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

Plus: 'Wild Horse 9' trots mildly through US skullduggery; 'Littermates' and 'New Group' behave abnormally
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‘Tis the season for big screams-on-screens action

Indonesian prison horror, animated 'Weird Kidz,' poodle breeding runs amok—but the biggest terror may be the early Xmas movies.
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Screen Grabs: SF Latino Film Fest finds a happy place in heavy times

Plus: Horny fairy tale triumph 'Wicker,' powerful immigrant doc 'One in a Million,' Cannes-winner 'Fjord,' more new movies
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Screen Grabs: ‘NAZA’ doc chillingly excoriates Israel’s killing machine

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

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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

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Plus: 'NAZA' and 'The Social Reckoning' hit local screens, Mahershala Ali goes gonzo, 'Never After Dark' chills, more
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Screen Grabs: Starry floodgates open at Mill Valley Film Fest 49

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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

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Plus: Brazilian Film Fest, Another Other Cinema oddity, an ode to concrete, 'Viktor' in Ukraine, 'Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!'
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‘Lost’ films seen through fresh eyes at Re:Vision Fest

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A fascinating new showcase of restored and rediscovered movies, from 'My Name Ain't Suzie' to 'Lepers & Sex.'
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Screen Grabs: Who doesn’t love a bear in a hot tub?

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Critter Fest's got claws. Plus: Ethan Hawke's 'Weight,' 'Body Heat' steams again, Barbara Hammer and Larry Reed fêted, more movies
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Screen Grabs: Has the cinematic fantastical become banal?

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Sci-fi overload in 'Hope.' Plus: A lost Joan Crawford, 'Twin Peaks' marathon, unnerving 'Militia,' topless 'Gandahar,' more big screen thrills
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Screen Grabs: The making of a spectacular Hollywood horror disaster

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Plus: A feast of cinematic demonics, from 'Creature from the Black Lagoon" (in 3D!) to endlessly crying babies and fuzzy orange unicorns.
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Screen Grabs: Meep meep! ‘Coyote vs. Acme’ finally crashes into theaters

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Refreshingly old-fashioned but mixed-bag 'The Deb,' hard-hitting 'American Doctor,' hilarious 'Idiots,' Nippon sex cinema returns, more
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Screen Grabs: Sassy ballers, Latino leathermen, E’ville queens? It’s SF Queer Film Fest time

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Plus: Willem Dafoe finds 'Late Fame,' snarky summer camp romp 'Floaters', excellent 'Everyone is Lying to You for Money'
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Screen Grabs: Is ‘Camp Miasma’ too meta—or is it a generational thing?

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Plus: BAMPFA series highlights Bay Area lovers-auteurs, rural addiction in 'Union County', Matthew McConaughey, more.
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Screen Grabs: ‘The Piano’ plays again

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Sam Neill (RIP) in major key. Plus: Futile love in 'White Nights,' Hector Babenco tribute, whimsical 'Drunken Noodles,' sour "Ice Cream Man'
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Screen Grabs: From farmworker to ‘the Shakespeare of Chicano theater’

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Luis Valdez gets his due. Plus: Robert Townsend tribute, 'Glitter' revival, 'Sheep in a Box,' and Fantasy Studios fest.
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Screen Grabs: A revered documentarian faces the ultimate loss in ‘Remake’

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Plus: Celebrating disability rights, 'First Looks' at Oscar's shorts candidates, Nicolas Winding Refn's hell, the Dardennes' mothers.
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Screen Grabs: Honk, honk, here comes ‘The Odyssey’

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Plus: Evil Dead Burn's witless gore, two queer classics return, three cheers for Jacques Tati and Robin Williams, more movies.
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