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Screen Grabs: Sentiment averse

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Normally I wouldn’t bother explaining why a certain movie is not being covered in this column, but this weekend there’s a particular glut of ‘em, all...
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Screen Grabs: Art imitates life

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Social media political propaganda campaigns, sexual abuse accusations, invaded privacy—art certainly seems to be imitating life even more than usual amongst new streaming releases...
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Screen Grabs: The shift evident, women directors rise

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While the stampede of sexual harassment and assault accusations unleashed by the #MeToo movement may make it seem the entertainment industry is a sexist...
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Screen Grabs: Films that pull back the veil

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The Trump regime’s egregious wrongdoing and pollutive effect on society has wound up bringing greater attention to long-term (yet rapidly worsening) woes of American...
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Screen Grabs: Don’t look away from ‘Decade of Fire’ and ‘The Painted Bird’

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This weekend’s new streaming releases are dominated by two major literary adaptations, both of which would have looked great on the big screen ......
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Screen Grabs: Welcome to Jewish Film Fest’s online ‘Cinegogue’

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Four months into the COVID crisis (with no end in sight yet), many film festivals and organizations have had time to come up with...
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Screen Grabs: From the dark, to the streaming services

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The demand for streaming movies has increased such during recent months that many films are getting taken off the shelf where they’ve laid neglected...
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Screen Grabs: Build your own silent film festival

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For years the San Francisco Silent Film Festival was a July event, and this summer would have marked its 25th anniversary—but due to you-know-what,...
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Screen Grabs: In the grip of hard truths—both political and personal

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New releases of interest this Friday run a global gamut from Vegas to Australia and Japan, with France, Russia and South Korea in between....
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Screen Grabs: Cinema’s future in doubt, but these world classics endure

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Movie theaters (drive-ins aside—who’d have imagined they’d get a comeback?) remain closed for the time being, their re-openings TBD in the Bay Area and...

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