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Movies

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

Dennis Harvey - July 19, 2021

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

News + Politics

And yet we signed: Behind the letter to the president of Nicaragua

Elaine Elinson - July 15, 2021

Hundreds who spent the 1980s doing Sandinista solidarity work are now condemning Daniel Ortega's new wave of political repression. Here's why.

Music

Coming up: 5 essential, post-Beatles McCartney tracks

John-Paul Shiver - July 15, 2021

Finding the wait until Thanksgiving for Peter Jackson's 'Get Back' Beatles break-up doc excruciating? Here's Paul's post-'Let it Be' greats.

LGBTQ

Sally Gearhart, trailblazing lesbian activist, is dead at 90

Tim Redmond - July 14, 2021

Inspirational teacher helped create the discipline of women's studies and led the battle to defeat the Briggs Initiative (and never got full credit).

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Porcine Nick Cage love affair makes ‘Pig’ a whole meal

Dennis Harvey - July 14, 2021

The week's new films have something for every taste, from the oceanic terror roiling 'Great White' to a city symphony in 'Summertime.'

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Bodies talk in this week’s films, from ‘Angel’ to ‘Barfly’

Dennis Harvey - July 12, 2021

Get into the physical form, with surprising superheroes, eating disorder examination, and an adaptation of interviews with Bukowski.

Movies

Questlove’s ‘Summer of Soul’ purposefully hands 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival its flowers

John-Paul Shiver - July 11, 2021

This was an unparalleled summit of Black art.

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Two deeply different narratives of sex work in ‘Working Girls’ and ‘Medusa’

Dennis Harvey - July 8, 2021

Plus: Saudi Arabian feminist mythology soars in 'Scales' and 'Dachra's creepy atmospherics.

Art

“Seeing Sound” argues that creating noise is the most human act of all

Genevieve Quick - July 8, 2021

The KADIST group show (through July 24) presents alternative auditory realities and spaces.

Movies

Screen Grabs: Recalling that very oddball cinematic year, 1971

Dennis Harvey - July 1, 2021

What's in theaters—then and now. Plus" 'I Carry You With Me,' 'Scenes from an Empty Church,' more

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

And yet we signed: Behind the letter to the president of Nicaragua

Coming up: 5 essential, post-Beatles McCartney tracks

Sally Gearhart, trailblazing lesbian activist, is dead at 90

Screen Grabs: Porcine Nick Cage love affair makes ‘Pig’ a whole meal

Screen Grabs: Bodies talk in this week’s films, from ‘Angel’ to ‘Barfly’

Questlove’s ‘Summer of Soul’ purposefully hands 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival its flowers

Screen Grabs: Two deeply different narratives of sex work in ‘Working Girls’ and ‘Medusa’

“Seeing Sound” argues that creating noise is the most human act of all

Screen Grabs: Recalling that very oddball cinematic year, 1971

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