Oakland Bloody, Gutty, Gory, and Hella Funny Green lightning strikes inside and out: "Freaky Tales" is a tasty confection that doesn’t take itself seriously. Agustín Maes 29 Apr 2025 · 5 min read
Oakland Cute But No Cigar The Legend of Ochi’s titular character was every bit as adorable as promised, but little else in the film held up under any bit of scrutiny. Sarah Bass 25 Apr 2025 · 3 min read
New Haven Gold In The Stack Shubert, PBS, library team up for screening of new doc all about public libraries. Jisu Sheen 15 Apr 2025 · 3 min read
Oakland HUMP! Not-so-Amateur Film Fest Hits 20 Dan Savage's amateur porn film festival “HUMP!” played four sold out nights at the New Parkway Theater. I was lucky enough to snag a ticket to the last show. Frederick Noland 10 Apr 2025 · 1 min read
Film Quick To The Cut A reporter covers a movie-making event and gets swept into an acting role. Jisu Sheen 8 Apr 2025 · 3 min read
All Over A Full Life Through Death A moving, unsentimental new film follows novelist Cai Emmons through the final stages of a degenerative disease. Brian Slattery 3 Apr 2025 · 8 min read
New Haven The Long Dance Of The Mundane Yale Film Archive goes French. Karen Ponzio 31 Mar 2025 · 5 min read
New Haven Best-Kept Secrets I can tell you something — not everything — about what happened at a Best Video film night. Jisu Sheen 30 Mar 2025 · 5 min read
Oakland “A Refugee is a Snail Without A Shell” Three Ukrainian artists, living in an active war zone, document their lives and practices, to great emotional and visual effect. Sarah Bass 27 Mar 2025 · 4 min read
All Over Double The Trouble Mickey 17 has as many plots as Mickeys. Jamil Ragland 12 Mar 2025 · 4 min read
All Over Bored New World Missing from Marvel’s Captain America: Characters to drive a plot. Jamil Ragland 10 Mar 2025 · 3 min read
New Haven Best Video Rolls Out The Red Carpet For a cinephiles' Oscars-watching party. Karen Ponzio 3 Mar 2025 · 4 min read
New Haven Desert Hearts Sizzle As The Snow Falls At this month's Queer Film Club gathering. Jisu Sheen 7 Feb 2025 · 3 min read
Oakland Gray in Black-and-White Coleen Gray graced the big screen back-to-back for night two of this year’s Noir City film festival. Jeff Kaliss 6 Feb 2025 · 5 min read
Oakland A Cold Open, A Cool Close Noir never sleeps, nor does it nap: matineé double header took criminal women to new (old) heights. Sarah Bass 5 Feb 2025 · 4 min read
Oakland Raymond Burr Brings the Heat as a Heavy Noir City coverage continues: “Raw Deal” gives its follow-up film a shove. Frederick Noland 2 Feb 2025 · 1 min read
Oakland “What Kind of Country Am I Living in?” ‘Democracy Noir’ Reveals Americans Aren’t Alone In Asking. What happens when democracy goes dark? Viktor Orban has created franchisable fascism, and Connie Field's latest doc shares a global perspective. Screened January 20th, 2025. Frederick Noland 31 Jan 2025 · 1 min read