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Screen Grabs: Drunken, humped, French (and Mill Valley, too)

Dennis Harvey - September 30, 2024

Film fest season kicks into high gear this week with four events celebrating sex, cocktails, film noir, and starpower.

Movies

Screen Grabs: Hail international film, including African, Palestinian rarities

Dennis Harvey - February 26, 2024

Plus: Homage to Italian soundtrack champ Ennio Morricone and Edward Yang's 'Taipei Stories'.

Protest

Marching all night, screaming ’til hoarse: protesting the Iraq Invasion 20 years ago

Marke B. - March 21, 2023

Two decades back, we took to the streets to denounce Bush's war—that's the only good thing to come out of the mess.

Movies

Bringing love story ‘Spoiler Alert’ to the screen, through grief, chance, and friendship

Pam Grady - December 2, 2022

Jim Parsons and Ben Aldridge talk about starring in Michael Ausiello's true-life tale of losing his partner

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Coppola revives ‘Godfather’—and Dinklage delivers in ‘Cyrano’

Dennis Harvey - February 24, 2022

Exactly 50 years ago this February 25, The Godfather was released. It was an adaptation of a pulpy best-seller that no one expected much...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: South Asian cinema, transgender visions, amateur porn…

Dennis Harvey - November 4, 2019

Woe betide the Bay Area movie lover equally enthused about South Asian cinema, transgender screen expressions, and amateur porn—because this week the signature local...

Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: Reptaliens, Spear of Destiny, V Vale….

Marke B. - March 5, 2019

ARTS FORECAST For decades, if you had a question about sex, any question at all, you would "Ask Isadora." The goddess of alternative weekly...

Arts + Culture

Pornucopia! Dan Savage’s skin-flick fest returns

Marke B. - January 28, 2016

SCREEN GRABS Last year I was drenched -- figuratively, of course -- in porn. I spent several months writing a comprehensive history of porn music,...

Arts + Culture

Dan Savage’s pornucopia of skin flicks comes to Roxie

Marke B. - February 20, 2015

Sex writer's Hump! Tour features amateur porn galore, sleek to raw, Feb. 25-28. By Marke B. SCREEN GRABS What's it like watching a dozen homemade pornographic movies...

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Screen Grabs: Drunken, humped, French (and Mill Valley, too)

Screen Grabs: Hail international film, including African, Palestinian rarities

Marching all night, screaming ’til hoarse: protesting the Iraq Invasion 20 years ago

Bringing love story ‘Spoiler Alert’ to the screen, through grief, chance, and friendship

Screen Grabs: Coppola revives ‘Godfather’—and Dinklage delivers in ‘Cyrano’

Screen Grabs: South Asian cinema, transgender visions, amateur porn…

Arts Forecast: Reptaliens, Spear of Destiny, V Vale….

Pornucopia! Dan Savage’s skin-flick fest returns

Dan Savage’s pornucopia of skin flicks comes to Roxie

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