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Tagged with: Films

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Martin Scorsese on ‘The Irishman,’ old friends, and loving Castro Theatre

Joshua Rotter -
Martin Scorsese loves San Francisco’s Castro Theatre. So much so that the legendary Mean Streets, Goodfellas, and Casino director opened his latest gangster epic,...
Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Now that’s Italian!

Dennis Harvey -
Most weeks of the year in the Bay Area there’s some film festival or other—sometimes several at once. Amidst such plenty, it’s easy to...
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Screen Grabs: Three of the year’s best dramas and more

Dennis Harvey -
Many new films of interest opening this Friday—so many, in fact, that we had to write separately about the week’s revival highlights (see here)...
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Screen Grabs: French noir to vintage punk, a week of retro gems

Dennis Harvey -
Considering all the odds against it—real estate/rent issues, changing audiences, ever-more home viewing options—it’s pretty amazing that San Francisco still has any arthouse scene...
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Screen Grabs: Two movies for grown-ups at the multiplex

Dennis Harvey -
Last month 76-year-old Martin Scorcese ignited a firestorm—at least amongst fuming fanboy types—when he shrugged that he’d “tried” to grok superhero movies, “But that’s...
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Screen Grabs: South Asian cinema, transgender visions, amateur porn…

Dennis Harvey -
Woe betide the Bay Area movie lover equally enthused about South Asian cinema, transgender screen expressions, and amateur porn—because this week the signature local...
Movies

Transgender visions in urgent times

Peter-Astrid Kane -
Visibility has always been a guiding principle of queer liberation. From Harvey Milk’s “Come out, come out, wherever you are” to the debates over...
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Screen Grabs: A feast of docs and dancing

Dennis Harvey -
It’s a big week for non-fiction cinema, the main event being SFFilm’s fifth annual Doc Stories, which brings together several of the year’s most...
Culture

The San Francisco Mint is haunted!

Peter-Astrid Kane -
It’s hard to be a jaded adult and walk through a haunted attraction without failing to suspend your disbelief at least a little. “Ooh, that...
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Screen Grabs: A 14-hour movie with a 40-minute ‘middle finger’

Dennis Harvey -
If you’re looking for some suitable Halloween screen entertainment, you’re in the right place—well, almost. Our separate guide to this season’s scary movies, including...
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