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Arty Chick’s Oscar Ballot

April 23, 2021 0 Comments

Update: I began my Oscar viewing thinking the show was fun and creative, but it went totally off the rails about half way through and ended in the most abrupt…

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Review: Slalom

April 8, 2021 0 Comments

Competitive sports are hell on the body and the mind. Even more so when you're a teenager with no support system. In Slalom, Lyz (Noée Abita) is an ambitious and…

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Review: Quo Vadis, Aida?

March 25, 2021 0 Comments

Talk about a film that's hard to watch! This Oscar nominee from Bosnia and Herzegovina tells the horrifying story of the days leading up to the 1995 massacre of 8,000+…

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Quickie Review: The World To Come

February 12, 2021 0 Comments

Dreary. That's the life of the people who inhabit this film. It's 1859, somewhere in upstate New York, and a farmer and his wife, Abigail (Katherine Waterston, Fantastic Beasts, Steve…

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Arty Chick’s Seven Flicks: Week 9

February 9, 2021 0 Comments

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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Review: Promising Young Woman

December 21, 2020 0 Comments

I finally have a solid front-runner for my 'best of' list for film and lead actress for 2020. It's Promising Young Woman starring Carey Mulligan (Wildlife, Mudbound, An Education). The…

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Review: I’m Your Woman

December 8, 2020 0 Comments

I’m Your Woman is a quiet and engrossing crime drama starring Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) as a woman forced to go on the run after her thief of…

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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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Review: Maxima

October 12, 2020 0 Comments

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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Review: A Call to Spy

October 2, 2020 0 Comments

This based-on-a-true-story WWII drama centers on three women in a British spy agency you probably never heard of - the SOE, Special Operations Executive. Early in the war, it was…

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Review: The Glorias

September 29, 2020 0 Comments

There is a line near the end of The Glorias about going in circles – as women, as a society, as a nation. A reminder, underscored in recent days by…

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Review: Resisterhood

September 20, 2020 0 Comments

Resisterhood begins in the aftermath of the 2016 election as women (and men) gather in Washington to march on Day One of the Trump presidency. There we meet the six…

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Review: Mulan (2020)

September 3, 2020 0 Comments

Fortunately, she still brings honor to us all. Only this time, it's in live action. That means Mulan kicks butt as a warrior - without breaking into song (as she…

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Review: The Mole Agent

September 1, 2020 0 Comments

The Mole Agent feels very much like a narrative film even though it's a documentary, and that's a good thing. It tells the story of Sergio, an 83-year-old man recruited…