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Can drag queens beat death? Find out in ‘Drag Becomes Her’

Joshua Rotter - March 10, 2020

UPDATE: 'Drag Becomes Her' has been postponed. There are approximately 800 miles separating Seattle and San Francisco’s drag scenes. What bridges them, says RuPaul’s Drag...

Arts + Culture

Screen Grabs: Traveling the world, popcorn in hand

Dennis Harvey - March 4, 2020

This week’s openings personify the movies’ appeal as armchair travel, encompassing cinematic detours to Ireland, Israel, Poland, China (twice), American backroads and various African...

Arts + Culture

These film revivals prove SF is still a place for movie lovers

Dennis Harvey - March 2, 2020

Though exhibition is perennially imperiled—the most recent bad news being that after 110 years, the Clay Theatre is no more, the good news that...

Movies

What we saw at Sundance, part 3: Crossed borders and different lives

Jesse Hawthorne Ficks - February 27, 2020

Culling through the forty features viewed at both the Sundance and Slamdance Film Festivals last week has been as much fun as watching them...

Ethio-jazz legend Mulatu Astatke still defines contemporary cool

John-Paul Shiver - February 25, 2020

Mulatu Astatke’s Mulatu Of Ethiopia from 1972, re-issued by Strut Records in 2017, captures a seminal moment in Ethiopian Jazz: THIS was a certain certain type of mood,...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: A tragic star hounded by the FBI

Dennis Harvey - February 25, 2020

A couple of the smaller, more idiosyncratic local film festivals add to the celluloid mix this week. Within the larger Noise Pop schedule of...

Movies

WIN a pair of tickets to see a classic Fellini movie on March 7!

Marke B. - February 24, 2020

We've got 10 pairs of tickets to give away to celebrate Italian movie maestro Fellini's 100th birthday. It's part of the ongoing "Fellini 100"...

Movies

What we saw at Sundance, Part 2: A side-trip to Slamdance

Jesse Hawthorne Ficks - February 23, 2020

Culling through the forty features viewed at both the Sundance and Slamdance Film Festivals last week has been as much fun as watching them...

Movies

What we saw at Sundance, part 1: Wild rides and deep looks

Jesse Hawthorne Ficks - February 19, 2020

Culling through the 40 features viewed at both the Sundance and Slamdance Film Festivals last week has been as much fun as watching them...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Raining Internet cats and live-action dogs

Dennis Harvey - February 19, 2020

It’s raining cats and dogs with the more family-friendly film events of the week. One is the new 20th Century Fox Animation/Disney live action...

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Can drag queens beat death? Find out in ‘Drag Becomes Her’

Screen Grabs: Traveling the world, popcorn in hand

These film revivals prove SF is still a place for movie lovers

What we saw at Sundance, part 3: Crossed borders and different lives

Ethio-jazz legend Mulatu Astatke still defines contemporary cool

Screen Grabs: A tragic star hounded by the FBI

WIN a pair of tickets to see a classic Fellini movie on March 7!

What we saw at Sundance, Part 2: A side-trip to Slamdance

What we saw at Sundance, part 1: Wild rides and deep looks

Screen Grabs: Raining Internet cats and live-action dogs

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