Oakland Warmth and Wit at Summer Camp Is there anything more joyful for the mind than a coming-of-age summer camp movie? “The Floaters” hits that nostalgia button hard. Vita Hewitt 6 Aug 2025 · 2 min read
Oakland Going for Gold Daveed Diggs awarded for “Freedom of Expression”, latest love story screened. Sarah Bass 5 Aug 2025 · 3 min read
Oakland Romcom Turns Dark Sophie Brooks’ “Oh, Hi” takes some sharp turns, making for an unhinged genre experiment. Vita Hewitt 29 Jul 2025 · 3 min read
Oakland It’s All for the Children Legacy is everything: Justin Schein’s documentary looks at generational wealth, economic inequality, and his father. Sarah Bass 25 Jul 2025 · 2 min read
New Haven Film Fest Spotlights Assisted Suicide, Welcomes Protest Sandra Luckow's "Vanishing" follows writer Cat Emmons' final six months as she battled ALS. Jisu Sheen 9 Jun 2025 · 4 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
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 Shadows and Subversion Noir City 22 kicked off Friday evening with "The Narrow Margin" and “Hell’s Half Acre,” sets a strong tone for the festival. Vita Hewitt 29 Jan 2025 · 6 min read
Oakland Noir and Gnawa: Unforeseen Surprises Surprises just kept piling up on the second day of the ten-day Noir City 22 film festival. Agustín Maes 28 Jan 2025 · 5 min read
Philadelphia Like It Or Not, Wing Bowl Wows The only thing more spectacular than Wing Bowl itself might be the Wing Bowl movie. Nora Grace-Flood 29 Oct 2024 · 5 min read
Oakland Drunk on Film(s) Drunken Film Fest Oakland strikes again. Shorts from near and far served up with your favorite brews. Sarah Bass 23 Oct 2024 · 3 min read
Tulsa Reel Twisted: Forging Community Through Film In 2021, Tulsa added two much-needed film festivals to its CV: the all-online Greenwood Film Festival, which debuted in the midst of the centennial of the Tulsa Race Massacre... Cassidy McCants 11 Oct 2024 · 4 min read
Oakland Double Feature: Jewish Film Fest In Town A Photographic Memory and Under the Shadow of the Sun 44th SF Jewish Film Fest Landmark’s Piedmont Theatre 4186 Piedmont Ave, Oakland July 18-August 4, 2024 Just two of Sarah Bass 7 Aug 2024 · 5 min read
Tulsa Horror Hounds At The Art House Cinema: It’s The Graveyard Shift Slumber Party Graveyard Shift Slumber Party: Neon Slime Circle Cinema Tulsa July 6, 2024 “Furiosa Edges Garfield in Worst Memorial Day Weekend Since 1995.” Whenever I’m doompilled over World War 3, Mitch Gilliam 14 Jul 2024 · 4 min read
Chicago Keeping It Reel In Chicago La battaglia di Algeri Music Box Theatre 3/24/24 Chicago may not be the first place that aspiring megastars think to showcase their talents on the silver screen, but Stacey Peters 25 Mar 2024 · 4 min read
NYC The Joys of J‑Horror Blind Woman’s Curse Film Forum’s Japanese Horror Programming West Village, NYC 3/8/2024 Film Forum just can’t be beat, if I’m being honest. There’s K Hank Jost 11 Mar 2024 · 3 min read
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