Quickie Review: 17 Blocks
I saw this one at AFI DOCS in 2019, back when we could still go to festivals. And it's just now coming into theaters virtually. 17 Blocks is a sad…
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Arty Chick’s Seven Flicks: Week 9
Week Nine of films that I remember fondly. It's amazing how many great films come to mind when I go down my cinematic memory lane. A lot of this week's…
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Adaptation
Arty Chick
Award Winning
Chick Flick
Comedy
Crime
Date movie
Drama
Special Feature
Thriller
Arty Chick’s Seven Picks: Week 8
This week's picks include classics and cult faves. There's only one foreign film in the bunch for a change of pace. Two of the films come from the same director,…
Review: One Night in Miami
Academy Award winning actress Regina King's extraordinary directorial debut is an adaptation of a play that tells the story of one evening in 1964 when four African-American icons get together…
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Comedy
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French
Italian
Romance
Spanish language
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Thriller
Arty Chick’s Seven Flicks: Week 7
This week's picks won boatloads of Oscars and had nominations galore. They hail from France, and Italy, and Germany, and Spain, and one has no dialogue. When I put together…
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Adaptation
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Comedy
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Date movie
Drama
French
Italian
Romance
Special Feature
Thriller
Arty Chick’s Seven Picks: Week 6
This week's picks include two French films that couldn't be more dissimilar, one a psychological thriller, and the other a magical story set in Paris. There's an Italian ode to…
Review: First Cow
Sometime in the early 19th century somewhere in the Pacific Northwest two men meet in the woods near a trappers' encampment. One of them is naked. What follows is the…
Review: Saint Frances
Written by and starring Kelly O'Sullivan Saint Frances is a small dark comedy that centers on the expectations women live with and one young woman's choices. Bridget (O'Sullivan) is in…
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Comedy
Danish
Drama
French
German
Italian
Korean
Romance
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Thriller
Arty Chick’s Seven Picks: Week 5
This week’s picks include a healthy dose of Roman decadence, an obsessive and tragic snoop, a ghostly romance, a grieving mother on the warpath, violent union busting, food to die…
Review: Minari
Minari had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January of 2020. It won both the U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize and the U.S. Dramatic Audience Award. In…
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Arty Chick
Award Winning
Chinese
Drama
Romance
Russian
Spanish language
Special Feature
Thriller
Arty Chick’s Seven Flicks: Week 4
This week's picks run the gamut from a classic Hollywood epic to one of my favorite action flicks. I've also chosen a bunch of foreign fare. Something from Russia, from…
Arty Chick’s Seven Flicks: Week 3
This week's list is heavy with comedies, but what a diverse set they are! From modern indie fare to classic screwball with a couple that are held up as the…
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Chinese
Comedy
Crime
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Female led films
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Arty Chick’s Seven Flicks: Week 2
Week two of listing favorite films that may not be on your radar because they're not new. A few of these were made before I was born, and they're still…
Action/Adventure
Adaptation
Arty Chick
Award Winning
Comedy
Date movie
Drama
German
Japanese
Science Fiction/Fantasy
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Arty Chick’s Seven Flicks: Week 1
What are you streaming this week? When the COVID-19 pandemic began, I started a list on my Facebook page, posting a film I love every day. That list has grown,…
Review: Maxima
When I heard the title of this film, I thought it might be another superhero epic. And I was right, though not the way I expected. The superhero here is…