Movie Reviews

Screen Grabs: Red Sonja rides again

Plus: IMAX 'Sign O' the Times' shows off Prince's sexy silhouettes, and social media celebrity thriller 'Lurker' defies expectations.

Movies Dennis Harvey - August 26, 2025

Ficks’ Picks: Diving into CROSSROADS Fest’s river of experimental celluloid

SF Cinematheque showcases Japanese classics, Day-Glo rock formations, Inuit lichen-based developers.

Movies Jesse Hawthorne Ficks - August 25, 2025

Screen Grabs: Are we not doc’ed? We are Devo!

Plus: A harrowing bulletin from Sudan, Ron Howard's missed 'Eden,' Tsui Hark's slapstick Hong Kong caper, more movies

Movies Dennis Harvey - August 19, 2025

Screen Grabs: A New Taiwanese Cinema giant comes to the Bay

Plus: BLUSH PornFilmFest, Robert Reich's 'Last Class,' danger at a Ukrainian zoo, quirky 'Boys Go to Jupiter,' more movies.

Movies Dennis Harvey - August 14, 2025

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Screen Grabs: Singular artist Meredith Monk documented ‘In Pieces’

Dennis Harvey - August 5, 2025

Plus: A comprehensive bio of singer Jeff Buckley, Kerouac's 'On the Road' refracted... and who has the right to die?

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Screen Grabs: Brutality on the ground in ‘2000 Meters to Andriivka’

Dennis Harvey - July 31, 2025

Plus: monumental moments in 'Architecton,' CatVideoFest returns, twisted thriller 'Cloud,' and Pete Davidson fumbles 'Home'

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Screen Grabs: The neurotic summer bondage rom-com you’ve been pining for

Dennis Harvey - July 23, 2025

Plus: Deadly blasts from the past in 'Shoshana' and 'El,' Lithuanian peril in 'Toxic,' Albanian corruption in 'Waterdrop,' more new movies.

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Screen Grabs: The Apple doesn’t fall far from the screen

Dennis Harvey - July 17, 2025

A giant theater returns. Plus: The Zombies, 'Fucktoys,' a Rhodesian childhood memoir, a fantastic migrant saga, more movies

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Hot-mess bisexuals, Orthodox blackmail, Daveed Diggs: SF Jewish Film Fest dives in

Dennis Harvey - July 13, 2025

45th edition foregrounds comedy and conflict, kicking off with 'Coexistence, My Ass,' and playing throughout SF and East Bay

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Screen Grabs: Truth, justice, and… something something

Dennis Harvey - July 8, 2025

'Sovereign' insurrection, 'Underground Orange' rebellion, a swarm of Swedish auteurs, Garbage Pail Kids, more movies

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Screen Grabs: Caught up in the raptors, again

Dennis Harvey - July 2, 2025

'Jurassic' holiday weekend kicks. Plus: Thomas Kinkaide's secrets, Fraenkel Film Fest, Bill Gunn and Mikio Naruse retrospectives, more.

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CAAMFest 2025 spotlights ‘Boat People,’ ‘Yellowface,’ ‘Chinatown Cha Cha’

Dennis Harvey - May 5, 2025

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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Screen Grabs: 50 years later, they still fart in your general direction

Dennis Harvey - May 1, 2025

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

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Screen Grabs: The shivers and ‘The Shrouds’

Dennis Harvey - April 24, 2025

Cronenberg keeps rising from the dead. Plus: 'The Ugly Stepsister,' a slew of new queer films, 'Compensation,' more

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Screen Grabs: Flashing back with John & Yoko, Neil Young, and Pink Floyd

Dennis Harvey - April 17, 2025

From street protests to Pompeii, legendary rockers take the screen again. Plus: Palestinian drama 'The Teacher'

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Screen Grabs: Let’s run away to Greece

Dennis Harvey - March 11, 2025

Greek Film Fest brings new visions. Plus: Cinequest, Robert Townsend, 'Mickey 17,' Gunvor Nelson, Karel Doing, more movies

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Screen Grabs: David Lynch and Todd Haynes take over the Bay

Dennis Harvey - March 3, 2025

Plus: African Film Festival, 'psycho-biddies' John Lithgow and Geoffrey Rush, Superfine's surreal gay adult fun, more

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Screen Grabs: The Swedish outsider who challenged gender roles behind the camera

Dennis Harvey - February 26, 2025

Plus: Two very different legends in 'Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story' and 'Art Spielgelman: Disaster Is My Muse'

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Screen Grabs: Everybody loves the free public library (we hope)

Dennis Harvey - February 20, 2025

JFI Winterfest gets bookish. Plus: heavy metal horror, Bay Area graffiti at Balboa; Tehran meets Winnipeg at Roxie

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Movie Reviews

Screen Grabs: Red Sonja rides again

Ficks’ Picks: Diving into CROSSROADS Fest’s river of experimental celluloid

Screen Grabs: Are we not doc’ed? We are Devo!

Screen Grabs: A New Taiwanese Cinema giant comes to the Bay

Screen Grabs: Singular artist Meredith Monk documented ‘In Pieces’

Screen Grabs: Brutality on the ground in ‘2000 Meters to Andriivka’

Screen Grabs: The neurotic summer bondage rom-com you’ve been pining for

Screen Grabs: The Apple doesn’t fall far from the screen

Hot-mess bisexuals, Orthodox blackmail, Daveed Diggs: SF Jewish Film Fest dives in

Screen Grabs: Truth, justice, and… something something

Screen Grabs: Caught up in the raptors, again

CAAMFest 2025 spotlights ‘Boat People,’ ‘Yellowface,’ ‘Chinatown Cha Cha’

Screen Grabs: 50 years later, they still fart in your general direction

Screen Grabs: The shivers and ‘The Shrouds’

Screen Grabs: Flashing back with John & Yoko, Neil Young, and Pink Floyd

Screen Grabs: Let’s run away to Greece

Screen Grabs: David Lynch and Todd Haynes take over the Bay

Screen Grabs: The Swedish outsider who challenged gender roles behind the camera

Screen Grabs: Everybody loves the free public library (we hope)

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