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Screen Grabs: At SFFILM Fest, local looks from Steph Curry to Boots Riley

Dennis Harvey - April 9, 2023

Our picks from the 66th edition, which kicks off in Oakland and presents plenty of global visions (plus Rose Pak).

Art Review

Ode to Chicana rasquachismo: a half century of Amalia Mesa-Baines

Natalia Robyns-Kresich - April 4, 2023

Her work bustling with everyday objects and memories, the artist's BAMPFA retrospective offers welcome, folkloric departure.

Movies

Screen Grabs: The ‘first US rock band to play behind the Iron Curtain’ disappeared. Why?

Dennis Harvey - April 3, 2023

Plus: Wacko superheroics in French 'Smoking Causes Coughing,' understated reconciliation in 'Acidman'

Arts + Culture

‘What These Walls Won’t Hold’ is incarcerated people’s drive to create

Emily Wilson - March 30, 2023

Adamu Chan's documentary blows lid off official accounts of life in San Quentin at the height of COVID.

Movies

Screen Grabs: Young stars of ‘Tori and Lokita’ shine in perilous refugee tale

Dennis Harvey - March 29, 2023

Plus: 'The Five Devils' a potent tale of oppression, while 'The Forger' tries for lighthearted Holocaust survival (?)

Movies

A trip to “Werner world” with filmmaker Thomas von Steinaecker

Joshua Rotter - March 23, 2023

On creating a rapport with Herzog, to be showcased in a Saturday screening at Berlin & Beyond.

Movies

At Berlin & Beyond, a rare vision of Oscars’ sleeper favorite on big screen

Dennis Harvey - March 21, 2023

'All Quiet on the Western Front' joins a lineup of German-language gems.

Movies

Screen Grabs: Cauleen Smith’s elliptical visions of Afrofuturism

Dennis Harvey - March 19, 2023

Hers is far from the only far-seeing auteur's screen program this week.

Movies

Screen Grabs: The flaming feminisms of Lizzie Borden

Dennis Harvey - March 16, 2023

The director and her trilogy at BAMPFA. Plus: 4-Star shines on women directors, American tragey in. 'Sansón & Me'

Art

Glitter-strewn resistance: Amalia Mesa-Bains talks beauty

Emily Wilson - March 9, 2023

Groundbreaking Chicana artist traces path of her Berkeley retrospective.

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Screen Grabs: At SFFILM Fest, local looks from Steph Curry to Boots Riley

Ode to Chicana rasquachismo: a half century of Amalia Mesa-Baines

Screen Grabs: The ‘first US rock band to play behind the Iron Curtain’ disappeared. Why?

‘What These Walls Won’t Hold’ is incarcerated people’s drive to create

Screen Grabs: Young stars of ‘Tori and Lokita’ shine in perilous refugee tale

A trip to “Werner world” with filmmaker Thomas von Steinaecker

At Berlin & Beyond, a rare vision of Oscars’ sleeper favorite on big screen

Screen Grabs: Cauleen Smith’s elliptical visions of Afrofuturism

Screen Grabs: The flaming feminisms of Lizzie Borden

Glitter-strewn resistance: Amalia Mesa-Bains talks beauty

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