Dennis Harvey
Screen Grabs: A much-needed civic boost with ‘City Hall’
Plus: tributes to women older and younger, a portrait of toxic friendship, religious ecstasy in Brazil
Screen Grabs: Over the moon, but no time to rest
Now that the election's over, remember other countries? An Iranian thriller, South Korean mayhem, and a gay Irish pair hit screens
Screen Grabs: Watching from the thick of it all
This week sees a gaggle of releases that seem appropriate for our anxiety-fraught moment. (Although we're hoping for good news)
Screen Grabs: Contagion outdoors, creepy elders, Acute Misinformation… sound familiar?
Attack of the Demons, Darkness in Tenement 45, Koko-di Koko-da, and more twisted fare for a twisted moment.
Frida’s artful life on film—and in the galleries
Mexican icon's dramatic work and life are having a San Francisco moment, with de Young show and two screenings
Screen Grabs: San Francisco’s real royal family, still glittering onward
'50 Years of Fabulous' comes a courtin'. Plus: a record of the 1972 National Black Political Convention, angsty Hungarians, more
Screen Grabs: Borat’s ‘totally sensationalized false account’ and other bombshell releases
Sure, it has Giuliani looking suspect—but is 'Borat Subsequent Moviefilm' any good? Plus, a new documentary on the grifters leading the alt-right movement, and 'The Guardian of Memory.'
Screen Grabs: Must-see horror films for the Halloween that wasn’t
Drive-ins step in for trick-or-treating in 2020—plus, flicks following quarantine seances, malevolence-plagued asylum seekers, bedeviled hairdos, and Kazahk-Bulgarian dystopian futures visible from the gloom of home.
Screen Grabs: When punk made racism uncool again
White Riot documents Rock Against Racism. Plus: I Wake Up Streaming, Trial of the Chicago 7, The Wall of Mexico, more
Screen Grabs: Don’t worry, he said, COVID’s ‘Totally Under Control’
A new doc parses the US pandemic response catastrophe. Plus: Driving While Black, more
