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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 Pick at TIFF: Experimental cinema is where it’s at!
This year's Toronto International Film Festival showcased stunning sociological portraits, avant-garde thrills, and metaphysical chills.
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.
A leap for CROSSROADS
With a new home at SFMOMA, Cinematheque's experimental CROSSROADS film fest stretches out.
What we saw at Sundance 2017: Narratives
Offbeat stories and mumblecore came to the fore in part 2 of our critic's picks from the fest.
What we saw at Sundance 2017: Documentaries
Ficks' Picks at the lively 2017 Sundance Film Festival, part one
Ficks’ Picks: Favorite films (spoiler-free!) of 2016
From 'The Handmaiden' to 'The Love Witch,' 'Cafe Society' to 'Ixcanul,' our esteemed critic picks some surprising top flicks.