The 2017 slate of Oscar-nominated live action short films offers many delights.

In any given month, the calendar is packed with local film events, many of them very good, but the Mostly British Film Festival, established about a decade ago by former Chronicle movie editor Ruthe Stein, seems to get better every year.

The new British-produced docudrama A United Kingdom is a slow-building but powerful example of history informing our current problems.

The 25th version of San Francisco's Noise Pop festival, Feb. 16-27 at the Roxie Theater, Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, Artists Television Access and Swedish American Hall, will unspool a number of musicmaker docs.

I have a vague recollection of the movie I'm about to review, and I blame the movie.

In any given month, the calendar is packed with local film events, many of them very good, but the Mostly British Film Festival, established about a decade ago by former Chronicle movie editor Ruthe Stein, seems to get better every year.