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Screen Grabs: 3rd i Fest takes on Indian politics, TikTok obsession, Bangla Surf Girls

Dennis Harvey - October 16, 2023

Plus: UN Film Fest on the dying press and nuclear testing, charming classic Chinese musicals, Birthday Party doc

Movies

Screen Grabs: Tom Wolfe and Joan Baez walk into a theater ….

Dennis Harvey - October 10, 2023

Four new docs focus on fascinating (and sometimes repellant) people, from the famous to the better-left-alone

Music

Music docs grab the mic this fall, with Queen Latifah, Joan Baez, more

John-Paul Shiver - October 10, 2023

New releases reframe the way we heard. Ready to walk a mile in Milli Vanilli's steel-toed boots?

Movies

Screen Grabs: 50 years later, we need to call ‘The Exorcist’ on this sequel

Dennis Harvey - October 4, 2023

Plus: An honorable 'Caine Mutiny,' thriller 'Royal Hotel,' too-quirky 'She Came to Me,' and Almodovar's gay cowboy ad

Music

In SF Opera’s ‘The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs,’ a dial-up portrait of a complex Goliath

Charles Lewis III - October 2, 2023

The trademark jeans and turtleneck are there, but details are as thin as an iPhone in new opera

Movies

Screen Grabs: Bold, Black, beautiful—and invisible in the fashion industry

Dennis Harvey - September 28, 2023

Telling the supermodel stories of Bethann Hardison and Donyale Luna. Plus: 'Fair Play' questions love with a vengeance

Movies

Screen Grabs: Hop aboard ‘the world’s only sailing movie theater’

Dennis Harvey - September 26, 2023

Plus: Merylthon, Scumdance, Bay swimming, MFK Fischer eating, 'Farewell, My Concubine' restored, more movies

Stage Review

‘Il Trovatore’ offers vengeful bloodlust, mystic kidnappers, and a sprint to the finish

Charles Lewis III - September 25, 2023

SF Opera's new production of Verdi's overstuffed, time-jumping, ethnically problematic opera goes for the entertainment factor

Movies

SF’s film fest season heats up with bountiful Latino and African gems

Dennis Harvey - September 25, 2023

Cine+Mas and BAMPFA host two annual favorites. Plus: Yugoslav 'Black Wave' director Zelimir Zilnik retrospective

Dance

The Town blooms in Misty Copeland and Leyla Fayyaz’s dance film ‘Flower’

Emily Wilson - September 20, 2023

Produced by Nelson George, the short feature celebrates organized resistance in the face of community displacement.

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Screen Grabs: 3rd i Fest takes on Indian politics, TikTok obsession, Bangla Surf Girls

Screen Grabs: Tom Wolfe and Joan Baez walk into a theater ….

Music docs grab the mic this fall, with Queen Latifah, Joan Baez, more

Screen Grabs: 50 years later, we need to call ‘The Exorcist’ on this sequel

In SF Opera’s ‘The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs,’ a dial-up portrait of a complex Goliath

Screen Grabs: Bold, Black, beautiful—and invisible in the fashion industry

Screen Grabs: Hop aboard ‘the world’s only sailing movie theater’

‘Il Trovatore’ offers vengeful bloodlust, mystic kidnappers, and a sprint to the finish

SF’s film fest season heats up with bountiful Latino and African gems

The Town blooms in Misty Copeland and Leyla Fayyaz’s dance film ‘Flower’

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