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Screen Grabs: In the grip of hard truths—both political and personal

Dennis Harvey - July 3, 2020

New releases of interest this Friday run a global gamut from Vegas to Australia and Japan, with France, Russia and South Korea in between....

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Screen Grabs: Cinema’s future in doubt, but these world classics endure

Dennis Harvey - July 1, 2020

Movie theaters (drive-ins aside—who’d have imagined they’d get a comeback?) remain closed for the time being, their re-openings TBD in the Bay Area and...

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Screen Grabs: ’90s UK rave scene springs back to life in ‘Beats’

Dennis Harvey - June 26, 2020

The SF International Film Festival that wasn’t a couple months ago—one of COVID-19’s earliest cultural casualties—would have included a 20th-anniversary screening of Greg Harrison’s...

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ULTIMATE PRIDE GUIDE 2020: The protests, the parties (online), the poignant posters

Marke B. - June 25, 2020

I've stayed in all Pride Week so far—and I'm already exhausted! Well, I was, until putting together this list of recommendations. Most of them...

Movies

Looking for a hot gay connection? ‘Ask Any Buddy’

Johnny Ray Huston - June 24, 2020

As titles go, Ask Any Buddy is evocative. On its surface, it brings up the idea of acquiring knowledge or answers through communication with...

Movies

All hail Jacki Weaver, Pride’s hilarious, touching ‘Stage Mother’

Joshua Rotter - June 23, 2020

When Jacki Weaver was asked to star in director Thom Fitzgerald’s latest film, Stage Mother, the Academy Award-nominated Animal Kingdom and Silver Linings Playbook...

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Screen Grabs: Trans films to the front for Pride

Dennis Harvey - June 21, 2020

Normally, the Frameline International LGBTQ Film Festival would already be open, though this year COVID-19 has pushed the festival into a smaller online edition running this...

Culture

Screen Grabs: Two movies so bad they’re (almost) good

Dennis Harvey - June 16, 2020

This last Sunday marked our POTUS’ birthday—he’s now 74, never mind that he frequently plays the “too old” card on people just a couple...

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Screen Grabs: For Pride, where to find SF’s queer film fests online

Dennis Harvey - June 10, 2020

Normally at this time of year many Bay Areans (and a few visitors arriving just for this reason) would be about to suspend nearly...

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Screen Grabs: Black history and protest films to stream now

Dennis Harvey - June 7, 2020

As public outrage towards police violence against the Black community (like the gun control movement) has too often seemed to wane in the Trump...

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Screen Grabs: In the grip of hard truths—both political and personal

Screen Grabs: Cinema’s future in doubt, but these world classics endure

Screen Grabs: ’90s UK rave scene springs back to life in ‘Beats’

ULTIMATE PRIDE GUIDE 2020: The protests, the parties (online), the poignant posters

Looking for a hot gay connection? ‘Ask Any Buddy’

All hail Jacki Weaver, Pride’s hilarious, touching ‘Stage Mother’

Screen Grabs: Trans films to the front for Pride

Screen Grabs: Two movies so bad they’re (almost) good

Screen Grabs: For Pride, where to find SF’s queer film fests online

Screen Grabs: Black history and protest films to stream now

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