Review: The Meaning of Hitler
This timely documentary takes on a huge question: Can we ever really understand Hitler and people's endless fascination with him? It's a daunting task, since there have been countless other…
Review: Escape from Mogadishu
This based on a true story film is a nail biter. It's the tale of North and South Korean diplomats and their families caught in the middle of a civil…
Review: Materna
The four women in Materna whose stories collide in a New York subway could not be more different. But they are connected by narratives exploring the theme of "mother", what…
Review: Stealing Chaplin
This dark comedy is based on a true incident. In 1978, a couple of thieves dug up Charlie Chaplin's body in Switzerland and unsuccessfully tried to extort ransom from his…
Review: Lorelei
At the center of this working class drama is Wayland (Pablo Schreiber, First Man, "Orange Is the New Black"), just out of prison after 15 years and looking to go…
Review: Broken Diamonds
They don't make a lot of films that deal with mental illness for good reason. It's a tough subject to portray realistically. Sure there are plenty that have that one…
2fer review: Settlers and Cousins
I watched these two indie films back to back. Both of them deal with a girl growing up with just about every kind of obstacle thrown in her way. One…
Review: Pig
Pig is a quest film and a really good one at that. Nicolas Cage plays Rob a self-exiled hermit in the Oregon wilderness whose beloved truffle-hunting pig is violently abducted,…
AFIDOCS 2021: Arty Chick’s Download
This year was a distance festival. There were opportunities to be in the theaters in DC, but I chose to watch everything online from afar, on my couch. That’s a…
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Arty Chick’s Seven Flicks: Week 15
What a group of films I have for you this week! There’s an end of the world love story set in Los Angeles and a twisted sister rivalry in old…
Review: Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation
Tennessee Williams and Truman Capote were two of mid-20th century America's greatest writers. They were also close friends, though at times not so close. This new documentary examines that friendship,…
Mini-review: Siberia
The bromance between director Abel Ferrara and Willem Dafoe has reached its zenith with their latest collaboration. Each year for the last three in June I've watched Dafoe play a…
Review: Rita Moreno: Just A Girl Who Decided To Go For It
EGOT*. If you know what that is, you may also be aware of Rita Moreno's body of work. This film about her is a fairly straightforward tribute documentary, with talking…
Review: Les Nôtres
In the small town of Sainte-Adeline, Quebec, 13-year-old Magalie (Émilie Bierre) seems like the quintessential teenager - sullen, social media addicted, smitten with a secret boyfriend she won't even tell…
Review: Take Me Somewhere Nice
First time writer/director Ena Sendijarević is a Bosnian refugee raised in Holland and her coming-of-age road trip movie is informed by that detached perspective. It's the story of Alma (Sara…