Ficks’ Picks: A guide to the CROSSROADS 2018 experimental film festival
FICKS' PICKS San Francisco Cinematheque’s annual experimental film festival CROSSROADS 2018 is celebrating its ninth year at SFMOMA this weekend, Thu/7-Sun/10. With 84 works of film, video and performance cinema...
