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Screen Grabs: The War at Home, Wings of Desire, What They Had …

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SCREEN GRABS There are no less than four solid, serious dramas opening at local theaters this week, signaling that the silly season (which these days...
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Screen Grabs: SF Shorts, Beautiful Boy, Filipino Cine Festival…

Dennis Harvey -
SCREEN GRABS While the SF Greek and Arab Film Festivals continue for their second, final weekends (see last week’s column for more details), it’s otherwise...
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Rupert Everett on ‘Happy Prince,’ gay victories, and Oscar Wilde’s schlong

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Actor Rupert Everett, who’d already garnered critical notice in acclaimed art house films Another Country (1984), Dance with a Stranger (1985), and The Madness...
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Screen Grabs: Free Solo, Arab Film Fest, Studio 54…

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SCREEN GRABS Two of the major releases are major disappointments from hitherto reliable directors. Scenarist Drew Goddard’s first directorial feature since ingenious horror deconstruction...
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Screen Grabs: Mill Valley, SF Dance, Drunken Film Fests ….

Dennis Harvey -
SCREEN GRABS It’s a starry as well as busy week in Bay Area filmgoing, with major openings including the new Bradley Cooper/Lady Gaga A Star...
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Ficks’ Picks at TIFF: Midnight movie madness

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Our critic Jesse Hawthorne Ficks caught this year’s Toronto International Film festival. Read more of his coverage here.  TIFF The most difficult ticket to get at...
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‘Monsters and Men’ lays out why they kneel

Dennis Harvey -
It’s not exactly a secret that US conservative leaders and media have sought means of re-directing attention away from a White House that seems...
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Ficks Pick at TIFF: Experimental cinema is where it’s at!

Jesse Hawthorne Ficks -
Our critic Jesse Hawthorne Ficks caught this year's Toronto International Film festival. Read more of his coverage here.  TIFF It was no small feat to watch...
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‘Bel Canto’ director on the unity of different voices

Emily Wilson -
In Bel Canto, Ann Patchett’s acclaimed 2001 book—and now a movie by Paul Weitz (About a Boy, Grandma, American Pie), currently in theaters— people...
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Screen Grabs: Joan Jett, Hola Mexico, Hong Kong Cinema …

Dennis Harvey -
SCREEN GRABS This week brings a whole lot of mini-festivals to various Bay Area screens. The Roxie has the Hola Mexico, a three-day touring edition...

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