Review: PINK: All I Know So Far
“I’m comin’ up so you better get this party started.” Oh yeah, okay. I do know some PINK music! PINK: All I Know So Far was smart to start with…
Review: The Perfect Candidate
Saudi Arabian cinema has a very short history. The first feature shot there was only in 2012! And it was written and directed by a woman, Haifaa Al-Mansour. Since then…
Review: Los Hermanos/The Brothers
At the center of this wonderful musical documentary are Ilmar and Aldo López-Gavilán, musician brothers separated for much of their lives by US-Cuban politics. Ilmar left Cuba at the age…
Review: There is No Evil
Shot in secret and smuggled out of Iran, There is No Evil is a four-part film centered on capital punishment and its effect on the men who are forced to…
Review: Profile
If you’re looking for a film that may actually play better on a desktop computer or laptop than in a theater, then look no further than Profile. The story takes…
Quickie Review: Queen Marie
Queen Marie tell the story of Queen Marie of Romania and her work as a diplomat at a crucial time in the country's history. Born in England, the granddaughter of…
Review: Wrath of Man
I’m sort of hit and miss when it comes to Guy Ritchie flicks. Wrath of Man falls somewhere in the middle of the road for me. The film is a…
Quickie Review: About Endlessness
This Swedish film is less a single narrative than a walk through an absurdist museum, stopping to view a series of living tableaux, and then wandering on to the next.…
Quickie Review: The Boy From Medellin
The Boy From Medellin is a documentary about a Colombian reggaeton superstar who I must confess I'd never heard of. Not really my jam (I had to look up 'reggaeton').…
Review: Four Good Days
Four Good Days is a movie about addiction and the toll that the cycle of rehab and relapse can take on relationships and family. We've seen it all before --…
Review: The County
At the center of this Icelandic drama is Inga (Arndís Hrönn Egilsdóttir), a widow who's been left to run an isolated dairy farm mired in debt. It's not impossible to…
Quickie Review: Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
"Sesame Street" is a timeless classic and this documentary helps explain why. Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street takes a deep dive into the heart and soul of…
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Arty Chick’s Oscar Ballot
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Mainstream Chick’s Oscar Picks for 2021
UPDATE: In what I found to be a rather boring presentation of the awards, I ended up with a score of 16/23. Not too bad all things considered. It was…
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Arty Chick’s Seven Flicks: Week 13
This week's picks are heavy on big name directors: Louis Malle, Akira Kurasawa, Volker Schlöndorff, Ingmar Bergman, Billie August, Hal Ashby, and John Huston. Many of these are their first…