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Nightlife

Remembering Phatima Rude, fearless legend of SF’s nightlife scene

Don Baird - July 20, 2021

Magical, complex, transcendent: Our patron goddess of wild performance has moved on. Here's where to pay respects

Movies

Screen Grabs: This devastating war film should win the Oscar

Dennis Harvey - March 15, 2021

Bosnia and Herzegovina's 'Quo Vadis, Aida?' deserves Best International Feature. Serbia's entry, however, is too much.

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: When political violence is no longer unimaginable

Dennis Harvey - December 17, 2020

Stories of oppression, terror, murder—and heroism. Plus: 'Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Rea & Stimpy Story,' more

Protest

Serra statue protesters facing criminal charges

Eleni Balakrishnan - December 7, 2020

Why is the Catholic Church, which preaches forgiveness and restorative justice, pushing to punish people who tore down a racist statue?

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Strange fantasies, just before the holidays

Dennis Harvey - December 4, 2019

This week was so packed, we separated the revival and rep-house screenings into a separate feature (here). What’s left is a particularly idiosyncratic array...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: A feast of docs and dancing

Dennis Harvey - October 29, 2019

It’s a big week for non-fiction cinema, the main event being SFFilm’s fifth annual Doc Stories, which brings together several of the year’s most...

News + Politics

Housing Rights Committee celebrates 40 years of fighting for renters

Tim Redmond - September 17, 2019

In 1979, San Francisco had just passed its first rent-control ordinance – and tenant groups were starting to emerge to protect that law. Among...

Onstage

Review: ‘Hunchback of Notre Dame’ has powerhouse vocals, timely resonance

Elaine Elinson - July 26, 2018

ONSTAGE When Quasimodo (Alex Rodriguez) and Esmeralda (Alysia Noelle Beltran) sit perched on a railing in the bell tower of Notre Dame looking down...

News + Politics

Chilean feminists take over 14 university campuses in response to accusations of sexual assault

Caitlin Donohue - May 18, 2018

LETTER FROM CHILE Our friends were late to meet us at an art opening on May 11th in Santiago, Chile. They had a good...

News + Politics

Is Vasco Núñez de Balboa a role model for our children?

Tom Gallagher - December 15, 2017

The movement to remove the names of slave owners from positions of honor has taken down individuals both famous and obscure, from Confederate...

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Remembering Phatima Rude, fearless legend of SF’s nightlife scene

Screen Grabs: This devastating war film should win the Oscar

Screen Grabs: When political violence is no longer unimaginable

Serra statue protesters facing criminal charges

Screen Grabs: Strange fantasies, just before the holidays

Screen Grabs: A feast of docs and dancing

Housing Rights Committee celebrates 40 years of fighting for renters

Review: ‘Hunchback of Notre Dame’ has powerhouse vocals, timely resonance

Chilean feminists take over 14 university campuses in response to accusations of sexual assault

Is Vasco Núñez de Balboa a role model for our children?

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