Figaro Up, Figaro Down
A Juilliard-trained baritone, Tim Blevins performed on the world’s most prestigious opera stages, tackling challenging roles with skill and power. A rare Black presence in a white-dominated art form, he […]
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BAMPFA 2155 Center Street, Berkeley, CA, United States
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Centerpiece: I Love Boosters
Grand Lake Theatre 3200 Grand Avenue, Oakland, CA, United StatesA fearless crew of inventive young women turns shoplifting into a radical act of defiance. Led by Corvette (Keke Palmer), they move across Oakland, boosting coveted goods as both survival […]
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Enough Is Enough
BAMPFA 2155 Center Street, Berkeley, CA, United StatesArriving fresh from it’s World Premiere at Berlinale, this documentary is a rare window into the Kivu War. Enough Is Enough follows Congolese filmmaker Elisé Sawasawa, whose displacement and refugee […]
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Those Who Whistle After Dark
Marina Theatre 2149 Chestnut St., San Francisco, CA, United StatesIn Pinar Yorgancıoğlu’s atmospheric and darkly humorous tale, recently retired Melih struggles to find purpose in his post-career life. He jostles for his family’s attention while slowly preparing his late sister’s property for rent. Meanwhile, his wife and daughter pursue risky gambits in the hope of quick fortune, putting the household at risk and overlooking […]
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The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford
Premier Theater at One Letterman 1 Letterman Dr # B, San Francisco, CA, United StatesIn a windswept Scottish village, widower Kenneth (Peter Mullan) takes pride in his role as the local history guide, donning period costume to honor his claimed ancestor, Sir Douglas Weatherford, […]
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Shorts Block 4: Shades of Menace
Marina Theatre 2149 Chestnut St., San Francisco, CA, United StatesIn the absence of love, menace takes shape. Six sinister stories invite viewers on a journey from the familiar corners of homes and highways to darker and more treacherous places […]
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POV Award: Lynne Sachs + Every Contact Leaves a Trace
BAMPFA 2155 Center Street, Berkeley, CA, United StatesIn forensic science, “trace” is the material left behind at crime scenes: fibers, gunshot residue, and other evidence that detectives use as they develop suspects and leads. SFFILM Persistence of Vision award winner Lynne Sachs takes inspiration from this concept to investigate her own life and assumptions, using as her “trace” 600 business cards she […]
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Blue Heron
Marina Theatre 2149 Chestnut St., San Francisco, CA, United StatesA masterful debut, this depiction of a young girl whose family is contending with a challenging older sibling weaves autobiographical and documentary elements seamlessly into a singularly poignant package. Sasha’s […]
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Lost Land
Marina Theatre 2149 Chestnut St., San Francisco, CA, United StatesNine-year-old Somira and her younger brother Shafi are the focus of this moving drama that follows the Rohingya siblings as they journey from a refugee camp in Bangladesh to a […]
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Cronos
Premier Theater at One Letterman 1 Letterman Dr # B, San Francisco, CA, United StatesCronos is a vampire movie with a Latin American twist as director/writer Guillermo del Toro gets to the heart of the eternal myth in Mexican style. The tale begins in […]
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Sloan Science on Screen Award: Silent Friend
BAMPFA 2155 Center Street, Berkeley, CA, United StatesOn the cusp of the Covid-19 pandemic, Tony (Tony Leung Chiu-wai), a Hong Kong neuroscientist conducting research at a German university, observes a botanical garden’s ancient gingko tree one lonesome […]
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The Arch
Marina Theatre 2149 Chestnut St., San Francisco, CA, United StatesThe Arch is reminiscent of a classical story in the Ibsen or Jamesian mode—in an 18th-century village, a proud widow, Madam Tung, has allowed herself to be treated almost as […]