Sunday, May 5, 2024

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Screen Grabs: A visit with the early Stones in ‘Charlie Is My Darling’

Plus: The Murder of Fred Hampton, They Stole the Bomb, Los Ultimos Frikis, and a slew of new horror flicks.

Review: Stories become fables, family becomes home in Bri Williams’ ‘Playbill’

At Et al, the artist uses sound, soap, wax, and resin to express a full spectrum of personal history.

Drag legend Terence Alan Smith takes center stage in ‘The Beauty President’

As Joan Jett Blakk, the performer made two historic runs for president. A new short film asks what could have been.

Screen Grabs: Folly and excess in ‘Annette’ and ‘Nine Days’

But a moving 'Ailey' gripping 'Sabaya,' and poignant 'What We Left Unfinished.' This week's new movies!

From ‘Edge of Seventeen’ to ‘Swan Song,’ a queer director salutes Sandusky

Rounding out a trilogy of semi-autobiographical Ohio tales, Todd Stephens' latest memorializes a senior drag legend.

Screen Grabs: Perilous quests in ‘The Green Knight’ and ‘Stillwater’

Plus: complex Son of Monarchs, redemptive Fireboys, and a beautiful, bummer Casanova

Screen Grabs: How ‘The Panic in Needle Park’ changed drug movies

The 1971 film mixed stark realism with post-hippie disillusionment. Plus: Lorelei, Tailgate, No Ordinary Man, more

Screen Grabs: Another vital public film program axed—for what?

SFMOMA's hatchet job. Plus reviews of Blood Red Sky, Old, Charlatan, Mandibles, more

Screen Grabs: Porcine Nick Cage love affair makes ‘Pig’ a whole meal

The week's new films have something for every taste, from the oceanic terror roiling 'Great White' to a city symphony in 'Summertime.'

Screen Grabs: Bodies talk in this week’s films, from ‘Angel’ to ‘Barfly’

Get into the physical form, with surprising superheroes, eating disorder examination, and an adaptation of interviews with Bukowski.