Dennis Harvey
Screen Grabs: You say you wanted a ‘Revolution’
At this point even six months ago may feel like an entirely different, long-lost epoch—as, meanwhile, November 3 can’t possibly come soon enough. But...
Screen Grabs: Sentiment averse
Normally I wouldn’t bother explaining why a certain movie is not being covered in this column, but this weekend there’s a particular glut of ‘em, all...
Screen Grabs: Art imitates life
Social media political propaganda campaigns, sexual abuse accusations, invaded privacy—art certainly seems to be imitating life even more than usual amongst new streaming releases...
Screen Grabs: The shift evident, women directors rise
While the stampede of sexual harassment and assault accusations unleashed by the #MeToo movement may make it seem the entertainment industry is a sexist...
Screen Grabs: Films that pull back the veil
The Trump regime’s egregious wrongdoing and pollutive effect on society has wound up bringing greater attention to long-term (yet rapidly worsening) woes of American...
Screen Grabs: Don’t look away from ‘Decade of Fire’ and ‘The Painted Bird’
This weekend’s new streaming releases are dominated by two major literary adaptations, both of which would have looked great on the big screen ......
Screen Grabs: Welcome to Jewish Film Fest’s online ‘Cinegogue’
Four months into the COVID crisis (with no end in sight yet), many film festivals and organizations have had time to come up with...
Screen Grabs: From the dark, to the streaming services
The demand for streaming movies has increased such during recent months that many films are getting taken off the shelf where they’ve laid neglected...
Screen Grabs: Build your own silent film festival
For years the San Francisco Silent Film Festival was a July event, and this summer would have marked its 25th anniversary—but due to you-know-what,...
Screen Grabs: In the grip of hard truths—both political and personal
New releases of interest this Friday run a global gamut from Vegas to Australia and Japan, with France, Russia and South Korea in between....