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“What does it mean to be a good person?”

Elaine Elinson - July 11, 2019

ONSTAGE Isn’t trampling other people exhausting work? The vein on your forehead bulges from the strain of being greedy. This is the question that Shen Te, a...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: A wave of women behind the camera

Dennis Harvey - July 10, 2019

SCREEN GRABS Though some aspects of filmmaking have been edging slowly towards gender equity for a while, there’s no question that the #MeToo movement...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: The perils of ‘Midsommar’

Dennis Harvey - July 1, 2019

SCREEN GRABS The big noise commercially this week is Spider-Man: Far From Home, yet another entry in the most confusingly overpopulated movie franchise of...

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Screen Grabs: Andy Warhol’s brilliant camp

Dennis Harvey - June 26, 2019

SCREEN GRABS Andy Warhol was the man who sold the world on Pop Art in the 1960s, and much of that success lay in...

Movies

Vanessa Williams on her fearless Frameline ‘Luv Tale’

Joshua Rotter - June 25, 2019

Professional growth was always critical for actress Vanessa Williams. Going from supporting roles like gun moll Keisha in 1991’s crime thriller New Jack City...

Onstage

Matteo Lane gets Clusterfested

Joshua Rotter - June 19, 2019

ONSTAGE Out New York-based comedian Matteo Lane didn’t dream of a career in comedy, growing up. In fact, the “Moving On” (2015), “Crashing” (2018), and...

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Screen Grabs: A ‘sex raft’ run amuck

Dennis Harvey - June 19, 2019

SCREEN GRABS The big news in Bay Area moviegoing this week is the annual arrival of the Frameline LGBTQ film fest, which we previewed here....

Onstage

In ‘Rusalka,’ water nymphs, a frog king, and humanity’s destructive nature

Emily Wilson - June 14, 2019

ONSTAGE Leah Hausman worked on Antonín Dvořák’s Rusalka with Sir David McVicar five years ago for the Lyric Opera of Chicago. Now she is directing the...

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Screen Grabs: She’s the Official Coolest Person Ever

Dennis Harvey - June 11, 2019

SCREEN GRABS Here’s something you don’t normally see mid-summer at the multiplex: Simultaneous openings of two movies with Emma Thompson. Neither are exactly Howard’s...

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Screen Grabs: Last Black Man in San Francisco, Mexico’s Golden Age ….

Dennis Harvey - June 3, 2019

SCREEN GRABS In addition to SF Cinematheque’s annual Crossroads showcase for experimental work at SFMOMA (see Jesse Hawthorne Ficks' preview this week) and the continuation...

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“What does it mean to be a good person?”

Screen Grabs: A wave of women behind the camera

Screen Grabs: The perils of ‘Midsommar’

Screen Grabs: Andy Warhol’s brilliant camp

Vanessa Williams on her fearless Frameline ‘Luv Tale’

Matteo Lane gets Clusterfested

Screen Grabs: A ‘sex raft’ run amuck

In ‘Rusalka,’ water nymphs, a frog king, and humanity’s destructive nature

Screen Grabs: She’s the Official Coolest Person Ever

Screen Grabs: Last Black Man in San Francisco, Mexico’s Golden Age ….

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