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Screen Grabs: A Japanese master of ‘The Human Condition’ gets his due

Dennis Harvey - July 16, 2019

SCREEN GRABS Considered by some one of the greatest Japanese filmmakers of a brilliant period (the Fifties and Sixties), the late Masaki Kobayashi nevertheless never...

Onstage

“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...

News + Politics

Fewer’s racial-equity plan could change the way SF makes policy

Tim Redmond - July 8, 2019

The Government Audit and Oversight Committee will hold a special hearing Thursday/11 to consider an ordinance by Sup. Sandra Lee Fewer that could have...

Magnificent obsession with Cate Le Bon

Johnny Ray Huston - July 2, 2019

Contour: The peripatetic Cate Le Bon (playing the Chapel July 9) hand-made 100 mugs in conjunction with the release of her 2013 LA-based album Mug...

News + Politics

People in cages, Earth under attack in occupied colonial land

Tiny - June 24, 2019

"I’m not sure where they are taking us, but I am praying it is safe.” Marta sat in the back of the Greyhound bus near...

News + Politics

State bill could allow undocumented workers to claim tax credit

Tim Redmond - June 5, 2019

A bill making its way through the state Legislature would allow some undocumented Californians to claim the state’s earned-income tax credit – widely considered...

Campaign Trail

Eight ‘Big Ideas’ at MoveOn Forum

Jeantelle Laberinto - June 2, 2019

On Saturday afternoon, eight Democratic presidential hopefuls appeared for MoveOn’s “Big Ideas Forum” in San Francisco. Senator Bernie Sanders, Senator Cory Booker, Congressman Beto O’Rourke,...

News + Politics

Senior housing, mental health — SF supes are pushing bold measures

Tim Redmond - May 29, 2019

Seniors and their allies rallied on the steps of City Hall today to push for legislation that would address a serious, often hidden crisis...

News + Politics

We’ve been counted and studied. We still don’t have homes.

Tiny - May 22, 2019

“Excuse me, how many of you are sleeping under there?” a nasal voice yelled into the cardboard box my mama and me were sleeping...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: The Nude Vampire, Babylon, Gay USA…

Dennis Harvey - April 30, 2019

SCREEN GRABS For those not glued all weekend to the SF Silent Film Festival (see our preview here), there’s actually another film festival to consider:...

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Screen Grabs: A Japanese master of ‘The Human Condition’ gets his due

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

Fewer’s racial-equity plan could change the way SF makes policy

Magnificent obsession with Cate Le Bon

People in cages, Earth under attack in occupied colonial land

State bill could allow undocumented workers to claim tax credit

Eight ‘Big Ideas’ at MoveOn Forum

Senior housing, mental health — SF supes are pushing bold measures

We’ve been counted and studied. We still don’t have homes.

Screen Grabs: The Nude Vampire, Babylon, Gay USA…

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