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‘Club Kid’ tracks a partier’s transformation—but there’s an actual kid in an actual club, too

Director-star Jordan Firstman on his lauded debut's influences, the exhaustion of self-centeredness, and his surprise child's mad DJ skills

Movies Pam Grady - November 13, 2026

Screen Grabs: Mermaids, magic, John Cameron Mitchell… It’s Trans Film Fest time

Plus: A history of Black zombies, Jewish Film Fest Encore, jokey 'Nirvanna,' two very good movies about grief, more

Movies Dennis Harvey - November 11, 2026

‘I loved it!’ SF Trans Film Fest’s Shawna Virago picks her 5 fave trans/queer movies

From 'Bambi' to 'The Queen,' 29th annual showcase's artistic director lays out the flicks that forged her vision.

Movies Marke B. - November 10, 2026

Grab a free pass to see Andrew Scott in ‘Elsinore’

See the inspirational true story of a stricken actor in the 1980s taking on Shakespeare's greatest role in this new movie.

Promotion Marke B. - November 10, 2026

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Crave a shot of offbeat vision? SF Underground Short Film Fest delivers

Dhruv Baronia - November 9, 2026

Media Meltdown's daylong bonanza of mayhem and poignancy (with a little smut thrown in) sustains a beloved local tradition.

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From Schwarzenegger to Sex Pistols, Babeth Mondini-VanLoo has seen—and filmed—it all

Joshua Rotter - November 4, 2026

Quintessential director celebrated at Studio 8 Film Fest, which highlights SF Art Institute filmmakers.

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Screen Grabs: Arab Film Fest blossoms with legendary divas and political intrigue

Dennis Harvey - November 3, 2026

Plus: 'Wild Horse 9' trots mildly through US skullduggery; 'Littermates' and 'New Group' behave abnormally

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‘What would the Germans think?’: Paweł Pawlikowski takes on a ‘sacred beast’

Pam Grady - November 1, 2026

In 'Fatherland,' director dramatizes Thomas Mann's fraught 1949 journey through fresh Cold War divide.

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Ficks’ Picks: 9 movies worth all the hype from New York Film Festival

Jesse Hawthorne Ficks - October 29, 2026

Why 'Fjord' deserved the Palme d'Or, the cinematic embrace of '9 Temples to Heaven,' and a double dose of South Korea's Hong Sang-soo.

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‘Tis the season for big screams-on-screens action

Dennis Harvey - October 26, 2026

Indonesian prison horror, animated 'Weird Kidz,' poodle breeding runs amok—but the biggest terror may be the early Xmas movies.

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Bloodsuckers ran amok at International Vampire Film Festival

Dhruv Baronia - October 20, 2026

Garlic from Gilroy, plastic-fanged goths, spooky films from all over the world: Balboa Theater gave vamp fans plenty to sink their teeth into.

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Screen Grabs: SF Latino Film Fest finds a happy place in heavy times

Dennis Harvey - October 20, 2026

Plus: Horny fairy tale triumph 'Wicker,' powerful immigrant doc 'One in a Million,' Cannes-winner 'Fjord,' more new movies

Movie Reviews

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

Dennis Harvey - October 15, 2026

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

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

Dennis Harvey - October 13, 2026

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

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

Dennis Harvey - October 5, 2026

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

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Bea Arthur really did do everything except porn

Joshua Rotter - October 5, 2026

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

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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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Movies

‘Club Kid’ tracks a partier’s transformation—but there’s an actual kid in an actual club, too

Screen Grabs: Mermaids, magic, John Cameron Mitchell… It’s Trans Film Fest time

‘I loved it!’ SF Trans Film Fest’s Shawna Virago picks her 5 fave trans/queer movies

Grab a free pass to see Andrew Scott in ‘Elsinore’

Crave a shot of offbeat vision? SF Underground Short Film Fest delivers

From Schwarzenegger to Sex Pistols, Babeth Mondini-VanLoo has seen—and filmed—it all

Screen Grabs: Arab Film Fest blossoms with legendary divas and political intrigue

‘What would the Germans think?’: Paweł Pawlikowski takes on a ‘sacred beast’

Ficks’ Picks: 9 movies worth all the hype from New York Film Festival

‘Tis the season for big screams-on-screens action

Bloodsuckers ran amok at International Vampire Film Festival

Screen Grabs: SF Latino Film Fest finds a happy place in heavy times

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

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