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Movies

Ficks’ Picks Epic List: Our favorite films of 2021 (or so)

Jesse Hawthorne Ficks -
A mega-countdown of recommended movies, videos, and even double features recently released
Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: ‘Scream’ all you want, they’ll make more

Dennis Harvey -
A horror 'requel' proves worthy of its many predecessors. Plus: Velvet Queen's elusive Himalayan cat, Whaler Boy's epic cam-girl journey, more
Lit

Excellent reads that grabbed hold and shook us in 2021

Lou Fancher -
Black food history, wildlife encounters, basketball heroes, and more transformed our thought patterns last year.
News + Politics

Don’t blame progressives for problems like homelessness, drugs, and crime

Tim Redmond -
Neoliberal mayors and their failed market-based policies have created the crisis that the left is now trying to solve.
Art

In the studio, under the waves with Berkeley artist Dobee Snowber

Mary Corbin -
"At this point, I am an artist because I don't have a choice."
Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: You need a bizarre film moment like Another Hole in the Head

Dennis Harvey -
This year, the offbeat film fest sports 30+ features and 200+ shorts. Here's our critic's top picks.
Onstage

Building new plays at Berkeley Rep, from the Ground Floor up

Emily Wilson -
An innovative program helps artists and writers develop ideas for the stage—and you can apply.
Movies

Indigenous cinema triumphs at Toronto International Film Festival

Jesse Hawthorne Ficks -
Legendary filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin finally gets her due with a 19-movie tribute—plus 'Angakusajaujuq' and 'Night Raiders' make Fick's Picks
Movies

Denzel and Frances deliver ‘Macbeth’ — and other standouts from the New York Film Fest

Jesse Hawthorne Ficks -
In the third Ficks' Picks dispatch from the fest, Joel Coen delivers his first brother-less triumph with 'The Tragedy of Macbeth' and a Murakami adaption — surprisingly — sings
Movies

Body horror and existential spelunking at the New York Film Festival

Jesse Hawthorne Ficks -
In the second Ficks' Picks dispatch, demons and daddy issues roil 'Titane' while 'Il Buco [The Hole]' delivers without dialogue.
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