Screen Grabs: SF as a longtime ‘refuge for weirdos and artists’
'Tell The We Were Here' remembers. Plus: DocLands guide, Middle East peace goals, Parkland tragedy teens
Screen Grabs bonus: Strap yourself in for the Warped Dimension fest
Horror-scifi weekend brings out killer stuffed animals, Estonian dystopia, and Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response techniques
Screen Grabs: One million streaming options and you’re bored? Try these rare releases
Quintessential French seriocomedies, pioneering US indies, and virtually unknown relics of African cinema
Screen Grabs: Senior directors up to newer tricks
Releases from lauded veterans Zhang Yimou, Ulrike Ottinger, and Roy Andersson. Plus: Taking on a corrupt dairy co-op
Nevermind the Oscars: Here’s Ficks’ Picks favorite flicks of 2020 (and beyond)
The overlooked, the underseen, and more: Unmissable gems to search out, from a very strange cinematic era
Screen Grabs: San Francisco is the devil’s playground. Thank goodness!
A new doc captures Satanist Anton LaVey, “the coolest grandpa ever.” Plus: Werewolves on Wheels, Bad Witch, more
Screen Grabs: Women electronica innovators to Sesame Street, new docs take on legends
Our critic's take on this week's batch of documentaries that bring back the heyday of Tiny Tim, and the emotional educational prowess of Big Bird.
Screen Grabs: Films for a fragile planet, from Puerto Rico to Mars
Livable Planet fest opens with excellent Landfall, more. Plus: 8 Billion Angels, Occupy the Farm, Gunda, Malni
Screen Grabs: Wine, mystery, folk music, black comedy at Greek Film Fest
Plus: Psilocybic British horror 'In the Earth,' Scandinavian cancer drama 'Hope,' Tiny Dance Fest, more new movies
Screen Grabs: ’80s Italian exploitation hunk George Eastman rides again
From caveman to Blastfighter, he did it all. Plus: a bounty of horror movies including 'Honeydew' and 'Jakob's Wife'
