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Screen Grabs: ‘NAZA’ doc chillingly excoriates Israel’s killing machine

Plus: Four-hour 'Musk' DOGE-walks the would-be tech emperor, and Elizabeth Holmes gets twisty in 'You Can See Everything'

Movie Reviews Dennis Harvey - October 15, 2026

Screen Grabs: Green and UN film fests land at a raw moment for humanity

Plus: A feast of global vampire flicks, a revamped return of 'The Devils,' 'Deathgasm II: Goremaggedeon,' more movies

Movies Dennis Harvey - October 13, 2026

Screen Grabs: 3rd i Fest blows in with wild weddings, sand thieves, ghost schools

Plus: 'NAZA' and 'The Social Reckoning' hit local screens, Mahershala Ali goes gonzo, 'Never After Dark' chills, more

Movies Dennis Harvey - October 5, 2026

Bea Arthur really did do everything except porn

Intimate new doc reviews lauded comedic actor's long career with a spicy, never-seen-before interview.

Movies Joshua Rotter - October 5, 2026

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In Sean Ono Lennon’s new doc, high fashion clashes with business lows

Joshua Rotter - October 3, 2026

At Mill Valley Film Fest, 'threeASFOUR: Full Circle' asks how artists' visions can stay commercially viable.

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Screen Grabs: Starry floodgates open at Mill Valley Film Fest 49

Dennis Harvey - September 29, 2026

Oscar bait, celeb sightings, and some real gems. Plus: Tsui Hark flabbers gasts, Joan Crawford's Hag-stravaganza, more movies

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Screen Grabs: Local auteur JP Allen stays offbeat, indie, and frisky

Dennis Harvey - September 23, 2026

Plus: Brazilian Film Fest, Another Other Cinema oddity, an ode to concrete, 'Viktor' in Ukraine, 'Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!'

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‘Lost’ films seen through fresh eyes at Re:Vision Fest

Dennis Harvey - September 19, 2026

A fascinating new showcase of restored and rediscovered movies, from 'My Name Ain't Suzie' to 'Lepers & Sex.'

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Best of the Bay 2026 Editors’ Pick: Artists’ Television Access

Charles Lewis III - September 16, 2026

Find the most experimental, personal, and weirdest art in the city in this passionately incendiary Valencia Street storefront.

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Screen Grabs: Who doesn’t love a bear in a hot tub?

Dennis Harvey - September 14, 2026

Critter Fest's got claws. Plus: Ethan Hawke's 'Weight,' 'Body Heat' steams again, Barbara Hammer and Larry Reed fêted, more movies

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Fall Film Preview: Flicks you can’t miss, from starry fests to hot local docs

Dennis Harvey - September 9, 2026

Revived werewolves, Golden Gate Park trauma, a bitter Christmas, a social reckoning—and, of course, 'Bears in Hot Tubs'

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Screen Grabs: Has the cinematic fantastical become banal?

Dennis Harvey - September 7, 2026

Sci-fi overload in 'Hope.' Plus: A lost Joan Crawford, 'Twin Peaks' marathon, unnerving 'Militia,' topless 'Gandahar,' more big screen thrills

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Ficks’ Picks guide to CROSSROADS fest’s eerie experiments, fresh local voices

Jesse Hawthorne Ficks - September 2, 2026

SF Cinematheque's annual avant-garde bonanza is haunted by graveyard perversions, pole dance ruminations, spooky homes.

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Screen Grabs: The making of a spectacular Hollywood horror disaster

Dennis Harvey - August 31, 2026

Plus: A feast of cinematic demonics, from 'Creature from the Black Lagoon" (in 3D!) to endlessly crying babies and fuzzy orange unicorns.

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Screen Grabs: Meep meep! ‘Coyote vs. Acme’ finally crashes into theaters

Dennis Harvey - August 26, 2026

Refreshingly old-fashioned but mixed-bag 'The Deb,' hard-hitting 'American Doctor,' hilarious 'Idiots,' Nippon sex cinema returns, more

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‘American Doctor’: Racing against death and dehumanization in Gaza

Pam Grady - August 25, 2026

Poh Si Teng's doc follows three medics—Muslim, Jewish, Zoroastrian—and the threats they face during Israel's bombardment.

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Screen Grabs: Sassy ballers, Latino leathermen, E’ville queens? It’s SF Queer Film Fest time

Dennis Harvey - August 19, 2026

Plus: Willem Dafoe finds 'Late Fame,' snarky summer camp romp 'Floaters', excellent 'Everyone is Lying to You for Money'

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Screen Grabs: Is ‘Camp Miasma’ too meta—or is it a generational thing?

Dennis Harvey - August 12, 2026

Plus: BAMPFA series highlights Bay Area lovers-auteurs, rural addiction in 'Union County', Matthew McConaughey, more.

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Director Jane Schoenbrun: ‘I’m trying to queer the rules of horror’

Pam Grady - August 10, 2026

'Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma' puts Gillian Anderson and Hannah Einbinder through a bloody libidinal portal.

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Screen Grabs: ‘NAZA’ doc chillingly excoriates Israel’s killing machine

Screen Grabs: Green and UN film fests land at a raw moment for humanity

Screen Grabs: 3rd i Fest blows in with wild weddings, sand thieves, ghost schools

Bea Arthur really did do everything except porn

In Sean Ono Lennon’s new doc, high fashion clashes with business lows

Screen Grabs: Starry floodgates open at Mill Valley Film Fest 49

Screen Grabs: Local auteur JP Allen stays offbeat, indie, and frisky

‘Lost’ films seen through fresh eyes at Re:Vision Fest

Best of the Bay 2026 Editors’ Pick: Artists’ Television Access

Screen Grabs: Who doesn’t love a bear in a hot tub?

Fall Film Preview: Flicks you can’t miss, from starry fests to hot local docs

Screen Grabs: Has the cinematic fantastical become banal?

Ficks’ Picks guide to CROSSROADS fest’s eerie experiments, fresh local voices

Screen Grabs: The making of a spectacular Hollywood horror disaster

Screen Grabs: Meep meep! ‘Coyote vs. Acme’ finally crashes into theaters

‘American Doctor’: Racing against death and dehumanization in Gaza

Screen Grabs: Sassy ballers, Latino leathermen, E’ville queens? It’s SF Queer Film Fest time

Screen Grabs: Is ‘Camp Miasma’ too meta—or is it a generational thing?

Director Jane Schoenbrun: ‘I’m trying to queer the rules of horror’

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