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‘Small Axe’: ardent slices of life from an overlooked community

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Director Steve McQueen's five-part series explores recent UK Black history, from protest to celebration
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Screen Grabs: Two looks at Black legends in ‘MLK/FBI’ and ‘One Night in Miami…”

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As we prepare for Black History Month, new releases look back at the complex heroes who powered the civil rights movement.
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Screen Grabs: Sometimes, a deliciously absurd film is all you need

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The squirming abdominals of 'Bloody Hell' joust with Chinese super-production 'Skyfire' and hotel-scare 'Climate of the Hunter' for this week's most ludicrous new release.
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Screen Grabs: Dublin housing crunch to stowaway aliens, cinematic escapes for all

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'Herself' threads a gentrification tale, while 'Shadow in the Cloud' is 2021's most ludicrous flick so far.
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Screen Grabs: New year brings films challenging us to rethink the status quo

Dennis Harvey -
Forced sterilizations in California prisons, disastrous Venezuelan coastal pollution, and adults who live with facial disfigurement are the subject of 2021's first releases.
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Screen Grabs: 25 great films of 2020, the year we needed movies more than ever

Dennis Harvey -
Here's our film critic's best-of, from the redemption of ‘Showgirls’ in 'You Don't Nomi' to masterful turns by the cast of 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.'
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Roxie Virtual Cinema: Best of the Bay 2020 Editors’ Pick

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When curtains came down and laptops fired up, Roxie Theatre's online arm delivered 200+ diverse and heady films
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In ‘Aggie,’ a $100 million inspiration to shrink the carceral state through art and activism

Emily Wilson -
She sold her Liechtenstein to fight mass incarceration: New film documents one woman's "philanthropy by justice not generosity"
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SF Latino Film Festival comes roaring in at end of year

Dennis Harvey -
20 Features, 50 shorts, and 30+ programs—including a spotlight on Cuba—help lift us out of winter's depths
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A storyteller with ‘Soul’: Pixar co-director on writing journey and big new movie

Joshua Rotter -
'Like jazz, life is improvisation' says former journalist Kemp Powers, who helmed new holiday blockbuster release.

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