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Drag legend Terence Alan Smith takes center stage in ‘The Beauty President’

As Joan Jett Blakk, the performer made two historic runs for president. A new short film asks what could have been.

‘Respect’ director spotlights Aretha Franklin’s mighty activism

Former Berkeley Rep director Liesl Tommy grew up under South African apartheid, values music's transformative power

Screen Grabs: ‘Homeroom’ dives deep into a crisis-riven Oakland school year

Plus: Infamous '90s ambulance-chasing in 'Whirlybird' and a great free documentary series at BAMPFA outdoors

Screen Grabs: Folly and excess in ‘Annette’ and ‘Nine Days’

But a moving 'Ailey' gripping 'Sabaya,' and poignant 'What We Left Unfinished.' This week's new movies!

Guerilla projections battle Asian hate in ‘Dear America’

After Atlanta massacre, artist Christy Chan was determined to take up space with urgent messages.

From ‘Edge of Seventeen’ to ‘Swan Song,’ a queer director salutes Sandusky

Rounding out a trilogy of semi-autobiographical Ohio tales, Todd Stephens' latest memorializes a senior drag legend.

Lydia Lunch is still kicking against the pricks

A wild interview with the no-holds-barred No Wave icon, in town for the debut of her new documentary

Under The Stars: New music from the Umbrellas, Fly Golden Eagle, Pamela Z, more

Local jangle-pop, Canadian electronica, avant-garde vocalisms, soulful two-steppers... it all sounds good right now.

Screen Grabs: Perilous quests in ‘The Green Knight’ and ‘Stillwater’

Plus: complex Son of Monarchs, redemptive Fireboys, and a beautiful, bummer Casanova

New doc ‘Bring Your Own Brigade’ asks why wildfires just keep growing

Filmmaker Lucy Walker examines the tragic, recent damage—and finds there's more to blame than climate change