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Movies

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

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

Screen Grabs: Jewish Film Fest delves into heroes, hoaxes, and hair-raisers

Dennis Harvey -
Teen tribulations, historical thrillers, and even a Bernie Madoff musical at the 41st installment, online and in-person.
Police

Mayor and police chief want more cops on the streets …

Tim Redmond -
... but SFPD has lots of money and is still far behind on the reforms it needs.
News + Politics

Scott Wiener is using Sha’Carri Richardson’s plight to raise money for his campaign

Tim Redmond -
Fake 'petition' seeks to fill campaign coffers by hyping the struggles of a young athlete. It's the latest game in politics, and it's kind of gross.
Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Final chapter of ‘Purge’ series is an eerie echo of modern chaos

Dennis Harvey -
'The Forever Purge' is not subtle. But then, we are not living in gently-nuanced cultural times.
Crime

Death Row inmate who may be exonerated talks about his story

Dennis J. Bernstein -
Kevin Cooper was three hours away from execution. Now he may be freed. He talks about racism, criminal justice, and his nearly 30-year fight to prove his innocence.
Movies

Screen Grabs: ‘Zola’ takes a wild ride from tweets to theaters

Dennis Harvey -
Plus: New docs 'A Crime in the Bayou,' 'Truman and Tennesee,' and 'Lydia Lunch: The War is Never Over'
Labor

Biden, despite promises, has still issued no COVID standards for workplaces

Marc Norton -
The pandemic is not over -- but workers still have no federal protections.
Police

Mayor Breed’s budget doesn’t even remotely defund the police

Tim Redmond -
Proposal heard in budget committee calls for major increases to SFPD -- even when the city is investing in alternatives to armed law enforcement.
Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Black Film Festival lifts off—and other stratospheric releases

Dennis Harvey -
The best of the new, from the surveilling of surveillance in 'All Light, Everywhere' to 'Les Norte' and its discomfiting coming-of-age twists
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