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Lights, camera, Mill Valley

Dennis Harvey -
SCREEN GRABS In the Bay Area we’re fortunate to have arthouses, film festivals and other outlets providing year-round access to movies not typically on...
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Resurrecting the mighty Alhambra

Dennis Harvey -
SCREEN GRABS Designed inside and out by Timothy Pfleuger (who also created fellow art deco movie palaces the Castro and Paramount, among other Bay...
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The stunning ‘Vertigo’ of ‘The Royal Road’

Marke B. -
SCREEN GRABS It's a very good week for local film fans. Criterion, the go-to for quality art house releases just announced that its release of Valley...
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A shambling wreck, self-skewered

Dennis Harvey -
The titular subject of fellow Austrian Andreas Horvath’s scandalous documentary — you can fully indulge the lurid expectations raised by John Waters calling it...
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The secrets of ‘Stranger Things’

Jesse Hawthorne Ficks -
SCREEN GRABS Netflix’s eight-part mini-series Stranger Things has a lot more to say than just referencing Stephen King novels and Steven Spielberg films. Taking the...
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Celebrate life at Frameline 40

Jesse Hawthorne Ficks -
Not only is the Bay Area celebrating the world's longest-running international LGBTQ film festival (June 16-26), the 40th anniversary Frameline feels like the most...
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15 years in, DocFest opens eyes and minds

Dennis Harvey -
SCREEN GRABS When SF DocFest (running June 2-16 at various venues) launched 15 years ago, it didn’t seem all that sure a thing. Yes, impresario...
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All eyes on SFIFF59

Jesse Hawthorne Ficks -
SCREEN GRABS This year's San Francisco International Film Festival -- the 59th installment of this seminal feast for the eyes, running at various venues April...
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At the CROSSROADS in 2016

Jesse Hawthorne Ficks -
Presenting more than 70 artists' films in nine programs over three days in 16mm, 35mm, and digital video, SF Cinematheque's annual experimental film festival...
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Feeling ‘Trapped’

Sari Staver -
As US abortion clinics fight to survive, a new documentary by a San Francisco filmmaker tells the compelling story of clinic providers and doctors...

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