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More independence

More independence

  • by David Lamble
  • Feb 7, 2018

The 20th San Francisco Independent Film Festival continues through Feb. 15 at the Roxie (3117 16th St.), Victoria (2961 16th St.) and 518 Val Pop-Up (518 Valencia).

Watch Your Back! 'Noir City' Fest Wraps

Watch Your Back! 'Noir City' Fest Wraps

  • by Tavo Amador
  • Feb 3, 2018

This year's Noir City film festival at the Castro Theatre finishes with some rarely seen examples of the genre.

Independent-minded cinema

Independent-minded cinema

  • by David Lamble
  • Jan 31, 2018

The 20th San Francisco Independent Film Festival returns at precisely the moment when you're feeling a little exhausted from pre-Oscar buzz.

Claire Denis, stranger in a strange land

Claire Denis, stranger in a strange land

  • by Sura Wood
  • Jan 31, 2018

The patron saint of outsiders, French director Claire Denis, doesn't fear to tread on the dark side.

Watch your back! 'Noir City' fest wraps

Watch your back! 'Noir City' fest wraps

  • by Tavo Amador
  • Jan 31, 2018

This year's Noir City film festival at the Castro Theatre finishes with some rarely seen examples of the genre.

Brazilian brutality

Brazilian brutality

  • by David Lamble
  • Jan 24, 2018

"Vazante" is an engrossing film from veteran director Daniela Thomas.

Bad blood

Bad blood

  • by David Lamble
  • Jan 24, 2018

The 2018 Oscar candidate from Lebanon "The Insult" begins with deceptive simplicity.

Fearful times: Noir plays the Castro

Fearful times: Noir plays the Castro

  • by Tavo Amador
  • Jan 24, 2018

Eddie Muller's 16th Noir City Film Festival, running Jan. 26-Feb. 4 at the Castro Theatre, features many frightening, rarely seen films. Audiences will leave chilled and edgy.

Hump Days

Hump Days

  • by Sari Staver
  • Jan 17, 2018

The Hump! Film Festival, the 13th annual event, is coming to San Francisco's Victoria Theater, Jan. 17-27.

(Mis)representing

(Mis)representing

  • by David-Elijah Nahmod
  • Jan 17, 2018

Tonight (Jan. 18) the GLBT Historical Society will explore how queer people have been portrayed on screen.

Insider view

Insider view

  • by David Lamble
  • Jan 17, 2018

As I watched the Magnolia Pictures doc "The Final Year" (opening Friday), I marveled at how director Greg Barker sliced and diced a tumultuous period for President Barack Obama's foreign policy team.

2018 Oscar picks

2018 Oscar picks

  • by David Lamble
  • Jan 17, 2018

It's time once again to play that favorite LGBTQ parlor game: name this year's batch of Best Picture Academy Award nominations.

Film Noir icons don't die

Film Noir icons don't die

  • by Erin Blackwell
  • Jan 10, 2018

Hollywood actress Gloria Grahame would have been 94 on Nov. 28, had she not died of stomach cancer in 1981.

January chilling at the Castro Theatre

January chilling at the Castro Theatre

  • by David Lamble
  • Jan 10, 2018

The Castro Theatre welcomes the New Year with a schedule peppered with films up for award-season honors.