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Movies

Screen Grabs: Saluting 25 years of great world cinema (and three Rambos)

Dennis Harvey - August 28, 2023

BAMPFA salutes Rialto Pictures. Plus: A West Oakland classic from 1998 returns at last

News + Politics

Tenderloin tour upends ‘doom loop’ narrative

Christopher D. Cook - August 27, 2023

There's a lot more to the neighborhood than the national media wants to report.

Art Review

‘Difference Machines’ interrogates the bias in the Algorithm

Genevieve Quick - August 25, 2023

The intersection of technology and identity comes under scrutiny at Gray Area

Movies

Screen Grabs: The scream queen has evolved—and she’s got real problems

Dennis Harvey - August 21, 2023

A Tunisian cop gets burned, a relationship spirals catastrophically, and 'The Shining' but lesbian. New movies!

Drug policy

The myth of drug cartels is a cover for state-sanctioned violence

Caitlin Donohue - August 11, 2023

Author Oswaldo Zavala says the way we think about Mexican narcos is all wrong

Crime

Newsom’s CHP plan will not make Oakland safer

Cat Brooks - August 6, 2023

Communities with adequate resources have less violence than communities with a lot of cops

Movies

A musician risks it all to lead Ugandan opposition in ‘Bobi Wine’

Pam Grady - August 3, 2023

Filmmakers Christopher Sharp and Moses Bwayo followed the presidential hopeful despite threats, jail, and shooting

Culture

When Black trans legend Miss Major speaks, you tune all the way in

Caitlin Donohue - May 26, 2023

New book looks to preserve her wisdom for future generations of changemakers.

Police

Report shows 911 calls are down, crime is down—and police overtime is way up

Tim Redmond - March 20, 2023

Budget analyst raises questions about police budget as Preston calls for a full audit.

Movies

Film is a battleground: Sam Fuller’s hot-button noirs and war tales still sting

Jesse Hawthorne Ficks - July 24, 2022

BAMPFA's 'From the Front Page to the Front Lines' packs a wallop with 10 essential films from the under-sung director