Stories about Jesse Hawthorne Ficks
What we saw at Sundance, part 3: Crossed borders and different lives
Themes of mortality, nature, change, and solidarity lit up the screens at the annual Park City fest.
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.
Screen Grabs: Last Black Man in San Francisco, Mexico’s Golden Age ….
The Fall of the American Empire, Echo in the Canyon's return to '60s classics, and more in cinemas this week.
Watching at CROSSROADS 2019: Avant-garde film festival returns
Our guide to Cinematheque's annual extravaganza of experimental films—this time around deeply personal and even nostalgic.
What we saw at Sundance (and Slamdance), part 4: Narrative features
The Last Black Man in San Francisco, Cat Sticks, Honey Boy, The Farewell... plus our top 10 of the whole shebang
Screen Grabs: Never mind the Oscars, we’ve got screwballs and Pod People
Furry friends, WWE wrestlers, San Francisco classics, and Humanoids from the Deep will foil Academy glitz.
What we saw at Sundance, Part 3: MiDNiTE MOViES and Beyond!
From 'The Wolf Hour' to 'The Death of Dick Long' (and a great shorts program), our critic takes in some future cult favorites.
What we saw at Sundance, part 2: Documentaries
A Macedonian beekeeper, a Taliban refugee, feisty Satanists, the life of N. Scott Momaday, a 1969 Memphis bluesfest...
What we saw at Sundance, Part 1
From Wayuu crime lords to a colonial Australian thriller: Our critic caught 30 features and 20 shorts in one week.