Movie Reviews

Screen Grabs: In the trenches of democracy with Amy Goodman

Bracing 'Steal This Story, Please!' Plus: Soderbergh's intelligent 'The Christophers,' biting 'Continental '25,' spectral 'Dry Leaf'

Movies Dennis Harvey - April 14, 2026

Screen Grabs: Balboa Theater hits 100—and honors a costuming legend

Plus: 'Return to Oz,' a new Camus, Doris Day's cult lesbian moment, Paleolithic Herzog, 'Faces of Death,' more

Movies Dennis Harvey - April 9, 2026

Screen Grabs: Aliens, witches, mermaids, and other swell company

'Touch Me,' 'Dead Lover,' 'The Serpent's Skin,' more offer fun twists on genre thrills. Plus: A spooky Irish tale rises again.

Movies Dennis Harvey - April 2, 2026

Screen Grabs: Tributes to three trailblazing women filmmakers

Plus: Bright comedy 'Fantasy Life,' Kiyoshi Kurosawa's moody horrors, free-falling in 'Space Cowboy' and Putin's Russia.

Movies Dennis Harvey - March 30, 2026

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Screen Grabs: Back to the USSR

Dennis Harvey - March 26, 2026

'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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Ficks’ Picks: Here are the real best movies of 2025

Jesse Hawthorne Ficks - March 21, 2026

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

Dennis Harvey - March 17, 2026

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

Dennis Harvey - March 10, 2026

Euro-fests deliver in SF. Plus: South Bay's Cinequest heats up, 'My Father's Shadow,' Billy Preston biopic, more

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Screen Grabs: Iranian films bring fable, black comedy, and social indictment

Dennis Harvey - March 3, 2026

Plus: New German cinema, African Film Festival, and Satyajit Ray’s 'Days and Nights in the Forest'.

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Screen Grabs: Showings so rare it’s like glimpsing a snow leopard

Dennis Harvey - January 28, 2026

Robert Beavers and Rob Nilsson, seen again. Plus: Jodie Foster as splendid grump, Paris Hilton as Paris Hilton, and, er, 'Melania.'

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Screen Grabs: Ann Lee won’t take any of your crap

Dennis Harvey - January 22, 2026

Women take center screen, including 'Mother of Flies,' 'H is for Hawk,' 'In Cold Light,' and 'Sound of Falling.'

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Screen Grabs: Noir City sings the blues

Dennis Harvey - January 13, 2026

Plus: Swedish silent cinema classics, Jennifer Reeves' therapeutic deconstruction, beautiful 'Magellan,' and a hurrah for Truffaut.

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Screen Grabs: Based on true Palestinian stories

Dennis Harvey - January 8, 2026

Two harrowing tales told in very different ways. Plus: Lucy Liu's 'Rosemead,' Kristin Stewart's 'Chronology of Water,' more

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Screen Grabs: Our favorite films of 2025

Dennis Harvey - December 30, 2025

Features and docs we couldn't shake in a very terrible political year. Plus: 'The Plague' adds one more to the list

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Screen Grabs: Triumph of the pencil-‘stached uber weasel

Dennis Harvey - December 25, 2025

Timothée Chalamet scores in 'Marty Supreme.' Plus: Park Chan-wook takes on vulture capitalism, and 1941 'Texas' returns.

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Screen Grabs: Bi Gan’s dazzlingly hubristic ‘Resurrection’

Dennis Harvey - December 18, 2025

Plus: 'La Grazia,' 'Suburban Fury,' and 'We Shall Not Be Moved' provide meatier holiday fare than the multiplex

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Screen Grabs: On the lam with excellent ‘The Secret Agent’

Dennis Harvey - December 10, 2025

Plus: Harrowing account of Russian press crackdown in 'My Undesirable Friends' and gay rural Indian romance in 'Cactus Pears'

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Screen Grabs: ‘Merrily We Roll Along’ rolls onto big screens

Dennis Harvey - December 3, 2025

Plus: Librarians, feminists, prophets, poets, Plastic Man, Kurosawa, an uncut 'Kill Bill,' and 300-minute 'Castration Movie.'

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Screen Grabs: Let’s get weird for the holidays at Another Hole in the Head

Dennis Harvey - November 30, 2025

Blood-sucking landlords, hilarious hoagies, deadly influencers, bad haircuts: 'Tis the season for the 22nd freak film fest

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Movie Reviews

Screen Grabs: In the trenches of democracy with Amy Goodman

Screen Grabs: Balboa Theater hits 100—and honors a costuming legend

Screen Grabs: Aliens, witches, mermaids, and other swell company

Screen Grabs: Tributes to three trailblazing women filmmakers

Screen Grabs: Back to the USSR

Ficks’ Picks: Here are the real best movies of 2025

Screen Grabs: At 30, Berlin & Beyond still goes above and beyond

Screen Grabs: It’s all Greek (and Irish and French) to us

Screen Grabs: Iranian films bring fable, black comedy, and social indictment

Screen Grabs: Showings so rare it’s like glimpsing a snow leopard

Screen Grabs: Ann Lee won’t take any of your crap

Screen Grabs: Noir City sings the blues

Screen Grabs: Based on true Palestinian stories

Screen Grabs: Our favorite films of 2025

Screen Grabs: Triumph of the pencil-‘stached uber weasel

Screen Grabs: Bi Gan’s dazzlingly hubristic ‘Resurrection’

Screen Grabs: On the lam with excellent ‘The Secret Agent’

Screen Grabs: ‘Merrily We Roll Along’ rolls onto big screens

Screen Grabs: Let’s get weird for the holidays at Another Hole in the Head

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