Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)
99%
3.5/4
“This rousing, rich, significant film is caringly thought out and joyously free-flowing. Thompson, who was handed amazing material and knew what to do with it, has given the monumental cultural event the documentary it deserves.” –
San Francisco Examiner
Jul 1, 2021
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Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go For It (2021)
96%
3/4
“Whether sitting in a chair and reminiscing or making decorations for her own birthday party, Moreno is an outstanding documentary subject -- self-aware, funny, and wonderfully outspoken.” –
San Francisco Examiner
Jun 25, 2021
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Summer of 85 (2020)
81%
3/4
“This sun-streaked French heartbreaker is still a wildly engaging tale of teenage self-discovery and amour fou.” –
San Francisco Examiner
Jun 25, 2021
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All Light, Everywhere (2021)
94%
3/4
“It is a stimulating consideration of how photographic material that is widely considered truthful and objective can be the opposite of that, and how those in power have long kept a troubling eye on the powerless.” –
San Francisco Examiner
Jun 11, 2021
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Censor (2021)
89%
3/4
“The ambiguity, meanwhile, when at its finest, results in some challenging intrigue, due in part to the assuredness with which Bailey-Bond presents it.” –
San Francisco Examiner
Jun 11, 2021
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Changing the Game (2019)
100%
3/4
“This documentary gives needed visibility to teens who are impressively changing the rules and, through sports, enabling others to believe in themselves.” –
San Francisco Examiner
Jun 3, 2021
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Tove (2020)
93%
3/4
“As conventionally presented biopics go, Tove enhances the basic goods. It also contains a terrific protagonist.” –
San Francisco Examiner
Jun 3, 2021
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Cruella (2021)
75%
3/4
“Stone, sporting a rascally glint in her eye as Cruella plots her moves, and Thompson, whose baroness, suggesting a meaner version of Meryl Streep's Devil Wears Prada character, all hauteur and ruthlessness, are a kick to watch.” –
San Francisco Examiner
May 28, 2021
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Port Authority (2019)
83%
3/4
“An uneven but moving indie drama about love and family, set in the world of New York City's kiki ballroom scene.” –
San Francisco Examiner
May 28, 2021
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Final Account (2020)
93%
3/4
“Few accounts in the film are extraordinary. But combined, they form a substantial document of the more mundane aspects of Nazi operations and of the human denial mechanism at work.” –
San Francisco Examiner
May 21, 2021
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Dream Horse (2020)
88%
2.5/4
“Collette, who is Australian but fits right in with her Welsh costars, plays both a sports-movie-style coach and a woman realizing her potential, and she shines.” –
San Francisco Examiner
May 21, 2021
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The Killing of Two Lovers (2020)
93%
3/4
“Crawford, leading an excellent cast, creates a scary yet richly human portrait of a decent man who, unable to contain his rage, might do something terrible.” –
San Francisco Examiner
May 13, 2021
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Riders of Justice (2020)
96%
3/4
“The movie is also about coming to terms with the meaninglessness of life's realities, and, most movingly, as the characters form a makeshift family, it is about how human connection assists healing.” –
San Francisco Examiner
May 13, 2021
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The Human Factor (2019)
98%
3/4
“The wonky documentary has some bias problems, but Moreh's subjects tell fascinating behind-the-scenes stories.” –
San Francisco Examiner
May 7, 2021
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En Route pour le Milliard (2020)
100%
3/4
“This doc is stirringly alive as Hamadi captures his subjects' sense of purpose and collective sprit.” –
San Francisco Examiner
Apr 23, 2021
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Together Together (2021)
90%
2.5/4
“Unfortunately, the ideas are superior to the presentation of them in this film, whose most important ingredient, the Matt-Anna relationship, too often plays out blandly and flatly.” –
San Francisco Examiner
Apr 23, 2021
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The Last Animals (2017)
100%
3/4
“This isn't rosy viewing. But believing that, as residents of the planet, we should take serious note of the extinction crisis, Brooks lays out the facts and makes clear the urgency. This film deserves attention.” –
San Francisco Examiner
Apr 16, 2021
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Gunda (2020)
98%
3.5/4
“Few, if any, films have more effectively documented an animal's capacity for deep and complicated feeling. Kossakovsky merits applause for bringing this amazing appreciation of farm animals into being.” –
San Francisco Examiner
Apr 16, 2021
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Slalom (2020)
100%
3/4
“Renier brilliantly makes Fred's behavior despicable while giving Fred just enough humanity to make him a credible character instead of a one-note monster.” –
San Francisco Examiner
Apr 9, 2021
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The Man Who Sold His Skin (2020)
88%
3/4
“The Syrian refugee crisis meets the western art market in The Man Who Sold His Skin, writer-director Kaouther Ben Hania's uneven but compelling (and Oscar-nominated) social satire, refugee-condition tragicomedy and love story,” –
San Francisco Examiner
Apr 9, 2021
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The Father (2020)
98%
3/4
“In the potentially dreary role of a devoted daughter dealing with a parent experiencing one of human physiology's saddest realities, Colman helps make the movie an unsentimental heartbreaker.” –
San Francisco Examiner
Mar 26, 2021
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The Truffle Hunters (2020)
97%
3/4
“Dweck and Kershaw have put some contagiously positive spirit on the screen.” –
San Francisco Examiner
Mar 26, 2021
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Groomed (2021)
3/4
“Van de Pas structures her film efficiently, creating, despite the dark topics, a highly watchable mix of facts and figures and trauma and healing.” –
San Francisco Examiner
Mar 19, 2021
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Martha: A Picture Story (2019)
100%
3/4
“Upbeat, zippy and thoroughly enjoyable.” –
San Francisco Examiner
Mar 19, 2021
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Quo Vadis, Aida? (2020)
100%
3.5/4
“For the movie's merits as a thriller and a drama, credit goes to Jaroslaw Kaminski's taut editing and to Djuricic's sensational lead performance.” –
San Francisco Examiner
Mar 12, 2021
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