Tuesday, January 14, 2025

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Movies

Screen Grabs: They love Israel—at least ’til Kingdom come

Dennis Harvey - March 1, 2021

Plus: My Darling Supermarket, Ski Bum, The United States vs. Billie Holiday, and the Mauritanian

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Complex webs of crime—and sometimes punishment

Dennis Harvey - February 22, 2021

Silk Road tells a sordid tale of drugs and the Internet. Plus: Mafia King, Test Pattern, and a very Wrong Turn

Foreign Correspondent

What’s really going on with China’s Uighurs?

Reese Erlich - February 20, 2021

Experts say US officials are seeking enemies, not the truth.

News + Politics

Rally responds to anti-Asian violence

Garrett Leahy - February 15, 2021

After attacks, a call for more community-based public safety solutions.

Music

New Music: Support these excellent artists directly this week

John-Paul Shiver - February 3, 2021

Sitka Sun, Bézier, Juju, Danielle de Picciotto, Terry Gross (not that one), and more for Bandcamp Friday

Movies

At Indiefest, director Rodrigo Reyes examines Mexico via time-traveling conquistador

Joshua Rotter - February 1, 2021

Oakland filmmaker's '499' asks, How do we make tragic history real?

COVID

Protest caravan demands Newsom release vulnerable prisoners

Garrett Leahy - January 31, 2021

More than half the state's prison population is positive for COVID -- and they don't need to die.

Movies

Screen Grabs: Extreme double features for long winter nights

Dennis Harvey - January 26, 2021

Opioids and cheerleaders, trans Western and gay Ramadan, chamber suspense and '80s retro excess: new movies!

News + Politics

Gunman disrupts protest—but community group de-escalates without the cops

Garrett Leahy - January 21, 2021

Activists say the incident shows why defunding the police is possible.

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Welcome to the ‘Disneyland for seniors’

Dennis Harvey - January 20, 2021

The Villages, on very full display. Plus: Chilean gay love, sharp Kentucky thriller, sour Blithe Spirit, more new films