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Transgender rights battle continues, on Trump’s rocky ground

When Kris Hayashi was executive director of the Audre Lorde Project in New York City, a community organizing center for lesbian, gay, bisexual, Two...

‘Uncharted’ fills Berkeley with adventurous voices

Lance Knobel, co-founder of online news site Berkeleyside, and Helena Brantley, of Red Pencil Publicity and Marketing, sat down together in January to start talking...

Screen Grabs: Mill Valley, SF Dance, Drunken Film Fests ….

SCREEN GRABS It’s a starry as well as busy week in Bay Area filmgoing, with major openings including the new Bradley Cooper/Lady Gaga A Star...

Ficks’ Picks at TIFF: Midnight movie madness

Our critic Jesse Hawthorne Ficks caught this year’s Toronto International Film festival. Read more of his coverage here.  TIFF The most difficult ticket to get at...

Art Haus brings playa magic to Symphony’s ‘Rite of Spring’

With its driving, swooning rhythms and primal energies, Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring remains one of the "bad boy" pieces of the symphonic...

Ficks Pick at TIFF: Experimental cinema is where it’s at!

Our critic Jesse Hawthorne Ficks caught this year's Toronto International Film festival. Read more of his coverage here.  TIFF It was no small feat to watch...

Screen Grabs: Joan Jett, Hola Mexico, Hong Kong Cinema …

SCREEN GRABS This week brings a whole lot of mini-festivals to various Bay Area screens. The Roxie has the Hola Mexico, a three-day touring edition...

Fall Arts aflame! The 50+ best things to do this season

FALL ARTS PREVIEW The light is deepening, the food is getting heartier, harvest is bringing much good grape and green, and fall arts season is...

Ficks’ Picks at TIFF: The grand masters return

48 Hills critic Jesse Hawthorne Ficks reports from the Toronto International Film Festival. Read more of his on-the-ground reviews and impressions here.  TIFF Hirokazu Kore-eda's Shoplifters which...

Ficks’ Picks at TIFF: Indian Cinema in full effect

Critic Jesse Hawthorne Ficks reports from the Toronto International Film Festival. Read his first report here.    TIFF Working as an activist filmmaker for more than...