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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,…

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Arty Chick’s AFIDOCS 2020 Wrap-up

June 23, 2020 0 Comments

We’ve been going to AFIDOCS since 2014. It’s usually a great long weekend of documentaries and mixing with film lovers and filmmakers. This year because of COVID-19, it was a…

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COVID-19 Streaming List

March 12, 2020 0 Comments

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…

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Mini-reviews: 2020 Oscar-Nominated Short Films

February 7, 2020 0 Comments

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…

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Arty Chick’s 2019 Top 10

January 2, 2020 1 Comments

Unlike Mainstream Chick, I don't think 2019 was a good year for movies. I didn't come out of many saying, “That was amazing! I have to tell people about it!”…

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Mainstream Chick’s Top Movie Picks of 2019

January 1, 2020 0 Comments

2019 was a good year for movies. I liked a lot of what I saw, and I saw a lot. 200+ films. Blockbusters, documentaries, foreign films, indies. However, for the…

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Arty Chick’s Middleburg Film Festival Download 2019

October 23, 2019 0 Comments

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…

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Mainstream Chick’s 2019 Middleburg Film Festival Recap

October 22, 2019 0 Comments

There’s something addictive about the Middleburg Film Festival. It’s not like I rank among press that is comped for transportation, put up in the festival’s home base – the swanky…

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AFIDOCS 2019: Arty Chick’s Wrap-up

June 27, 2019 0 Comments

Usually when I see the slate for AFIDOCS I get excited for a few of them and intrigued by many more. But this time around, I was not all that…

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Arty Chick’s Best of 2018 list

January 10, 2019 0 Comments

This was a hard year to choose my favorites. There were great movies in a lot of categories that deserved attention. It was a GREAT year for foreign films and…

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Mainstream Chick’s Top Picks of 2018

January 1, 2019 0 Comments

It’s insanely difficult to do a “Top 10 Movies of 2018” list when you’ve seen about 200 movies in 365 days – everything from blockbusters, to arthouse films, to documentaries,…

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Arty Chick’s Middleburg Film Festival Download 2018

October 25, 2018 0 Comments

Another year at a fabulous festival! I wonder how long this little Virginia horse country festival can keep it up. It's sure to burst its seams soon. This year's slate…

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Mainstream Chick’s Middleburg Film Festival Download (2018)

October 25, 2018 0 Comments

Despite a few (hotel reservation and RSVP) potholes on the road to this year’s Middleburg Film Festival, all’s well that ends well! And what an ending it was. The closing…

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Manhattan Short Film Festival

October 8, 2018 0 Comments

To call it a festival is a stretch, but it's a cool idea. A panel somewhere looks at a ton of short films from around the world and somehow chooses…

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Metro DC-area Readers: Win Passes to See ‘Colette’!

September 24, 2018 0 Comments

Enter to Win an Admit-2 Run of Engagement Pass to See the Biographical Drama COLETTE! If you live in the Washington, DC area - near the Landmark E Street or…