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Movies

Screen Grabs: The marvelous range of Max von Sydow

Dennis Harvey - March 4, 2021

Plus: Jane Fonda tours 1972 Vietnam, a dog tale from Turkey, mischievous orphans in Afghanistan, more

Housing

Supes reject condos where seniors were evicted

Tim Redmond - March 2, 2021

Crucial vote sends a message that a building cleared by the Ellis Act will never get a lucrative permit.

The Agenda

A varsity letter at 79, a rally to free Malik ….

Tim Redmond - February 28, 2021

... plus saving homeless hotel rooms -- and should people who bought a building cleared by eviction get a financial bonus? That's The Agenda for March 1-8

Movies

Screen Grabs: A fantastical hybrid from Ivory Coast in ‘Night of the Kings,’ more

Dennis Harvey - February 25, 2021

While the increased demand for streaming content hasn’t greatly diversified the mainstream—Amazon Prime Video just announced a severe curtailing in its documentary acquisitions, a...

Lit

Literary lion Ferlinghetti exits, but his community legacy roars on

Marke B. - February 23, 2021

Thoughts on Lawrence's passing—and how his heroic drive still resonates in SF, even now.

COVID

Will Cuba have faster vaccinations than the US?

Stuart Blackwell - February 22, 2021

The tiny island nation with universal health care has its own vaccine, and could protect its people before the US does.

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: A rousing celebration of Black History Month

Dennis Harvey - February 16, 2021

SF Urban Film Festival, Pan African Film Festival, an Edward Owens showcase—plus a new release with LaKeith Stanfield as a Panther plant.

COVID

We can reimagine the post-COVID San Francisco

Tim Redmond - February 12, 2021

The future should be up to us -- not the corporate overlords who have controlled city planning for decades.

News + Politics

Leaders under 30: SF Youth Commissioner Jayden Tanaka on valuing diverse young voices

Isabel Ostroff - February 10, 2021

A high school student talks about the role of young people in the political process -- and why we need more affordable housing.

News + Politics

Leaders under 30: Assemblymember Alex Lee on the impact of engagement

Isabel Ostroff - January 25, 2021

The youngest member of the state Legislature in a century and the first openly bisexual member ever talks about running for office at 25.

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