Tag: Film
Screen Grabs: Two looks at Black legends in ‘MLK/FBI’ and ‘One Night in Miami…”
As we prepare for Black History Month, new releases look back at the complex heroes who powered the civil rights movement.
Oops, I missed it: A critic’s 2020 regrets
The stand-outs we stood up, from the 30th anniversary of 'Do The Right Thing' to the sounds of Dave Aju, Dehd, and Victoria Monet.
Screen Grabs: Sometimes, a deliciously absurd film is all you need
The squirming abdominals of 'Bloody Hell' joust with Chinese super-production 'Skyfire' and hotel-scare 'Climate of the Hunter' for this week's most ludicrous new release.
Don’t forget the beats: A mixtape-homage to the Bay’s 2020 sounds
Set inspired by this year's 48 Hills music coverage fits in E-40's social distancing anthem and Eki Shola's aural healing—dedicated to the late, great Cutty Banks.
Screen Grabs: Dublin housing crunch to stowaway aliens, cinematic escapes for all
'Herself' threads a gentrification tale, while 'Shadow in the Cloud' is 2021's most ludicrous flick so far.
Screen Grabs: New year brings films challenging us to rethink the status quo
Forced sterilizations in California prisons, disastrous Venezuelan coastal pollution, and adults who live with facial disfigurement are the subject of 2021's first releases.
Screen Grabs: 25 great films of 2020, the year we needed movies more than ever
Here's our film critic's best-of, from the redemption of ‘Showgirls’ in 'You Don't Nomi' to masterful turns by the cast of 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.'
Roxie Virtual Cinema: Best of the Bay 2020 Editors’ Pick
When curtains came down and laptops fired up, Roxie Theatre's online arm delivered 200+ diverse and heady films
In ‘Aggie,’ a $100 million inspiration to shrink the carceral state through art and activism
She sold her Liechtenstein to fight mass incarceration: New film documents one woman's "philanthropy by justice not generosity"
SF Latino Film Festival comes roaring in at end of year
20 Features, 50 shorts, and 30+ programs—including a spotlight on Cuba—help lift us out of winter's depths
