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Movies

10 years later, H.P. Mendoza’s ‘Fruit Fly’ plays a very changed San Francisco

Pam Grady - May 21, 2020

What Fruit Fly writer/director H.P. Mendoza originally had in mind for the film's 10th anniversary screening at this year's CAAMFest was a replay of...

Aquarium vibes on Folsom: Inkletterman, others beautify shuttered storefronts

John-Paul Shiver - May 12, 2020

"It was perfect timing as I was looking for an artist to do the work, knowing the ugliness that boarded-up storefronts have created all...

COVID

The dangerous, inaccurate reporting on homelessness and the COVID crisis

Tim Redmond - May 7, 2020

Take some salacious information, add a single person with a point of view, and suddenly you have a major international story – that can...

Lit

A Drag Queen Story Hour star and activist publishes her own kids’ book

Joshua Rotter - May 5, 2020

For the majority of Americans, drag queens are performers they catch every Friday night on RuPaul’s Drag Race or at their local gay bar...

News + Politics

Homeless women take over vacant house in the Castro

Tim Redmond - May 1, 2020

Two unhoused women took over a vacant building in the Castro today, sparking a massive police response, at least one arrest – and renewed...

Lit

The mother who stoned San Francisco

Joshua Rotter - April 20, 2020

Alia Volz, the author of Home Baked: My Mom, Marijuana, and the Stoning of San Francisco, knew she had a good story on her hands. Every...

Culture

SF Pride Parade and Celebration cancelled on 50th anniversary

Marke B. - April 14, 2020

San Francisco Pride announced today that it is cancelling this year's June Parade and Celebration—the largest in the Western United States—as COVID continues to...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Marathon movies to fill long days

Dennis Harvey - April 14, 2020

“Sheltering in place” during an epidemic has been a rude wake-up call for many in discovering just how they normally spend their non-working time—and...

Movies

SFFILM Fest goes virtual just as programming director bows out

Pam Grady - April 12, 2020

The week between the confirmation of the SFFILM Festival's program and the public announcement of it is Director of Programming Rachel Rosen's least favorite...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Horse Feathers!—and even more great comedy streaming

Dennis Harvey - April 10, 2020

Before winding up, for the time being at least, our survey of cinematic comedies that will lighten up your house arrest sojourn (part one...

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