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Screen Grabs: SFFILM Fest unleashes Dizzy Gillespie, Chiwetel Ejiofor, June Squibb

Dennis Harvey - April 21, 2024

If the truism “less is more” really applies, this just might be a great year for SFFILM (Wed/24 through Sun/28), the storied organization—Oldest Film Festival...

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Screen Grabs: Two tough films focus on the people hit hard by economic inequality

Dennis Harvey - August 16, 2023

Great examinations of working class erosion ('Between Two Worlds') and family opioid addiction ('Stay Awake')

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Screen Grabs: At SFFILM Fest, local looks from Steph Curry to Boots Riley

Dennis Harvey - April 9, 2023

Our picks from the 66th edition, which kicks off in Oakland and presents plenty of global visions (plus Rose Pak).

Opinion

Opinion: Are we losing the Castro Theatre?

John-Paul Shiver - January 20, 2022

New management Another Planet Entertainment wants to "explode" the neighborhood with music and entertainment. But what about good old films and LGBTQ events?

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Screen Grabs: Roxie reopens with cinema classics (and a DC punk blast)

Dennis Harvey - May 18, 2021

Ease back into the seats with beloved sights and sounds. Plus: Story of a Three-Day Pass, Honey Moccasin, Dance of the 41, more

Movies

SFFILM fest spotlights Rita Moreno, Muppets, ‘Lost Landscapes of Oakland’

Dennis Harvey - April 4, 2021

2021 installment of the super-fest beams from drive-in and laptop, with plenty of star power.

Lit

‘Because Horror’! Read an exclusive excerpt from new fright flick anthology

Johnny Ray Huston - October 17, 2020

Here, slide into 1979's surreal, bloody 'Tourist Trap' in all its Panavision powers and doomed nostalgia

Movies

‘Crip Camp’ captures a very vivid moment in disability rights struggle

Emily Wilson - April 16, 2020

In 1970 and 71, Jim LeBrecht attended Camp Jened for teenagers with disabilities in upstate New York. The camp had a profound effect on his...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Celebrating an Iranian giant’s ‘life as art’

Dennis Harvey - July 30, 2019

SCREEN GRABS As the White House agitates off-and-on for war against Iran, it’s a particularly poignant juncture for the first major posthumous retrospective of...

Movies

After 50 years, ‘Midnight Cowboy’ rides again

Joshua Rotter - April 14, 2019

Back in 1967, Hollywood photographer Michael Childers, whose career was taking off, answered a fateful phone call from Broadway star Kaye Ballard, whom he...

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Screen Grabs: SFFILM Fest unleashes Dizzy Gillespie, Chiwetel Ejiofor, June Squibb

Screen Grabs: Two tough films focus on the people hit hard by economic inequality

Screen Grabs: At SFFILM Fest, local looks from Steph Curry to Boots Riley

Opinion: Are we losing the Castro Theatre?

Screen Grabs: Roxie reopens with cinema classics (and a DC punk blast)

SFFILM fest spotlights Rita Moreno, Muppets, ‘Lost Landscapes of Oakland’

‘Because Horror’! Read an exclusive excerpt from new fright flick anthology

‘Crip Camp’ captures a very vivid moment in disability rights struggle

Screen Grabs: Celebrating an Iranian giant’s ‘life as art’

After 50 years, ‘Midnight Cowboy’ rides again

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