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FiLM FESTiVALS, COVERAGE & MOVIES
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PHANTOM MENACE PARKING LOT (1999/2012) - 10 MIN
By Jesse Hawthorne Ficks, shot on May 19, 1999 WATCH FILM
SF Bay Guardian
CALLING ALL
KEVIN SMITH FANS (YOU KNOW YOU ARE OUT THERE!)
By Jesse Hawthorne Ficks, February 10, 2012 GO TO ARTICLE
In his review about Kevin Smith's latest stand-up BURN IN HELL, Midnites for Maniacs programmer and Guardian contributor Jesse Hawthorne Ficks reflects on his personal favorite film of Smith's RED STATE.
SF Bay Guardian
FAVORITE
FILMS
OF
SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL
2012 (Pt. 8: 'THE FINAL COUNTDOWN')
By Jesse Hawthorne Ficks, February 08, 2012 GO TO ARTICLE
In his eighth report from the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, Midnites for Maniacs programmer and Guardian contributor Jesse Hawthorne Ficks reflects on his personal best of the fest.
SF Bay Guardian
FAVORITE
FILMS
OF
SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL
2012 (Pt. 7: 'UP ALL NIGHT')
By Jesse Hawthorne Ficks, February 07, 2012 GO TO ARTICLE
In his seventh report from the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, Midnites for Maniacs programmer and Guardian contributor Jesse Hawthorne Ficks reflects on his personal best of the fest.
SF Bay Guardian
FAVORITE
FILMS
OF
SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL
2012 (Pt. 6: 'DRAMARAMA')
By Jesse Hawthorne Ficks, February 06, 2012 GO TO ARTICLE
In his sixth report from the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, Midnites for Maniacs programmer and Guardian contributor Jesse Hawthorne Ficks reflects on his personal best of the fest.
RupertPupkinSpeaks.com
FAVORITE OLDER FILMS SEEN FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 2011!
By Jesse Hawthorne Ficks, February 04, 2012 GO TO ARTICLE
SF Bay Guardian
FAVORITE
FILMS
OF
SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL
2012 (Pt. 5: 'IT'S MARK DUPLASS' WORLD, WE JUST LIVE IN IT')
By Jesse Hawthorne Ficks, February 02, 2012 GO TO ARTICLE
In his fifth report from the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, Midnites for Maniacs programmer and Guardian contributor Jesse Hawthorne Ficks reflects on his personal best of the fest.
SF Bay Guardian
FAVORITE
FILMS
OF
SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL
2012 (Pt. 4: 'MORE DOCS')
By Jesse Hawthorne Ficks, February 02, 2012 GO TO ARTICLE
In his fourth report from the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, Midnites for Maniacs programmer and Guardian contributor Jesse Hawthorne Ficks reflects on his personal best of the fest.
SF Bay Guardian
FAVORITE
FILMS
OF
SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL
2012 (Pt. 3: 'DOCS')
By Jesse Hawthorne Ficks, February 01, 2012 GO TO ARTICLE
In his third report from the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, Midnites for Maniacs programmer and Guardian contributor Jesse Hawthorne Ficks reflects on his personal best of the fest.
SF Bay Guardian
FAVORITE
FILMS
OF
SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL
2012 (Pt. 2: 'BEASTS' & 'DAUGHTERS')
By Jesse Hawthorne Ficks, January 31, 2012 GO TO ARTICLE
In his second report from the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, Midnites for Maniacs programmer and Guardian contributor Jesse Hawthorne Ficks reflects on his personal best of the fest.
SF Bay Guardian
FAVORITE
FILMS
OF
SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL
2012 (Pt. 1: The HIPSTER CHRONICLES)
By Jesse Hawthorne Ficks, January 30, 2012 GO TO ARTICLE
In his first report from the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, Midnites for Maniacs programmer and Guardian contributor Jesse Hawthorne Ficks reflects on his personal best of the fest.
SF Bay Guardian
FAVORITE
FILMS
OF
TORONTO FILM FESTIVAL
2011 (Pt. 3)
By Jesse Hawthorne Ficks, September 28, 2011 GO TO ARTICLE
In his third report from the 2011 Toronto Film Festival, Midnites for Maniacs programmer and Guardian contributor Jesse Hawthorne Ficks reflects on his personal best of the fest.
SF Bay Guardian
FAVORITE
FILMS
OF
TORONTO FILM FESTIVAL
2011 (Pt. 2)
By Jesse Hawthorne Ficks, September 27, 2011 GO TO ARTICLE
In his second report from the 2011 Toronto Film Festival, Midnites for Maniacs programmer and Guardian contributor Jesse Hawthorne Ficks reflects on his personal best of the fest.
SF Bay Guardian
FAVORITE
FILMS
OF
TORONTO FILM FESTIVAL
2011 (Pt. 1)
By Jesse Hawthorne Ficks, September 26, 2011 GO TO ARTICLE
In his first report from the 2011 Toronto Film Festival, Midnites for Maniacs programmer and Guardian contributor Jesse Hawthorne Ficks reflects on his personal best of the fest.
SF Bay Guardian
INTERVIEW WITH KELLY REICHARDT
(FOR MEEK'S CUTOFF)
By Jesse Hawthorne Ficks, May 03, 2011 GO TO ARTICLE
With his IN PERSON interview from the 2008 Toronto Film Festival, Midnites for Maniacs programmer and Guardian contributor Jesse Hawthorne Ficks explores the filmmaker and their most recent film.
SF Bay Guardian
FAVORITE
FILMS OF SUNDANCE (& SLAMDANCE) FILM FESTIVAL 2011
By Jesse Hawthorne Ficks, Feburary 14, 2011 GO TO ARTICLE
In his report from the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, Midnites for Maniacs programmer and Guardian contributor Jesse Hawthorne Ficks reflects on his personal best of the fest.
Hell On Frisco Bay
FAVORITE
REP HOUSE SCREENINGS OF 2010
By Jesse Hawthorne Ficks, January 22, 2011 GO TO ARTICLE
Midnites for Maniacs programmer and Guardian contributor Jesse Hawthorne Ficks reflects on his personal favorite Rep House screenings of 2010 in the Bay Area.
SF Bay Guardian
FAVORITE
FILMS
OF
TORONTO FILM FESTIVAL
2010
By Jesse Hawthorne Ficks, October 19, 2010 GO TO ARTICLE
In his second report from the 2010 Toronto Film Festival, Midnites for Maniacs programmer and Guardian contributor Jesse Hawthorne Ficks reflects on his personal best of the fest.
SF Bay Guardian
FAVORITE
WOODY ALLEN FILMS OF THE
Y2Ks
By Jesse Hawthorne Ficks, September 27, 2010 GO TO ARTICLE
In his first report from the 2010 Toronto Film Festival, Midnites for Maniacs programmer and Guardian contributor Jesse Hawthorne Ficks reflects on his personal favs from the Woodman's recent career..
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INTERVIEW WITH an 8 month pregnant DIABLO CODY
By Jesse Hawthorne Ficks & Larissa Mills, June 11, 2010 WATCH FILM
SF Bay Guardian
FAVORITE
FILMS OF SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2010 (PT. 3)
By Jesse Hawthorne Ficks, February 24, 2010 GO TO ARTICLE
In his third report from the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, Midnites for Maniacs programmer and Guardian contributor Jesse Hawthorne Ficks reflects on his personal best DOCUMENTARIES of the fest.
SF Bay Guardian
FAVORITE
FILMS OF SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2010 (PT. 2)
By Jesse Hawthorne Ficks, February 23, 2010 GO TO ARTICLE
In his second report from the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, Midnites for Maniacs programmer and Guardian contributor Jesse Hawthorne Ficks reflects on his personal best of the fest.
SF Bay Guardian
FAVORITE
FILMS OF SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2010 (PT. 1)
By Jesse Hawthorne Ficks, Feburary 22, 2010 GO TO ARTICLE
In his first report from the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, Midnites for Maniacs programmer and Guardian contributor Jesse Hawthorne Ficks reflects on his personal best of the fest.
Hell On Frisco Bay
FAVORITE
REP HOUSE SCREENINGS OF 2009
By Jesse Hawthorne Ficks, Feburary 10, 2010 GO TO ARTICLE
Midnites for Maniacs programmer and Guardian contributor Jesse Hawthorne Ficks reflects on his personal favorite Re House screenings of 2009 in the Bay Area.
SF Bay Guardian
INTERVIEW WITH KELLY REICHARDT
(FOR WENDY & LUCY)
By Jesse Hawthorne Ficks, January 28, 2009 GO TO ARTICLE
With his IN PERSON interview from the 2008 Toronto Film Festival, Midnites for Maniacs programmer and Guardian contributor Jesse Hawthorne Ficks explores the filmmaker and their most recent film.
San
Francisco
Chronicle
MIDNITES
FOR
MANiACs:
"great
bad
movies"
By
G.
Allen
Johnson,
October
09,
2008 GO
TO
ARTICLE
It
started out
as an all-night
slumber party
- with free
cereal served
at 5am - called "Midnites
For Maniacs." It
was where bad
movies went
to be loved,
and it soon
became a big-crowd
staple at the
Castro Theatre.
Except that
founder and
programmer
Jesse Hawthorne
Ficks almost
doesn't believe
in bad films.
SF Bay Guardian
FAVORITE
FILMS
OF
THE TORONTO FILM FESTIVAL 2008
By Jesse Hawthorne Ficks, September 10, 2008 GO TO ARTICLE
In his report from the 2008 Toronto Film Festival, Midnites for Maniacs programmer and Guardian contributor Jesse Hawthorne Ficks reflects on his personal best of the fest.
About.com
San
Francisco
THE
CASTRO'S
MIDNITES
FOR
MANiACS
August
06, 2008 GO
TO ARTICLE
There's
a fine line
between
the popular "bad
movie" nights
you'll see
in any town,
where old films
are the butt
of verbal tomatoes
. . . and the
more subtle
showcases like
Midnites for
Maniacs, where
an old film
is dusted off
and genuinely
appreciated
for its warts.
SF360
Magazine
Movie
Scene,
Episode
14
Part
3:
A Genuine Tribute to Peter Bogdanovich
March 10, 2008 WATCH FILM
SF360
Movie
Scene,
a
presentation
of
the
San
Francisco
Film
Society
and
ComcastSF,
is
the
only
television
show
devoted
to
showcasing
the
San
Francisco
Bay
Area
independent
film,
film
festival
and
art-house
film
scene.
In
this
clip,
hosts
Rod
Armstrong,
of
the
Film
Society,
and
Cheryl
Eddy,
of
the
San
Francisco
Bay
Guardian,
discuss
with
Jesse
Hawthorne
Ficks,
Programmer
at
the
Castro
Theater,
about
the
upcoming " Midnites for Maniacs" remembering
Peter
Bogdanovich's
classics.
SF360
Magazine
Movie Scene, Episode 13 Part 3
Quick Sundance review
February 28, 2008 WATCH FILM
SF360 Movie Scene, a presentation of the San Francisco Film Society and ComcastSF, is the only television show devoted to showcasing the San Francisco Bay Area independent film, film festival and art-house film scene. In this clip, hosts Rod Armstrong, of the Film Society, and Cheryl Eddy, of the San Francisco Bay Guardian, talk with journalist Jesse Hawthorne Ficks, back from the Sundance Film Festival.
SF Bay Guardian
FAVORITE
FILMS
OF
THE SUNDANCE
FILM FESTIVAL 2008
By Jesse Hawthorne Ficks, January 25, 2008 GO TO ARTICLE
In his third report from the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, Midnites for Maniacs programmer and Guardian contributor Jesse Hawthorne Ficks reflects on his personal best of the fest.
SF360.com
FAVORITE
UNDERRATED FILM
OF
2007
By Jesse Hawthorne Ficks, December 27, 2007 GO TO ARTICLE
Midnites for Maniacs programmer and Guardian contributor Jesse Hawthorne Ficks reflects on his favorite underrated film of 2007.
SF360.com
Monday:
Platform
/ Jesse
Hawthorne
Ficks
on
his
midnight
movie
empire
By Dennis Harvey, December 3, 2007 GO TO ARTICLE
Twitch
2007 SFIAAFF—Jesse Hawthorne Ficks INTRODUCTION for Big Trouble In Little China
By Michael Guillen, March 21, 2007 GO TO ARTICLE
SF Bay Guardian
Midnight Specialists: Midnites For Maniacs, The
king
of
midnight
movies
in
SF,
Jesse
Hawthorne
Ficks
By Cheryl Eddy, July 4, 2007 GO TO ARTICLE
SF Bay Guardian
FAVORITE
FILMS
OF
THE SUNDANCE
FILM FESTIVAL 2007
By Jesse Hawthorne Ficks, January 31, 2007 GO TO ARTICLE
In his first report from the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, Midnites for Maniacs programmer and Guardian contributor Jesse Hawthorne Ficks reflects on his personal best of the fest.
New York Noise
Sweating at the Pitchfork Music Festival 2006
November 13, 2006 WATCH MOVIE
Peggy
Wang
interviews
Pitchfork
fest-goers
(including
Mr.
Ficks)
for
Network
TV's
New
York
Noise.
Shot
/
Edited
by
Shirley
Bra
SF Bay Guardian
MOST ANTICIPATED FILMS
OF
2006
By Jesse Hawthorne Ficks, August 29, 2006 GO TO ARTICLE
Midnites for Maniacs programmer and Guardian contributor Jesse Hawthorne Ficks reflects on his most aniticpated upcoming films of 2006.
SF360 Magazine
Monday:
Platform
/
Jesse
Ficks
remodels
the "midnight" movie
By Max Goldberg, Jun 5, 2006 GO TO ARTICLE
The Evening Class
PROGRAMMER PROFILE—Jesse Hawthorne Ficks
By Michael Guillen, June 04, 2006 GO TO ARTICLE
SF Weekly
After Midnight
By JOYCE SLATON, May 26, 2004 GO TO ARTICLE
contact
jesse
hawthorne
ficks
at: MIDNITES4MANIACS@gmail.com
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