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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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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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Review: Saint Frances

December 18, 2020 0 Comments

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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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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Review: Another Round

December 3, 2020 0 Comments

Thomas Vinterberg (The Celebration, Far From the Madding Crowd) directed Mads Michelsen in The Hunt back 2013. In it Mikkelsen played a kindergarten teacher accused of a horrible crime he didn't…

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Quickie Review: Half Brothers

November 30, 2020 0 Comments

Half Brothers is okay for about half its 96-minute running time. The other half is really lame, bro. The movie begins with a lot of promise: a father and son…

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Review: The Personal History of David Copperfield

November 25, 2020 0 Comments

Some stories seem to attract actors and directors over and over, year after year. Charles Dickens' semi-autobiographical "David Copperfield" is one of those. It's been adapted for the screen at…

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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: Light Years

November 16, 2020 0 Comments

Okay, this is an odd one. But it's also a pleasant ride. Colin Thompson wrote and directed and (this is the weird part) stars as almost all the characters in…

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Quickie Review: Fatman

November 11, 2020 0 Comments

Mel, what were you thinking? I know you're looking for that flick to make the big comeback from bad guy jail, but this ain't it. I can kinda sorta see…

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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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Arty Chick’s Seven Flicks: Week 1

November 2, 2020 0 Comments

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,…