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Ficks Pick at TIFF: Experimental cinema is where it’s at!

Our critic Jesse Hawthorne Ficks caught this year's Toronto International Film festival. Read more of his coverage here.  TIFF It was no small feat to watch...

Screen Grabs: Joan Jett, Hola Mexico, Hong Kong Cinema …

SCREEN GRABS This week brings a whole lot of mini-festivals to various Bay Area screens. The Roxie has the Hola Mexico, a three-day touring edition...

Statewide tenant group celebrates ten years of organizing

What began as an experiment is now the longest running statewide tenant organization in California history. Tenants Together, California’s statewide renters’ rights organization, is...

Ficks’ Picks at TIFF: The grand masters return

48 Hills critic Jesse Hawthorne Ficks reports from the Toronto International Film Festival. Read more of his on-the-ground reviews and impressions here.  TIFF Hirokazu Kore-eda's Shoplifters which...

Ficks’ Picks at TIFF: Indian Cinema in full effect

Critic Jesse Hawthorne Ficks reports from the Toronto International Film Festival. Read his first report here.    TIFF Working as an activist filmmaker for more than...

Governor Brown’s climate shortcomings are bad for our health

California often gets credit for being an environmental leader, but such plaudits overlook the many neighborhoods in California that live a nightmarish reality due...

Party Radar: Who’s the bestest of them all?

PARTY RADAR Who's the Best DJ? Best Nightlife Venue? Best Dance Party? Best Drag Queen of King? best Late-Night Dancing? Best fucking Burrito? Yes, yes,...

Screen Grabs: Yayoi Kusama, Latino Film Fest, Nosferatu …

SCREEN GRABS Last call for those interested in saving the Opera Plaza Cinemas, whose four arthouse screens are at high risk of being exterminated for...

Arts Forecast: Green Thursday, Autumn Moon Fest, Comedy Day

ARTS FORECAST One of the great things about the tsunami of environmentalism hitting San Francisco this week is Green Thursday (Thu/13), during which a number of...

Opera singer Russell Thomas on diversity, drive, and ‘Roberto Devereux’

ALL EARS When opera singer Joy Davidson heard tenor Russell Thomas sing in his high school choir in Miami, she asked him if he’d ever considered...