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Grab a free pass to see new doc ‘Lorne’

Catch a behind-the-scenes look at the legendary 'Saturday Night Live' producer—but act fast!

Promotion Marke B. - April 7, 2026

Screen Grabs: Aliens, witches, mermaids, and other swell company

'Touch Me,' 'Dead Lover,' 'The Serpent's Skin,' more offer fun twists on genre thrills. Plus: A spooky Irish tale rises again.

Movies Dennis Harvey - April 2, 2026

Screen Grabs: Tributes to three trailblazing women filmmakers

Plus: Bright comedy 'Fantasy Life,' Kiyoshi Kurosawa's moody horrors, free-falling in 'Space Cowboy' and Putin's Russia.

Movies Dennis Harvey - March 30, 2026

Screen Grabs: Back to the USSR

'Two Prosecutors' and 'Soviet Silver' take us there. Plus: A Dutch film Nazi, a Palestinian revolt, 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers,' more

Movie Reviews Dennis Harvey - March 26, 2026

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‘Palestine 36’ director Annemarie Jacir: ‘Memory is a form of resistance’

Claire Wu - March 24, 2026

Palestinian filmmaker completed acclaimed story of Arab revolts during British colonial rule in the midst of war and genocide.

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Ficks’ Picks: Here are the real best movies of 2025

Jesse Hawthorne Ficks - March 21, 2026

Now that the Oscar dust has settled, an underground movie maven dives into a wild year. 'Castration,' anyone?

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Screen Grabs: At 30, Berlin & Beyond still goes above and beyond

Dennis Harvey - March 17, 2026

Hot jazz, thrash metal, Udo Kier on tap. Plus: Clara Bow still has 'It,' Rose Byrnes gets a 'Tow,' '1000 Women in Horror,' more

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Screen Grabs: It’s all Greek (and Irish and French) to us

Dennis Harvey - March 10, 2026

Euro-fests deliver in SF. Plus: South Bay's Cinequest heats up, 'My Father's Shadow,' Billy Preston biopic, more

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A Holocaust survivor in San Rafael finds his voice in ‘The Optimist’

Pam Grady - March 9, 2026

Herbert Heller couldn't talk about his Auschwitz experience until his 70s; movie shows how he then inspired younger generation.

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A Detroit techno visionary soundtracks a German sci-fi classic (again)

Marke B. - March 3, 2026

Jeff Mills performs his new, third score for Fritz Lang's dystopian 'Metropolis': 'I wish it weren't so relevant now'

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Screen Grabs: Iranian films bring fable, black comedy, and social indictment

Dennis Harvey - March 3, 2026

Plus: New German cinema, African Film Festival, and Satyajit Ray’s 'Days and Nights in the Forest'.

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What we saw at Sundance 2026: 9 narrative features that found the plot

Jesse Hawthorne Ficks - February 25, 2026

'Buddy' taps horror in children's TV, Channing Tatum shines as SF father in Beth de Araújo's 'Josephine', a surprising wartime divorce comedy soars.

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Screen Grabs: Back to back with Almodovar muse Carmen Maura

Dennis Harvey - February 24, 2026

Plus: Jewish Film Institute’s Winterfest, Emeryville International LGBTQ+ Film Festival, BAMPFA gets psychedelic, more.

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What we saw at Sundance 2026: 8 documentaries bringing back facts

Jesse Hawthorne Ficks - February 22, 2026

An ode to Barbara Hammer, a women's chess champ, Marianne Faithfull's reckoning—and polar bears.

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Screen Grabs: End of days at Fear and Faith Horror Festival—plus other new flicks to help scream it out

Dennis Harvey - February 20, 2026

Also: "Films of Remembrance" explores forced WWII Japanese American incarceration, a glockenspiel-equipped tribute to Georges Melies.

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‘Pillion’ director Harry Lighton on kinky dom-com’s delicious chemistry

Pam Grady - February 15, 2026

Interplay of stars Harry Melling and Alexander Skarsgård lend BDSM discovery tale emotional authenticity.

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Grab a free pass to see new movie ‘Midwinter Break’

Marke B. - February 15, 2026

Lesley Manville and Ciarán Hinds take a trip to Amsterdam and discover a hidden truth.

Arts + Culture

Screen Grabs: Oscar missed this heartwarming tale set in 1990 Iraq—you don’t have to

Dennis Harvey - February 9, 2026

Plus: New People and Castro Theatre are back to their celluloid nature, 'Pillion' is both graphic and graceful.

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Screen Grabs: All eyes on IndieFest and Mostly British’s big cinematic ideas

Dennis Harvey - February 2, 2026

Bay-centric docs on The Residents and Dennis Peron, plus past and present blockbuster epics.

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Movies

Grab a free pass to see new doc ‘Lorne’

Screen Grabs: Aliens, witches, mermaids, and other swell company

Screen Grabs: Tributes to three trailblazing women filmmakers

Screen Grabs: Back to the USSR

‘Palestine 36’ director Annemarie Jacir: ‘Memory is a form of resistance’

Ficks’ Picks: Here are the real best movies of 2025

Screen Grabs: At 30, Berlin & Beyond still goes above and beyond

Screen Grabs: It’s all Greek (and Irish and French) to us

A Holocaust survivor in San Rafael finds his voice in ‘The Optimist’

A Detroit techno visionary soundtracks a German sci-fi classic (again)

Screen Grabs: Iranian films bring fable, black comedy, and social indictment

What we saw at Sundance 2026: 9 narrative features that found the plot

Screen Grabs: Back to back with Almodovar muse Carmen Maura

What we saw at Sundance 2026: 8 documentaries bringing back facts

Screen Grabs: End of days at Fear and Faith Horror Festival—plus other new flicks to help scream it out

‘Pillion’ director Harry Lighton on kinky dom-com’s delicious chemistry

Grab a free pass to see new movie ‘Midwinter Break’

Screen Grabs: Oscar missed this heartwarming tale set in 1990 Iraq—you don’t have to

Screen Grabs: All eyes on IndieFest and Mostly British’s big cinematic ideas

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