Tag: Documentary
Screen Grabs: ’76 Days’ traces Wuhan’s locktight fight against COVID
These new releases are far from your typical, escapist holiday fare. A documentary on US childcare workers, 'Farewell Amor' targets the emotions of immigrations, and more.
Son’s dedication fuels doc on Black liberation group MOVE
'40 Years a Prisoner' examines police stand-off that left nine activists facing life—and the decades in prison that followed.
With gore and gags, Another Hole in the Head cuts through season’s treacle
Take shelter from holiday schlock with the venerable film fest's 17th edition—in streamable form, of course.
Screen Grabs: Rockin’ around the wee home screen
Music legends Shane McGowan, Billie Holiday, Frank Zappa, PJ Harvey, more leap into your living room in new docs
Screen Grabs: Think our city has problems? Meet this ‘Mayor’
One of the year's best movies lands. Plus: Drunk Danes, one funny uncle, a Black Bear brainteaser, more new movies.
Screen Grabs: Films for the Purple Tier
SFFILM’s DocStories, Arab Film Fest Collab offer streaming gems—and our critic reviews 'Thirst,' 'Werewolf,' and 'Minor Premise.'
Screen Grabs: Vintage Clint Eastwood rides again, warts and all
The SF-born, famously conservative star gets a Blu-ray retrospective. Plus: Zappa, Six in Paris, Made in Hong Kong, more movies
Out of the Crate: Deluxe reissues offer fond looks back
Staple Singers, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, J Dilla, Paul Weller, more slide into holiday season with big-time packages
Screen Grabs: For Thanksgiving movies, one glam turkey and a swell ‘Black Bottom’
A David Bowie 'Stardust' biopic fizzles, but Chadwick Boseman (in his final role) and Viola Davis sizzle in 'Ma Rainey'
Screen Grabs: A globe-trotting filmmaker finally gets her due
Ulrike Ottinger in the spotlight at PFA. Plus: SF Cinematheque returns, The Sound of Metal, a Romanian tragedy, more movies