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Arty Chick’s Seven Picks: Week 10

February 26, 2021 0 Comments

This week is heavy on movies about couples. They include rom-coms and complicated relationship stories, and the characters range from criminals to musicians to politicians, from kings to bakers. The…

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Review: Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar

February 11, 2021 0 Comments

Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar is an extremely campy comedy that plays like an overlong skit on Saturday Night Live. It stars SNL alum Kristen Wiig (Wonder…

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Arty Chick’s Seven Picks: Week 8

January 25, 2021 0 Comments

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,…

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Review: Our Friend

January 19, 2021 0 Comments

Read this first. It's the Esquire article on which Our Friend is based. The writer is Matthew Teague, a journalist who wrote an essay about the slow and painful death…

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Arty Chick’s Seven Flicks: Week 7

January 10, 2021 0 Comments

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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Quickie Review: Stars Fell on Alabama

January 5, 2021 0 Comments

It could've been worse. I could have paid to see Stars Fell on Alabama in a theater. Instead, I was able to float mindlessly through this romantic dramedy as if…

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Arty Chick’s Seven Picks: Week 6

December 22, 2020 0 Comments

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…

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Arty Chick’s Seven Picks: Week 5

December 14, 2020 0 Comments

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…

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Review: Wild Mountain Thyme

December 9, 2020 0 Comments

Adapted from a play that director John Patrick Shanley (Moonstruck, Doubt) wrote about his own Irish family, Wild Mountain Thyme is a sweet and funny tale of a couple destined…

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I miss Broadway. And while Hamilton certainly helped fill the void during this pandemic, the historical rapfest isn't one of those big, splashy, colorful broadway musicals that you serendipitously try…

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Arty Chick’s Seven Flicks: Week 3

November 17, 2020 0 Comments

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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Review: Operation Christmas Drop

November 9, 2020 0 Comments

Operation Christmas Drop had me rethinking my somewhat harsh rebuke of Holidate which seems to be doing just fine on Netflix without my endorsement. At least Holidate evoked a reaction.…

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Arty Chick’s Seven Flicks: Week 2

November 9, 2020 0 Comments

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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Quickie Review: Friendsgiving

October 24, 2020 0 Comments

It's that time of year. The holiday movies are upon us and the first one out of the gate is this sometimes funny comedy centered on a couple of besties…

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Quickie Review: On the Rocks

October 23, 2020 0 Comments

On the Rocks is a mellow, totally forgettable yet easy enough to watch father-daughter relationship dramedy written and directed by Sofia Coppola. It stars Bill Murray as Felix, a charming,…