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Screen Grabs: A Bollywood-inflected tale of sneaky lesbian vs. imperious mom

That's 'The Queen of My Dreams.' Plus: ATA's Anti-Fascist Film Series, experimental Taiwanese flicks, feminist docs, more.
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Bravery among the books: ‘The Librarians’ fight censorship

Frameline documentary follows those battling the frenzy to erase LGBTQ-related stories from schools.
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Showtime, queers: the complete guide to Frameline

LGBTQ film festival approaches its half-century mark with too much relevancy, from real-time tales of triumph to Sapphic sci-fi.
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Win a free ticket to a Frameline Film Fest movie

Join us at the world’s original—and largest—LGBTQ+ film festival in the world for Pride month.
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From piercing icon to flaming ecosexuals, Frameline’s tales of rupture and survival

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Interviews with the fest's compelling protagonists of 'WICKET,' 'A Body To Live In,' and 'Playing with Fire.'
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Reel love: 3 LGBTQ icons profiled on Frameline’s silver screen

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They brought trans innovation to 'Drag Race,' created 'Rocky Horror,' delivered legendary reads—and now they're getting their flowers.
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Screen Grabs: Tribute to 100 years of Robert Altman, a cynic’s New Hollywood takeover

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Plus: The antic and sexy sides of SF's Bruce Conner, Amerinide firestarter 'Northern Lights,' and Pride month flicks galore.
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Free Frameline Fest tickets to the next 20 new 48 Hills members!

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Support local journalism for $20 a month and see a film at the world's biggest LGBTQ+ film festival!
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A real San Franciscan shows the city like it is in ‘What’chu Mixed With?’

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Debut director Maya Cameron-Gordon's short film delivers Bay Area bildungsroman.
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Screen Grabs: Country creep abounds at BAMPFA’s rural noir series

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Plus: Terrifyingly eccentric Obayashi's greatest hits, and Palo Alto's Stanford Theater celebrates 100 years.
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Screen Grabs: ‘White With Fear’ cashes out lucrative Caucasian terror complex

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Plus 'Bring Her Back' bests formulaic horror, 'Bad Shabbos' delivers nimble and droll dinnertime catastrophe, more.
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SFDocFest’s 24th edition brings anti-escapist cinema, boundary-pushing takes

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Grammar activism, blockbuster magazine heroines, and Qatari street cats. Dodging reality? Not in these seats.
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Screen Grabs: Handsome ‘Stelios’ tells story of singer who forever changed Greek pop

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Plus: 11 Hitchcock films in one weekend at the Balboa, a Jane Austen-inspired rom-com, much more.
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Screen Grabs: Swamp Dogg’s delightfully digressive bachelor pad, the documentary

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Plus: 'Friendship' keeps its inexcusable cringe sprightly and the Bay gets another chance with 'The Donn of Tiki.'
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Screen Grabs: Corny clowns, familial thorns abound

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New releases 'Clown in a Cornfield,' 'The Gullspång Miracle,' and 'Jimmy in Saigon' offer chills of all persuasions.
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Bay Area arts organizations reel, vow to survive NEA grant cancellations

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Agency's new 'priorities' include supporting communities of color, despite defunding BIPOC-led organizations.
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CAAMFest 2025 spotlights ‘Boat People,’ ‘Yellowface,’ ‘Chinatown Cha Cha’

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Screen dives also fête the maker of the first ever feature film by and about Asian Americans, and investigate Chinatown evictions.
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Groundbreaking ‘Godfather of Asian American Media’ gets his due at CAAMFest

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Tadashi Nakamura's 'Third Act' chronicles his father's life, from internment camp and filmmaking success to living with Parkinson's.
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Screen Grabs: 50 years later, they still fart in your general direction

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'Monty Python and the Holy Grail' and more movies from 1975. Plus: Doclands, 'Bonjour Tristresse,' 'The Surfer,' more
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