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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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
Date movie
Drama
Female led films
Special Feature
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…
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Adaptation
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Comedy
Date movie
Drama
German
Japanese
Science Fiction/Fantasy
Special Feature
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…
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Adaptation
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Comedy
Crime
Date movie
Drama
Romance
Special Feature
Thriller
COVID-19 Streaming List
Just in case you're caught at home wondering what you can do to pass the time, here's a list of films that, if you haven't seen, you should, and if…
Review: Corpus Christi (Boze Cialo)
Based on a true story, Corpus Christi is the tale of 20-year-old Daniel (Bartosz Bielenia) who, just sprung from a violent juvenile detention center and heading for a new job,…
Review: Balloon (Ballon)
Seems like all I'm seeing lately are film based on true stories. In this one, two families living in Cold War East Germany in 1979 plan a daring escape to…
Review: Beanpole (Дылда)
War is hell. And life after war is, too. Most war films concentrate on the effects that the carnage has on men, but this Russian melodrama looks at how the women…
Mini-reviews: 2020 Oscar-Nominated Short Films
If you're planning to watch the Academy Awards this weekend, chances are you haven't had a chance to catch the shorts. I mean, who does? Unless you're lucky enough to…
Mini review: Marriage Story
Both of us Chicks saw this one at the Middleburg Film Festival earlier this year where it was the opening night film. From director Noah Baumbach (Margot at the Wedding,…
Arty Chick’s Middleburg Film Festival Download 2019
Another super tiring weekend in the bucolic Virginia hamlet of Middleburg watching more films than I should! I predicted early on that this festival would outgrow itself and I think…