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Boots Riley is here to boost you

Oakland icon pulls no punches talking about new movie 'I Love Boosters' and the power of collective organizing.
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Screen Grabs: Forbidden, foreboding ‘Hitler, A Film From Germany’ returns

Plus: Jude Law as Putin in 'Wizard of the Kremlin,' 500 years of ginkgo in 'Silent Friend,' and a masterpiece of non-sectarian mysticism
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Screen Grabs: CAAMFest eye-openers include ‘the Godfather of Silicon Valley’s Indian Mafia’

Plus: Odes to impresarios Robert Wilson and Craig Baldwin, risky 'Blue Heron' and foodie-feminist 'Mistura.' New movies!
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Screen Grabs: Silent Film Fest returns to its ancestral home

Back to the Castro with plenty of rarities and gems. Plus: Tap into Ovid for a wacky 1974 Lithuanian rock opera and more.
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Screen Grabs: Everyone is lying to you for money and no one cares about crazy people

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Searing docs by the truckload, from DocLands fest to two Barbara Kopple classics. Plus: Charlie XCX goes Polish, more movies
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Michael Jackson and Prince deserve better

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Sanitized blockbuster 'Michael' and estate-quashed Prince doc rob us of nuanced, imaginative, and true portraits of the pop giants.
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Screen Grabs: SFFILM Fest hits 69. Nice.

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11 days of global visions, including Boots Riley's latest, a Kid Koala cartoon, and 'The Empire Strikes Back.' Plus: 'I Swear,' 'The Blue Trail,' more
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Screen Grabs: In the trenches of democracy with Amy Goodman

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Bracing 'Steal This Story, Please!' Plus: Soderbergh's intelligent 'The Christophers,' biting 'Continental '25,' spectral 'Dry Leaf'
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Screen Grabs: Balboa Theater hits 100—and honors a costuming legend

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Plus: 'Return to Oz,' a new Camus, Doris Day's cult lesbian moment, Paleolithic Herzog, 'Faces of Death,' more
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Grab a free pass to see new doc ‘Lorne’

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Catch a behind-the-scenes look at the legendary 'Saturday Night Live' producer—but act fast!
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Screen Grabs: Aliens, witches, mermaids, and other swell company

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'Touch Me,' 'Dead Lover,' 'The Serpent's Skin,' more offer fun twists on genre thrills. Plus: A spooky Irish tale rises again.
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Screen Grabs: Tributes to three trailblazing women filmmakers

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Plus: Bright comedy 'Fantasy Life,' Kiyoshi Kurosawa's moody horrors, free-falling in 'Space Cowboy' and Putin's Russia.
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Screen Grabs: Back to the USSR

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'Two Prosecutors' and 'Soviet Silver' take us there. Plus: A Dutch film Nazi, a Palestinian revolt, 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers,' more
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‘Palestine 36’ director Annemarie Jacir: ‘Memory is a form of resistance’

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Palestinian filmmaker completed acclaimed story of Arab revolts during British colonial rule in the midst of war and genocide.
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Ficks’ Picks: Here are the real best movies of 2025

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Now that the Oscar dust has settled, an underground movie maven dives into a wild year. 'Castration,' anyone?
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Screen Grabs: At 30, Berlin & Beyond still goes above and beyond

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Hot jazz, thrash metal, Udo Kier on tap. Plus: Clara Bow still has 'It,' Rose Byrnes gets a 'Tow,' '1000 Women in Horror,' more
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Screen Grabs: It’s all Greek (and Irish and French) to us

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Euro-fests deliver in SF. Plus: South Bay's Cinequest heats up, 'My Father's Shadow,' Billy Preston biopic, more
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A Holocaust survivor in San Rafael finds his voice in ‘The Optimist’

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Herbert Heller couldn't talk about his Auschwitz experience until his 70s; movie shows how he then inspired younger generation.
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A Detroit techno visionary soundtracks a German sci-fi classic (again)

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Jeff Mills performs his new, third score for Fritz Lang's dystopian 'Metropolis': 'I wish it weren't so relevant now'
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