Arts & Entertainment

Admittedly, documentaries about global warming and the climate crisis tend to raise feelings of despair and anger at humanity’s capacity for suicidal foolishness.  But besides acknowledging the worries about encroaching disaster, the documentary short “Plant Life” from Brett Marty and<br> Read More »

A tragicomic running joke in Gyorgy Palfi’s Green Film Festival opener “Hen” revolves around the titular bird’s efforts to safely raise her eggs until the chicks hatch.   Her efforts are constantly thwarted, whether her eggs get stolen by humans or<br> Read More »

Pegah Ahangarani’s fascinating yet wrenching personal documentary “Rehearsals For A Revolution” recounts the political betrayals of Iran’s Islamic Republic through the fates of the director’s family, acquaintances, and friends.  Using everything from old audio recordings from a beloved uncle to<br> Read More »

I attended last week’s premiere of the American Conservator Theater’s North by Northwest. I loved it. I was then surprised to read the San Francisco Chronicle review ripping the play and giving it the lowest possible rating. The Chronicle felt<br> Read More »

The newest film festival to grace a San Francisco theater screen is Re:Vision.   Running from September 24-27, 2026 at the Roxie Theatre, this festival of restored and rediscovered films comes to viewers courtesy of the San Francisco Film Preserve organization. <br> Read More »

As the powerful, infuriating, and yet hopeful documentary “Hollywood Does Abortion” shows, American film and television decisionmakers generally round-filed the Spider-Man memo (“With great power comes great responsibility”) when it came to dramatically depicting abortion in mass entertainment.  This year’s<br> Read More »

One of the highlights of 1980s and 1990s zine culture was an unusual publication called “The Duplex Planet.”  The old people who appeared in the publication contributed original poetry, art, or even their answers to such questions as “Who invented<br> Read More »

Jane Schoenbrum’s “Teenage Sex And Death At Camp Miasma” wonderfully queers up the slasher film, that most violently erotophobic of film genres.  The genre’s brutal excesses get ridiculed with oil gusher deaths and clever shots subtracting the fictional film monster’s<br> Read More »