Stories about TV
Screen Grabs: ‘War and Peace’ thrills in its gargantuan spectacle
Kenyan lesbian drama 'Rafiki' comes to the Roxie and our reviewer gets unexpected laughs from 'Non-Fiction'.
Screen Grabs: Lessons from the dictatorship mark ‘The Silence of Others’
Plus: Art house to blockbuster releases, like 'We Have Always Lived in the Castle' and 'John Wick: Chapter 3—Parabellum'.
Some perspective on the raid on a reporter’s house
The SFPD knows exactly which officers had access to that leaked document. Have their homes been raided and their phones and computer seized? And why did the TV stations think the Adachi file was news anyway?
Spin Doctors’ Chris Barron on break ups, break downs, and the group’s new music
"I would always say that I would rather have a song like 'Little Miss Can’t Be Wrong' go to number two than have to sing 'Achy Breaky Heart' for the rest of my career."
Screen Grabs: All weekend long, the Roxie celebrates French noir
Plus: Vintage "folk libraries", Charlie Says, and Zhang Yimou 'Shadow'
What is Bay Area drag? Oaklash Festival has some wild ideas
Mainstream TV drag be damned—local luminaries revolutionize the art form in a weekend's worth of eye-popping shows.
After 50 years, ‘Midnight Cowboy’ rides again
Director John Schlesinger's assistant and partner, photographer Michael Childers, speaks about the gritty classic and its lasting appeal.
Screen Grabs: Aretha’s Amazing Grace, Blood for Dracula, Peterloo…..
Two eccentric flicks at Alamo, sci-fi from Claire Denis, Louise Brooks via Downton Abbey and more in cinemas this week.
The Ukraine elections, Putin, and Trump
How the presidential election in a former Soviet state is related to the Russiagate scandal
Screen Grabs: A wonderful ‘Diane,’ Czech newbies, public library drama….
Storm Boy, Holy Flame of the Martial World, An Elephant Sitting Still, and more choice films in cinemas this week