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Screen Grabs: The rambunctious talents of Elaine May

Plus: African Film Festival, cinema and histories of incarceration, the Discrete Charm of the Bourgeoisie, more movies

Screen Grabs: The government is no one’s friend in ‘Costa Brava, Lebanon’

Plus: Heavyweight revival action this weekend, from Poland's The Three Colors Trilogy to—yes—Flash Gordon.

Screen Grabs: 3 new releases and the legacy of everyday horror

The 50th anniversary of 'Last House on the Left' highlights its influence on a trio of just-dropped wannabes.

Screen Grabs: Planetary repercussions in ‘The Territory,’ Idris Elba grants cinematic wishes

The actor lends certain splendor to 'Three Thousand Years of Longing'—plus, a chance to see 'The Birds' on the big screen!

Screen Grabs: SF Porn Film Festival kicks off with the Bay’s erotic history

Plus: Welcome evolution of Hollywood's Black protagonists via 1972's 'Blacula' and Edris Alba's new action-horror 'Beast.'

Screen Grabs: European relations hit the skids in ‘Spin Me Round’ and ‘Orphan: First Kill’

The former takes 'Eat, Pray' into comic territory, while 'Orphan' presents a psycho Estonian waif.

Screen Grabs: The saga of Chol Soo Lee—and the arrival of Cinequest

Plus: 'Big Trouble in Little China' gets a screening worthy of a cult fave, and this week's new releases.

Screen Grabs: Tween screams—and other late-summer hits and misses

A crucial abortion-at-the-border doc, 'Summering' recalls a gender-switched 'Stand By Me,' plus more new releases.

Screen Grabs: It’s a miracle—a new cinema opens in SF

Plus: Godzillafest goes Gamera, Indian Forrest Gump, '80s macho meatheads, Planet of the Vampires, more movies

Screen Grabs: Family dysfunction, with all the yikes

Patton Oswalt's 'I Love My Dad,' Lena Dunham's 'Sharp Stick,' teen pregnancy fallout in 'Icon,' more cringey relations