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San
Francisco
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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.
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
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
Monday:
Platform
/
Jesse
Hawthorne
Ficks
on
his
midnight
movie
empire
By Dennis Harvey, December 3, 2007 GO TO ARTICLE
Jesse Hawthorne Ficks is the founder, curator and host of Midnites for Maniacs, a frequent one-night event on the historic Castro Theatre's calendar these days. "Emphasizing dismissed, overlooked and forgotten films," MfM might be said to focus on the populist yet esoteric-genre and exploitation flicks that for the most part long since disappeared into the netherworld of discarded VHS rental tapes ...
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
Ask Jesse Hawthorne Ficks what his favorite movie is, and he won't hesitate: it's Ski School. Ficks, who programs and hosts the Castro Theatre's monthly Midnites for Maniacs triple feature, interprets "favorite" literally: the 1991 raunch-com might not surface on any highbrow top-10 lists, but it's likely no scholar loves Citizen Kane (1941) as much as Ficks loves Ski School ...
SF360 Magazine
Monday:
Platform
/
Jesse
Ficks
remodels
the "midnight" movie
By Max Goldberg, Jun 5, 2006 GO TO ARTICLE
The Bay Area has a long history of creative film programming. Although the rep-house/film society circuit probably isn't what it was in the days when Pauline Kael got her start programming Berkeley's defunct Fine Arts Cinema, there are still plenty of fiery aficionados trying to get you to the theater for a little taste of the unusual, forgotten, and sublime. One such film-freak is Jesse Hawthorne Ficks whose all-out "Midnites for Maniacs" bills have aired out curiosities from the '80s and '90s to adoring crowds at the Castro Theatre. Despite being abroad for Cannes, Ficks took the time to consider the enduring appeal of midnight movies over email ...
The Evening Class
PROGRAMMER PROFILE—Jesse Hawthorne Ficks
By Michael Guillen, June 04, 2006 GO TO ARTICLE
The Bay Area has a long history of creative film programming. Although the rep-house/film society circuit probably isn't what it was in the days when Pauline Kael got her start programming Berkeley's defunct Fine Arts Cinema, there are still plenty of fiery aficionados trying to get you to the theater for a little taste of the unusual, forgotten, and sublime. One such film-freak is Jesse Hawthorne Ficks whose all-out "Midnites for Maniacs" bills have aired out curiosities from the '80s and '90s to adoring crowds at the Castro Theatre. Despite being abroad for Cannes, Ficks took the time to consider the enduring appeal of midnight movies over email ...
Twitch
2007 SFIAAFF—Jesse Hawthorne Ficks INTRODUCTION for Big Trouble In Little China
By Michael Guillen, March 21, 2007 GO TO ARTICLE
It's truly heartwarming to see how much Jesse Hawthorne Ficks is beloved by his MiDNiTES FOR MANiACS fans and—more interestingly—how he cheerleads their adoration. The man knows how to work a crowd. Co-presenting John Carpenter's Big Trouble In Little China (1986) with SFIAAFF will undoubtedly win him some new converts.
SF Weekly
After Midnight
By JOYCE SLATON, May 26, 2004 GO TO ARTICLE
In my family we call it the "$9 nap": Because I'm a morning person, I fall asleep in any movie that starts after 7 p.m. No matter how gripping the plot, no matter how hard I try to stay awake, 9 at night finds me snoring in my stadium-style chair. It's usually not a problem -- even racy current releases have matinee showings, after all -- but a late-night movie series as cool as "Midnites for Maniacs" makes me wish things were different. Now in its third year and still curated by quirky trash-flick enthusiast Jesse Hawthorne Ficks, the series presents picks that range far beyond typical midnight-movie fare. Even Ficks' most boilerplate selection, the kicky 1979 Ramones vehicle Rock 'n' Roll High School (which also stars teen-flick queen P.J. Soles and Eating Raoul's Mary Woronov and Paul Bartel), is a cult film so obscure that it's only been shown locally a handful of times over the last two decades ...
MISC. MEDIA
SF
Bay
Guardian
INTERVIEW
WITH
THE
DUPLASS
BROTHERS
By
Jesse
Hawthorne
Ficks,
August
01,
2008 GO
TO
ARTICLE
It’s
difficult
to
call
most
films
independent
nowadays.
But
the
Duplass
Brothers’ 2005
Sundance
sleeper
The
Puffy
Chair
is
as
Indie
as
an
American
feature
film
can
be.
Made
for
$15,000,
it
brought
the
grit
of
John
Cassavetes
and
the
introspection
of
Richard
Linklater
to
a whole
new
generation.
Now
considered
to
be
part
of
the
godfathers
of “Mumblecore,” a
genre
defined
by
this
generation’s
talkative
nature,
the
Duplass
brothers
have
returned
with
their
follow-up.
Baghead
is
a hilarious
and
often
unsettling
stalker
film
that
delves
into
the
personal
relationship
minutia
and
woes
of
two
guys
and
two
girls
who
are
trying
to
write
a screenplay
together
in
remote
cabin.
SF360
Magazine
Movie Scene, Episode 13 Part 3
Quick Sundance review
February 28, 2008 WATCH
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
BEST
FILM
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.
New York Noise
Sweating at the Pitchfork Music Festival 2006
November 13, 2006 WATCH
Peggy
Wang
interviews
Pitchfork
fest-goers
(including
Mr.
Ficks)
for
Network
TV's
New
York
Noise.
Shot
/
Edited
by
Shirley
Braha.
contact
jesse
hawthorne
ficks
at: MIDNITES4MANIACS@gmail.com
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