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Screen Grabs: Fancy a little light streaming?

Dennis Harvey - April 7, 2020

Continuing our tour through some recommended celluloid comedies—because while there’s a place for masochism, you probably don’t really need to be entertained by throat-clutching...

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Screen Grabs: How about a little levity?

Dennis Harvey - April 1, 2020

One slender plus in all this corona-crisis-ing has been the extent to which friends and strangers alike have gone to amuse each other long-distance,...

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Screen Grabs: Buckle up for more cinematic adventure

Dennis Harvey - March 30, 2020

Part Two of our armchair audiovisual world tour offers more scenic and adventuresome distraction from “shelter-at-home” stasis. (Part One is here.) While we’re not heavily...

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Screen Grabs: Leap upon your sofa, intrepid explorers

Dennis Harvey - March 23, 2020

Now that theaters are closed and basically everyone is reduced to home viewing, it’s easier than ever to see what those viewing trends are....

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Screen Grabs: Cinemas go dark, but here’s what to watch

Dennis Harvey - March 17, 2020

As I write this on Monday the 16th, “shelter-at-home” decrees around the coronavirus have negated any need to tell you about all the individual...

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Screen Grabs: A major director quietly remakes the Western

Dennis Harvey - March 10, 2020

Austerity is not a quality greatly prized in commercial filmmaking. While we may revere them now, it’s worth remembering that such leading cinematic minimalist...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Screen Grabs: Fancy a little light streaming?

Screen Grabs: How about a little levity?

Screen Grabs: Buckle up for more cinematic adventure

Screen Grabs: Leap upon your sofa, intrepid explorers

Screen Grabs: Cinemas go dark, but here’s what to watch

Screen Grabs: A major director quietly remakes the Western

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

Screen Grabs: A tragic star hounded by the FBI

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