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Screen Grabs: Sometimes, a deliciously absurd film is all you need

Dennis Harvey - January 11, 2021

The squirming abdominals of 'Bloody Hell' joust with Chinese super-production 'Skyfire' and hotel-scare 'Climate of the Hunter' for this week's most ludicrous new release.

Screen Grabs

With gore and gags, Another Hole in the Head cuts through season’s treacle

Dennis Harvey - December 9, 2020

Take shelter from holiday schlock with the venerable film fest's 17th edition—in streamable form, of course.

Homelessness

The year in homeless policy

TJ Johnston - December 3, 2020

A few successes and a lot of failures as people on the streets stayed at risk during the pandemic.

City Hall

If SF bans smoking weed in your apartment, where could you get high?

Caitlin Donohue - November 25, 2020

Bill would criminalize pot smoking for a large part of the city's population.

Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: A power-packed Hip-Hop Dancefest, Britex sign returns, more

Marke B. - November 19, 2020

Viral Dwellings, Crazy Funny Asians, Drive-In "La Bohéme," Legends of the Rave, Native American Drag Queen Story Hour... lots to do!

Art

A local artist honors lost Black lives, portrait by portrait

Mary Corbin - November 16, 2020

Painter Radha Mehta's series commemorating lives lost to racially motivated murder and police brutality spreads to cities around the country.

Music

Why the super deluxe re-release of Prince’s ‘Sign o’ the Times’ matters

John-Paul Shiver - September 30, 2020

The genius of The Revolution, the perfect career alchemy of a prolific legend rising from the ashes—a comprehensive look at why we hail 'SOTT.'

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Meet in the middle

Dennis Harvey - September 10, 2020

This week's must-stream films bring visions of faraway lands and all-too-close looks at our own.

Arts + Culture

A bright story behind the city’s new mural wave

Emily Wilson - July 30, 2020

Artist Vida Kuang grew up in San Francisco’s Chinatown. The anti-Asian racism that ramped up at the beginning of the year followed by the...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Don’t look away from ‘Decade of Fire’ and ‘The Painted Bird’

Dennis Harvey - July 17, 2020

This weekend’s new streaming releases are dominated by two major literary adaptations, both of which would have looked great on the big screen ......

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Screen Grabs: Sometimes, a deliciously absurd film is all you need

With gore and gags, Another Hole in the Head cuts through season’s treacle

The year in homeless policy

If SF bans smoking weed in your apartment, where could you get high?

Arts Forecast: A power-packed Hip-Hop Dancefest, Britex sign returns, more

A local artist honors lost Black lives, portrait by portrait

Why the super deluxe re-release of Prince’s ‘Sign o’ the Times’ matters

Screen Grabs: Meet in the middle

A bright story behind the city’s new mural wave

Screen Grabs: Don’t look away from ‘Decade of Fire’ and ‘The Painted Bird’

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