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Screen Grabs: New year brings films challenging us to rethink the status quo

Dennis Harvey -
Forced sterilizations in California prisons, disastrous Venezuelan coastal pollution, and adults who live with facial disfigurement are the subject of 2021's first releases.
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Screen Grabs: 25 great films of 2020, the year we needed movies more than ever

Dennis Harvey -
Here's our film critic's best-of, from the redemption of ‘Showgirls’ in 'You Don't Nomi' to masterful turns by the cast of 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.'
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Roxie Virtual Cinema: Best of the Bay 2020 Editors’ Pick

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When curtains came down and laptops fired up, Roxie Theatre's online arm delivered 200+ diverse and heady films
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Screen Grabs: When political violence is no longer unimaginable

Dennis Harvey -
Stories of oppression, terror, murder—and heroism. Plus: 'Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Rea & Stimpy Story,' more
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In ‘New Labor Movements,’ curator Leila Weefur traces legacy of Frederick Douglass

Emily Wilson -
Film series is 'doing emotional and physiological labor, defining the Black body across all parallels of time and history'
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Screen Grabs: Warm season, very hot topics

Dennis Harvey -
Political violence, ethnic strife, and marital doubts south of the equator. Plus: Lost Landscapes of SF, more
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Screen Grabs: ’76 Days’ traces Wuhan’s locktight fight against COVID

Dennis Harvey -
These new releases are far from your typical, escapist holiday fare. A documentary on US childcare workers, 'Farewell Amor' targets the emotions of immigrations, and more.
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With gore and gags, Another Hole in the Head cuts through season’s treacle

Dennis Harvey -
Take shelter from holiday schlock with the venerable film fest's 17th edition—in streamable form, of course.
Culture

Ho ho ho, don’t miss these fabulous holiday shows

Joshua Rotter -
Golden Girls, Nutcrackers, an anti-inequity 'Red Carol,' Peaches Christ, and Kung Pao galore for your seasonal delectation.
Movies

Nina Simone meets Claude Monet in Ja’Tovia Gary’s ‘The Giverny Document’

Emily Wilson -
Highlighted in SFMOMA series of films made by women, 'Giverny' combines street interviews, animation, sound design, more
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