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Jun 7, 2023
Labor Pains
Had enough? Get together and organize, says documentary Americonned
It’s been 14 years since Michael Moore’s Capitalism: A Love Story. So in a way, filmmaker...
May 31, 2023
Good Grief
The Boogeyman offers a tired horror theme with a reassuring end
Originally published as a short story in 1973, Stephen King’s The Boogeyman was later...
May 24, 2023
Ladies’ Choice
Sexual morality melodrama Joyland stirs the cultural taboo cauldron
Haider, the protagonist of Joyland, is a mild-mannered 30ish man who looks like life is passing...
May 10, 2023
Yours, Mine, Ours
A feel-bad romance from France
In Rebecca Zlotowski’s Other People’s Children—one of the most enervating films of the year—the main character, Rachel, is an attractive,...
May 3, 2023
Pass the Punch
Polite Society is a little bit too polite
Entranced by the advertising, the wary consumer approaches Polite Society on tiptoes, half expecting a ruse yet...
Apr 26, 2023
Killer of Nazis
Grizzled Finnish freedom fighter repels invaders in wild WWII actioner ‘Sisu’
Anti-Nazi war movies don’t necessarily need to be very complicated. That is, it’s probably...
Apr 19, 2023
Go With the Flow
Gorgeous documentary ‘River’ celebrates the power and mystique of waterÂ
If a movie fan has enjoyed Godfrey Reggio’s kaleidoscopic eco-documentaries (Koyaanisqatsi, Powaqqatsi, et al.), then...
Apr 12, 2023
Fest and Foremost
SFFILM’s San Francisco International Film Festival is once again amongst us, often brilliantly
At the age of 66, SFFILM’s San Francisco International Film Festival—the oldest...