Movie Reviews

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

Screen dives also fête the maker of the first ever feature film by and about Asian Americans, and investigate Chinatown evictions.

Movies Dennis Harvey - May 5, 2025

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

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

Movies Dennis Harvey - May 1, 2025

Screen Grabs: The shivers and ‘The Shrouds’

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

Movies Dennis Harvey - April 24, 2025

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

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

Movies Dennis Harvey - April 17, 2025

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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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What we saw at Sundance 2025: 12 narrative trips, animatronic buddies included

Jesse Hawthorne Ficks - February 13, 2025

Teenagers on the range, misguided missionaries, a cerulean-faced orphan puppet? The Park City fest took many turns.

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Screen Grabs: ’40 Years of Queer’ is a kaleidoscope of love, sex, and liberation

Dennis Harvey - February 13, 2025

Plus: Paddington in Peru, Timestalker, No Other Land, Dead Thing, more new movies to check out

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Screen Grabs: Diving into the ingenious ‘race films’ of Oscar Micheaux

Dennis Harvey - February 10, 2025

Black History Month resurrects the 20th-century auteur. Plus: Sly Stone, Fantastic Negrito, and Captain America

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Screen Grabs: SF Indiefest kicks out of the gate, ready to rock

Dennis Harvey - February 1, 2025

From indie heroes Pavement to 'The Vagabond Queen of Lagos,' 27th installment celebrates the offbeat, DIY, and authentic.

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Screen Grabs: Hush the roaring chaos with A Day of Silents

Dennis Harvey - January 30, 2025

Hardboiled flappers and swordfish fights FTW. Plus: An Indian cop critique, Francoise Fabian's return, Japanese ghosts, more movies

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Screen Grabs: Femmes fatales grab the spotlight in Noir City 2025

Dennis Harvey - January 23, 2025

Plus: Remembering David Lynch, surviving Brazil's dictatorship in 'I'm Still Here,' and the bigger, beastlier 'Dig! XX'

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Screen Grabs: Bracing for impact with big butch energy

Dennis Harvey - January 15, 2025

'Masc II: Mascs Plus Muchachas' and The Resistance Film Fest may succor the coming transition of power. Plus: new movie reviews

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Screen Grabs: One monkey don’t stop no show

Dennis Harvey - January 8, 2025

Robbie Williams swings high, Pamela Anderson gets gritty, 'Sabbath Queen' follows a Radical Faerie rabbi, more new movies

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Screen Grabs: Brace yourself for ‘The Brutalist’

Dennis Harvey - January 6, 2025

Plus: Almodóvar's 'Room,' Hitchcock's 'Manxman,' Leigh's 'Hard Truths,' Schrader's 'Oh, Canada,' more movie reviews

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Screen Grabs: Zut alors! The Count of Monte Cristo rides again

Dennis Harvey - January 1, 2025

Plus: 'Nickel Boys.' 'The Girl with the Needle,' 'Porcelain War,' 'Harbin,' more new movie reviews

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Screen Grabs: Plugging into young Dylan’s raw mystique

Dennis Harvey - December 26, 2024

'A Complete Unknown' embraces biopic cliches, yet also transcends them. Plus: Los Frikis rock out in a Cuban sanatorium.

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Movie Reviews

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)

What we saw at Sundance 2025: 12 narrative trips, animatronic buddies included

Screen Grabs: ’40 Years of Queer’ is a kaleidoscope of love, sex, and liberation

Screen Grabs: Diving into the ingenious ‘race films’ of Oscar Micheaux

Screen Grabs: SF Indiefest kicks out of the gate, ready to rock

Screen Grabs: Hush the roaring chaos with A Day of Silents

Screen Grabs: Femmes fatales grab the spotlight in Noir City 2025

Screen Grabs: Bracing for impact with big butch energy

Screen Grabs: One monkey don’t stop no show

Screen Grabs: Brace yourself for ‘The Brutalist’

Screen Grabs: Zut alors! The Count of Monte Cristo rides again

Screen Grabs: Plugging into young Dylan’s raw mystique

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