Tag: Documentary
Screen Grabs: The marvelous range of Max von Sydow
Plus: Jane Fonda tours 1972 Vietnam, a dog tale from Turkey, mischievous orphans in Afghanistan, more
Screen Grabs: A fantastical hybrid from Ivory Coast in ‘Night of the Kings,’ more
While the increased demand for streaming content hasn’t greatly diversified the mainstream—Amazon Prime Video just announced a severe curtailing in its documentary acquisitions, a major calamity for...
New documentary exposes COVID crisis at private SF prison
Adachi Project film shows the inside story of virus outbreaks -- and the Geo Group's failure to contain them.
What we saw at Sundance 2021, part 2: More Ficks’ Picks at the big fest
Questlove's hypnotic 'Summer of Soul' sings, animated 'Cryptozoo' melts face, and two docs on Bay Area HS seniors bring cultural exposé close to home.
Screen Grabs: A rousing celebration of Black History Month
SF Urban Film Festival, Pan African Film Festival, an Edward Owens showcase—plus a new release with LaKeith Stanfield as a Panther plant.
Screen Grabs: American dreams, American screams
'Happy Cleaners' and Sundance stand-out 'Minari' question mobility narratives, while 'Sator' charts a path to spectral horror.
What we saw at Sundance 2021, part 1: Ficks’ Picks at the big fest
Nicolas Cage, Tessa Thompson, Sparks, and a majestic Georgian tree—our annual peek at the giant movie event
Screen Grabs: The outlaw sounds of youth
Lover's Rock and outlaw country docs. Plus: MC Escher, Black art history, and are we living in a simulation? New movies!
‘You’ve got to draw the buttons!’ Cartoonist Justin Hall spotlights local LGBTQ history on Market Street
'Marching Toward Pride' series brings to life seminal queer moments leading to 1970 celebration.
At Indiefest, director Rodrigo Reyes examines Mexico via time-traveling conquistador
Oakland filmmaker's '499' asks, How do we make tragic history real?
