Nick's Flick Picks

<BODY text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFCC" link="#003399" vlink="#003399" topmargin="25" leftmargin="115" rightmargin="115"> <center><img src=movarchsbanner.jpg></center> <table cellpadding=2 cellspacing=1><tr><td> <b><Font Size=+1 Color="#0090FF">RECENT REVIEWS</Font></b> // <b><Font Color="#009900">(113 Screenings in 2009)</Font></b><br> </td></tr><tr><td> <Font Color="#660066"><b>Design of a Decade:</b></Font> Countdown of <a href=best00s.html style="text-decoration:none" target="_top"><b>The Best of the 00s</b></a>, plus <a href="http://blog.nicksflickpicks.com/2009/12/backwards-and-forwards-2008.html" style="text-decoration:none" target="_new"><b>key films to reassess</b></a><br> </td></tr><tr><td> <Font Color="#660066"><b>Remembering the 00s:</b></Font> In perhaps my most popular blog feature ever, I <a href="http://blog.nicksflickpicks.com/search/label/End%20of%2000s" style="text-decoration:none" target="_new"><b>revisit</b></a> memorable <br>&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp trips to first-run and rep house cinemas throughout the decade. Read what happened the <br>&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp first times I saw <a href="http://blog.nicksflickpicks.com/2009/12/remembering-2000.html" style="text-decoration:none" target="_top"><b>The Cell</b></a>, <a href="http://blog.nicksflickpicks.com/2009/12/remembering-2002.html" style="text-decoration:none" target="_top"><b>Man with a Movie Camera</b></a>, <a href="http://blog.nicksflickpicks.com/2009/12/remembering-2003.html" style="text-decoration:none" target="_top"><b>Jackass</b></a>, <a href="http://blog.nicksflickpicks.com/2009/12/remembering-2004_05.html" style="text-decoration:none" target="_top"><b>Eternal Sunshine...</b></a>, <br>&nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <a href="http://blog.nicksflickpicks.com/2009/12/remembering-2007.html" style="text-decoration:none" target="_top"><b>Into the Wild</b></a>, and <a href="http://blog.nicksflickpicks.com/2009/12/remembering-2008.html" style="text-decoration:none" target="_top"><b>The Dark Knight</b></a>, and how I got punked by <a href="http://blog.nicksflickpicks.com/2009/12/remembering-2006.html" style="text-decoration:none" target="_top"><b>Mary Poppins</b></a><br> </td></tr><tr><td> <a href="http://www.chicagofilmfestival.com style="text-decoration:none" target="_new"><Font Color="#660066"><b>Chicago Film Festival:</b></Font></a> Reviews of <a href=precious.html style="text-decoration:none"><b>Precious</b></a>, <a href=marymax.html style="text-decoration:none"><b>Mary and Max</b></a>, <a href=airdoll.html style="text-decoration:none"><b>Air Doll</b></a>, and <a href="http://blog.nicksflickpicks.com/search/label/CIFF09" style="text-decoration:none" target="_new"><b>more!</b></a><br> </td></tr></table> <Font Size=-1>&nbsp<br></Font> <table cellpadding=2 cellspacing=1><tr><td> <b><Font Size=+1 Color="#0090FF">ONGOING SPECIAL FEATURES</Font></b> // <b><Font Color="#009900">Fall 2009</Font></b><br> </td></tr><tr><td> <a href=osactresportal.html target="_top" style="text-decoration:none"><Font Color="#660066"><b>The Best Actress Archive:</b></Font></a> The women of <a href=osactresframes08.html style="text-decoration:none" target="_top"><b>2008</b></a> and <a href=osactresframes41.html style="text-decoration:none" target="_top"><b>1941</b></a>, and a profile of <a href=osactresstreep.html style="text-decoration:none" target="_top"><b>Meryl Streep</b></a><br> </td></tr><tr><td> <a href=favfilms.html target="_top" style="text-decoration:none"><Font Color="#660066"><b>Favorite Films Countdown:</b></Font></a> <a href=favfilmsgeorgia.html target="_top" style="text-decoration:none"><b>Georgia</b></a> (#25), <a href=favfilmslatmarrg.html target="_top" style="text-decoration:none"><b>Late Marriage</b></a> (#27), <a href=favfilmshowards.html target="_top" style="text-decoration:none"><b>Howards End</b></a> (#28), <br> &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp <a href=favfilmsshermans.html target="_top" style="text-decoration:none"><b>Sherman's March</b></a> (#30), <a href=favfilmspeel.html target="_top" style="text-decoration:none"><b>Peel</b></a> (#35), <a href=favfilmsadamsrib.html target="_top" style="text-decoration:none"><b>Adam's Rib</b></a> (#52), and <a href=favfilmspickpocket.html target="_top" style="text-decoration:none"><b>Pickpocket</b></a> (#68)<br> </td></tr></table> <Font Size=-1>&nbsp<br></Font> <table cellpadding=2 cellspacing=1><tr><td> <b><Font Size=+1 Color="#0090FF">FIRST TIME VISITING?</Font></b> // <b><Font Color="#009900">Lovely to have you!</Font></b><br> </td></tr><tr><td> <Font Color="#660066"><b>Quick Tour:</b></Font> recent reviews of <a href=precious.html style="text-decoration:none"><b>Precious</b></a> and <a href=vicrsbrc.html style="text-decoration:none"><b>Vicky Cristina Barcelona</b></a>; older pieces <br> &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp about <a href=blackdal.html style="text-decoration:none"><b>The Black Dahlia</b></a>, <a href=farfhevn.html style="text-decoration:none"><b>Far from Heaven</b></a>, and <a href=holiday.html style="text-decoration:none"><b>Holiday</b></a>; "Favorites" ranging <br> &nbsp &nbsp &nbsp from <a href=favfilmshyenas.html style="text-decoration:none"target="_top"><b>Hyenas</b></a> to <a href=favfilmsfasterpkk.html style="text-decoration:none"target="_top"><b>Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!</b></a>; an homage to <a href=osactreskhepburn.html style="text-decoration:none" target="_top"><b>Katharine Hepburn</b></a>.<br> </td></tr><tr><td> <Font Color="#660066"><b>Ideal Settings:</b></Font> Mozilla Firefox; browser scaled to 1280 x 800; default font Times 16pt<br> </td></tr></table> </body>