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Home brew
New docs probe where the heart is — and isn'tSign language: Jose Antonio Vargas attends a Mitt Romney campaign rally in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.cheryl@sfbg.comFILM Jose Antonio Vargas' grandparents — who...
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Le Video
Guardian Small Business Award winner has been a labor of love that recently got a big dose of community supportLe Video has come back from the brink, with help from its community.GUARDIAN PHOTO BY...
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It's all reel
SUMMER MOVIE PREVIEW: The YA adaptations, heroes and villains, and many explosions of Hollywood's summer. Plus: local film festivalsThe SignalCOURTESY OF FOCUS FEATUREScheryl@sfbg.comRead more »
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Where evil grows
A small-town hero discovers his dark side in Jim Mickle's pulpy 'Cold in July'Three for the road: Cold in July's Sam Shepard, Michael C. Hall, and Don JohnsonPHOTO COURTESY OF IFC...
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Cruise into the weekend (oh yes we did) with new flicks!
Girls rock: Mira Barkhammar, Mira Grosin, and Liv LeMoyne in We Are the Best!PHOTO COURTESY OF MAGNOLIA PICTURESDudes! The (lucky) 13th San Francisco Documentary Film Festival, aka DocFest to those in...
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Tropical impressions
A few picks from YBCA's New Filipino Cinema 2014cheryl@sfbg.comFILM We're neck-deep in local film festival season right now — which, yeah, is kind of 12 months out of the year around here, but the SF...
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If you even have time to make it to the movies between World Cup matches...
Obvious Child, a witty retort to Hollywood rom-coms, features a winning performance by Jenny Slate (left).Courtesy of A24 Films....read on for our takes on the new flicks of the week. Pssst: lots of...
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A high price
'Denali's Howl' investigates a 50-year-old climbing tragedyOf the 12 men in the Wilcox Expedition, only five survived.cheryl@sfbg.comLIT Andy Hall was five years old in 1967, a kid living at the base...
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Doo-wop (that thing): talking with the cast of 'Jersey Boys'
On a high note: Erich Bergen, John Lloyd Young, Vincent Piazza, and Michael Lomenda croon in Jersey Boys.Courtesy of Warner Bros. picturesThe backstage musical that turned the story of Frankie Valli...
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Frameline is underway! Plus: crooners, ping-pong champs, and more, in new movies
What happens in Vegas: Kevin Hart and Romany Malco in star in comedy sequel Think Like a Man Too.Photo by Matt KennedyFrameline 38, the San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival, kicked off last...
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Save Lost Weekend Video! An update on the Valencia Street stalwart's struggle...
The Lost Weekend storefront with its iconic marquee sign.Photo from www.lostweekendvideo.comDateline: San Francisco. Distressing news, via Facebook, on the "all the cool shit is in danger" front, with...
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Vortex room
Sci-fi puzzler 'Coherence' raises the bar for high-concept, low-budget filmmakingCosmic confusion: Em (Emily Foxler) and Kevin (Maury Sterling) in CoherencePHOTO COURTESY OF OSCILLOSCOPE...
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Heavy metal time machine: "Dio: Live in London, Hammersmith Apollo 1993"
December 12, 1993: Mariah Carey, Janet Jackson, and Whitney Houston were owning the American airwaves, but over in London's Hammersmith Apollo, a different soaring voice — one that veered more toward...
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A great week for (indie) sci-fi and docs: new movies!
South Korean director Bong Joon-ho's English-language debut, Snowpiercer, opens today.PHOTO COURTESY OF RADIUS-TWCThis week, Frameline continues (our coverage here!), plus offbeat sci-fi winners...
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Key of twee
'Once' filmmaker returns with lightweight music-biz fantasy 'Begin Again'Keira Knightley strums for the camera in Begin Again.PHOTO COURTESY OF THE WEINSTEIN COMPANYcheryl@sfbg.comRead more »
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Lost and found
A man with a dream (and 3,000 films) powers the Berkeley Underground Film SocietyComing soon to a micro-cinema near you: "Lost and Out of Print" selections from Gerald Santana's archivesPHOTO BY GERALD...
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Moving pictures
Cinematic journeys with the Matatu Film FestivalMala Malacheryl@sfbg.comFILM As one of the Bay Area's largest film festivals prepares for its opening (that'd be the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival,...
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Purr-suit of happiness: SF SPCA aims to save more lives with its new adoption...
Last year, the SF SPCA assisted with 5,084 cat and dog adoptions. With its new adoption center near Bryant and 16th Streets, which opened June 13, it aims to increase capacity by 20 percent — saving...
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What she sees
Truth, tears, and staple-gun battles: San Francisco Jewish Film Festival's female-centric filmsIn the ImageRelated: Framing famecheryl@sfbg.comRead more »
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The Rock gets mythological, ScarJo turns scary-smart, Woody's tepid latest,...
Even his armor has a six-pack: Dwayne Johnson in HerculesPhoto by Kerry BrownIn case you missed the cover of this week's paper, the 34th San Francisco Jewish Film Festival kicked off last night and...
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