What she sees
Truth, tears, and staple-gun battles: SFJFF's female-centric filmscheryl@sfbg.comSFJFF The San Francisco Jewish Film Festival opens July 24 with The Green Prince, a documentary based on the memoir of...
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Shots fired
A PFA series brings World War I films into focusKirk Douglas in Paths of Glorycheryl@sfbg.comFILM "The First World War holds the distinction of being America's most popular conflict while it lasted,...
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Rise up singing
'Alive Inside' charts one man's quest to bring music to patients with memory lossNotes of joy: Mary Lou Thompson in Alive InsidePHOTO COURTESY OF BOND/360cheryl@sfbg.comFILM A remarkably effective —...
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Beyond the force
'Alec Guinness at 100' presents epics, capers, and delightful deceptions — but no mind tricksSpies like us: Alec Guinness and Maureen O'Hara in 'Our Man in Havana'cheryl@sfbg.comFILM In the 14 years...
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(Un)deadpan
Aubrey Plaza slays in 'Life After Beth'Hungry for love ... and human flesh: The two faces of Beth (Aubrey Plaza)cheryl@sfbg.comRead more »
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Hot tickets
FALL ARTS 2014 Film season unspools at a theater (or a park or museum) near youBen Affleck stars in David Fincher's Gone Girl, coming in October.Photo by Merrick Mortoncheryl@sfbg.comFALL ARTS Autumn...
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High fly
A baseball legend comes to life in 'No No: A Dockumentary'The Dock is in: pitcher Ellis on the moundcheryl@sfbg.comRead more »
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Falling apart together
Siblings mend their broken relationship — if not their broken lives — in dramedy 'The Skeleton Twins'He ain't heavy, he's my brother: The Skeleton Twins' Kristen Wiig and Bill HaderPHOTO COURTESY OF...
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A broad abroad
Kristin Newman on her hilarious travel memoir 'What I Was Doing While You Were Breeding'Chapter titles include 'Drugs Make You a Better Person' and 'Frodo Is the Hottest Guy in New...
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Waltz work
Tarantino's muse can't save Terry Gilliam's 'The Zero Theorem'Your skin makes me cry: Waltz and Thierry play an almost-couple. PHOTO COURTESY OF AMPLIFY RELEASINGcheryl@sfbg.comRead more »
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Keys of life
Jimi Hendrix and Nick Cave feature in two very different moviesBenjamin as Jimi HendrixPATRICK REDMONDcheryl@sfbg.comFILM The music biopic is a tricky beast. Very few directors are able to compellingly...
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You better recognize
Under-the-radar artists (and a misunderstood legend) get their due in Mill Valley Film Fest docPlastic Man Jerry Ross Barrish and his creationscheryl@sfbg.comMILL VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL The Mill Valley...
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Go for Goth
'The Guest' filmmakers talk Carpenter, moody music, and finding the humor in horrorHomeland invasion: The Guest's David (Dan Stevens) preps for battle.PHOTO BY URSULA COYOTEcheryl@sfbg.comRead more »
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"All our families are f-ed up:" Director David Dobkin on his Duvall vs....
Robert Downey, Jr. and Robert Duvall in The JudgePHOTO BY CLAIRE FOLGERWith dysfunctional family tale-meets-courtroom drama The Judge (out Fri/10), director David Dobkin is no longer simply "the guy...
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