Colin Hanks is back with a new documentary, "John Candy: I Like Me," a funny, poignant homage to one of the comedy greats. Streams on Amazon starting 10/11 & screens at the Mill Valley Film Festival twice this weekend. Colin and John's son, Chris Candy, talk about it in the @sfchronicle.com.
‘The last great John Candy movie’: How Colin Hanks honors Canada’s favorite funny man
Colin Hanks and Ryan Reynolds pay tribute to the comedy legend in “John Candy: I Like Me,” a heartfelt new documentary celebrating his life, legacy and laughter.
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October 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Colin Hanks is back with a new documentary, "John Candy: I Like Me," a funny, poignant homage to one of the comedy greats. Streams on Amazon starting 10/11 & screens at the Mill Valley Film Festival twice this weekend. Colin and John's son, Chris Candy, talk about it in the @sfchronicle.com.
Terence Stamp has left the building. I had the good fortune to be able to speak to him in 2002. Thanks to the Wayback Machine, I was able to unearth that long ago interview, presented here. It is long, as he recalled what was then a 40-year career.
A Stamp of Approval
Actor Terence Stamp fondly looks back at four decades in pictures. Forty years ago, a star was born when Terence Stamp, his dark hair bleached blond, lit up screens for the first time as the doomed…
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August 17, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Terence Stamp has left the building. I had the good fortune to be able to speak to him in 2002. Thanks to the Wayback Machine, I was able to unearth that long ago interview, presented here. It is long, as he recalled what was then a 40-year career.
H.P. Mendoza is at the Roxie Theater Wednesday, July 22, with his directorial feature FRUIT FLY. Come and sing along. H.P. talks about his homegrown, guerrilla first film and the upcoming SUPER MAGIC CITY in @missionlocal.org.
Sing along to 'Fruit Fly,' homegrown S.F. musical at the Roxie next week
The Mission-based filmmaker hosts a sing-along party for his musical ode to San Francisco's LGBTQ community at the Roxie Theater on July 23.
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July 22, 2025 at 4:14 PM
H.P. Mendoza is at the Roxie Theater Wednesday, July 22, with his directorial feature FRUIT FLY. Come and sing along. H.P. talks about his homegrown, guerrilla first film and the upcoming SUPER MAGIC CITY in @missionlocal.org.
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Good morning! I'm in Uganda to visit family and friends.
But depending on your perspective, don't worry or I'm sorry: I'll be back by the end of the month.
See you soon, NYC.
But depending on your perspective, don't worry or I'm sorry: I'll be back by the end of the month.
See you soon, NYC.
July 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Good morning! I'm in Uganda to visit family and friends.
But depending on your perspective, don't worry or I'm sorry: I'll be back by the end of the month.
See you soon, NYC.
But depending on your perspective, don't worry or I'm sorry: I'll be back by the end of the month.
See you soon, NYC.
Local hero Daveed Diggs receives the SF Jewish Film Festival's Freedom of Expression Award on July 31 at the Piedmont. In @sfchronicle.com, the Oakland native talks about the award & how his Jewish upbringing & father's storytelling influenced his own path. www.sfchronicle.com/entertainmen...
Daveed Diggs is halfway to being an EGOT, but says this S.F. award hits different
The San Francisco Jewish Film Festival will recognize the “Hamilton” and “Blindspotting” star for his storytelling and artistic impact.
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July 21, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Local hero Daveed Diggs receives the SF Jewish Film Festival's Freedom of Expression Award on July 31 at the Piedmont. In @sfchronicle.com, the Oakland native talks about the award & how his Jewish upbringing & father's storytelling influenced his own path. www.sfchronicle.com/entertainmen...
Opening tomorrow: Canadian filmmaker R.T. Thorne's tense feature debut 40 ACRES, a terrific thriller. Read my interview with Thorne and star Danielle Deadwyler in the @sfchronicle.com.
Filmmaker R.T. Thorne’s ‘40 Acres’ blends dystopian thrills with family drama
The filmmaker’s powerful feature debut is a post-apocalyptic drama centered on a Black and Indigenous family’s fight to endure.
www.sfchronicle.com
July 1, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Opening tomorrow: Canadian filmmaker R.T. Thorne's tense feature debut 40 ACRES, a terrific thriller. Read my interview with Thorne and star Danielle Deadwyler in the @sfchronicle.com.
Screening 6/21 at @framelinefestival.bsky.social and later on @independentlens.bsky.social, "The Librarians" depicts the struggles of librarians to protect our to read against reactionary censors. Filmmaker Kim A. Snyder & librarian Marie Masferrer take us through it in @48hills.bsky.social.
Bravery among the books: 'The Librarians' fight censorship - 48 hills
Frameline documentary follows those battling the frenzy to erase LGBTQ-related stories from schools.
48hills.org
June 20, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Screening 6/21 at @framelinefestival.bsky.social and later on @independentlens.bsky.social, "The Librarians" depicts the struggles of librarians to protect our to read against reactionary censors. Filmmaker Kim A. Snyder & librarian Marie Masferrer take us through it in @48hills.bsky.social.
@framelinefestival.bsky.social opens Wednesday. I have some picks in the @sfchronicle.com, including the one picture, "By Design," in which Juliette Lewis trades bodies with a chair. What can I say? It amused me.
Frameline49: 7 must-see movies capturing the LGBTQ+ experience
Frameline’s 49th edition showcases dramas, comedies, documentaries and animated features, running June 18-28, with events across the Bay Area.
www.sfchronicle.com
June 16, 2025 at 6:09 PM
@framelinefestival.bsky.social opens Wednesday. I have some picks in the @sfchronicle.com, including the one picture, "By Design," in which Juliette Lewis trades bodies with a chair. What can I say? It amused me.
Brit Charlie Shackleton meant to make a different documentary about the Zodiac Killer but rights issues forced him to make something more personal. He reveals all about ZODIAC KILLER PROJECT, screening June 1 at SF DocFest, in my @sfchronicle.com interview.
‘Zodiac Killer Project’ documentary boldly reimagines true-crime genre at SF DocFest
Filmmaker Charlie Shackleton’s latest project transforms an unrealized documentary about the infamous Bay Area killer into an exploration of true crime.
www.sfchronicle.com
May 27, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Brit Charlie Shackleton meant to make a different documentary about the Zodiac Killer but rights issues forced him to make something more personal. He reveals all about ZODIAC KILLER PROJECT, screening June 1 at SF DocFest, in my @sfchronicle.com interview.
DocLands 2025 begins tomorrow at the Rafael, a feast for documentary lovers. I pick seven of my favorites in the San Francisco Chronicle. datebook.sfchronicle.com/entertainmen...
April 30, 2025 at 6:59 PM
DocLands 2025 begins tomorrow at the Rafael, a feast for documentary lovers. I pick seven of my favorites in the San Francisco Chronicle. datebook.sfchronicle.com/entertainmen...
"Free for All: The Public Library" screens tonight on "Independent Lens" and streams on the PBS app. With libraries under threat, doc couldn't be timelier. I talk to filmmakers Dawn Logsdon and Lucie Faulknor about their decade-long endeavor in the @sfchronicle.com.
‘Free for All’ documentary highlights libraries’ cultural legacy amid rising censorship and funding threats
San Francisco filmmakers Dawn Logsdon and Lucie Faulknor underscore the crucial role of public libraries while celebrating their history and enduring impact.
datebook.sfchronicle.com
April 29, 2025 at 8:46 PM
"Free for All: The Public Library" screens tonight on "Independent Lens" and streams on the PBS app. With libraries under threat, doc couldn't be timelier. I talk to filmmakers Dawn Logsdon and Lucie Faulknor about their decade-long endeavor in the @sfchronicle.com.
Kyle Casey Chu/Panda Dulce was reading to children during Drag Story Hour at the San Lorenzo Library in 2022 when Proud Boys interrupted. Now Chu and co-writer Róisín Isner explore the aftermath in a narrative short, "After What Happened at the Library," screening Weds., Apr. 23 at SFFILM Festival.
What happened when Proud Boys stormed a drag-queen story hour
SFFILM short "What Happened After the Library" asks tough questions about media narratives and the aftermath of trauma.
missionlocal.org
April 21, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Kyle Casey Chu/Panda Dulce was reading to children during Drag Story Hour at the San Lorenzo Library in 2022 when Proud Boys interrupted. Now Chu and co-writer Róisín Isner explore the aftermath in a narrative short, "After What Happened at the Library," screening Weds., Apr. 23 at SFFILM Festival.
Not sure how effective this petition might be but whatever we can do to get this man (and all the others in his same situation) home: sign.moveon.org/petitions/br...
Bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia Home
Kilmar is not alone. He is one of over 250 immigrants deported without due process, as part of Trump’s $6 million deal with Bukele’s government—a plan to funnel immigrants, often with no criminal reco...
sign.moveon.org
April 16, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Not sure how effective this petition might be but whatever we can do to get this man (and all the others in his same situation) home: sign.moveon.org/petitions/br...
Farmworkers & day laborers are the subject of 5 short films in Serenata de Protesta screening at the Roxie on April 5. In Mission Local, CiNEOLA curators Daniel Díaz & Diana Sánchez Maciel discuss the program, while Andrés Lira reveals how his family's story informs his doc "Primero, sueño."
At the Roxie, short films shine a light on migrant farmworkers
CiNEOLA's 'Serenata de Protesta' features five local filmmakers with an April 5 program at the Roxie on 16th Street.
missionlocal.org
April 2, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Farmworkers & day laborers are the subject of 5 short films in Serenata de Protesta screening at the Roxie on April 5. In Mission Local, CiNEOLA curators Daniel Díaz & Diana Sánchez Maciel discuss the program, while Andrés Lira reveals how his family's story informs his doc "Primero, sueño."
You can cry, you can scream, you can protest... or you can laugh. Comic Lisa Geduldig and her fellow standup comics are taking on dire political situation with "Resistance Comedy," starting this Sunday and commencing monthly at Eclectic Box. Read my @missionlocal.org interview with Lisa for the 411.
S.F. comic turns Trump #resistance into monthly stand-up night
S.F. comic and publicist Lisa Geduldig launches 'Resistance Comedy' at the Eclectic Box in the Mission on Sunday, March 23.
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March 22, 2025 at 12:11 AM
You can cry, you can scream, you can protest... or you can laugh. Comic Lisa Geduldig and her fellow standup comics are taking on dire political situation with "Resistance Comedy," starting this Sunday and commencing monthly at Eclectic Box. Read my @missionlocal.org interview with Lisa for the 411.
Coming to KQED soon (& the Grand Lake 3/16 if you want to catch a @Daveed Diggs sighting) is this miniseries following a college counselor at Antioch's Deer Valley High School during the 2020-21 school year. Super engaging. My interview with the filmmakers & "Mr. Cam" is in the @sfchronicle.com.
Datebook | San Francisco Arts & Entertainment Guide
Datebook is the San Francisco Chronicle’s guide to arts & entertainment in the Bay Area, combining award-winning news with a curated events calendar.
datebook.sfchronicle.com
March 15, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Coming to KQED soon (& the Grand Lake 3/16 if you want to catch a @Daveed Diggs sighting) is this miniseries following a college counselor at Antioch's Deer Valley High School during the 2020-21 school year. Super engaging. My interview with the filmmakers & "Mr. Cam" is in the @sfchronicle.com.
If you're in the neighborhood this Saturday, head to the Roxie Theater to catch Mission Mediarts co-founder Ray Balberan presenting footage from the neighborhood's 1970s past. Read about this slice of Mission history in @missionlocal.org.
At the Roxie, a love letter to the Mission District of the '70s
“It was beautiful, and it was done out of love for the community,” says San Francisco filmmaker and longtime youth advocate Ray Balberan during a recent
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March 12, 2025 at 10:25 PM
If you're in the neighborhood this Saturday, head to the Roxie Theater to catch Mission Mediarts co-founder Ray Balberan presenting footage from the neighborhood's 1970s past. Read about this slice of Mission history in @missionlocal.org.
Is it possible at this point in time to have a feel-good Silicon Valley story? Yes, it is. Longtime freelance Apple editor Kenji Yamamoto makes his documentary directing debut with THE DREAMERS & I, world premiering at Cinequest. Read about Kenji and his film in the @sfchronicle.com.
How Silicon Valley’s hacker houses inspired this directorial debut
The former Apple video editor’s “The Dreamers and I” will make its world premiere at San Jose’s Cinequest Film and Creativity Festival.
datebook.sfchronicle.com
March 7, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Is it possible at this point in time to have a feel-good Silicon Valley story? Yes, it is. Longtime freelance Apple editor Kenji Yamamoto makes his documentary directing debut with THE DREAMERS & I, world premiering at Cinequest. Read about Kenji and his film in the @sfchronicle.com.
Coming to the Roxie Theater on Saturday, Feb. 22, a fabulous documentary about a San Francisco force of nature, folksinger Faith Petric. Read my interview with filmmakers Christie Herring and Estelle Freedman in @missionlocal.org.
Faith Petric, S.F. musician and activist, gets posthumous ovation in new documentary
Faith Petric, who died at 98 in 2013, is the subject of “Singing for Justice.” The film screens Feb. 22, 2025, at the Roxie Theater.
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February 21, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Coming to the Roxie Theater on Saturday, Feb. 22, a fabulous documentary about a San Francisco force of nature, folksinger Faith Petric. Read my interview with filmmakers Christie Herring and Estelle Freedman in @missionlocal.org.
This would be funny if it wasn't so sad and enraging.
Nope. There are no 150-year-olds on Social Security.
It's COBOL!
Elon Musk claimed that his team found 150-year-old people collecting Social Security! He implied there were dead people being sent benefits, with checks cashed by someone else. But no—the people getti...
www.dailykos.com
February 15, 2025 at 6:37 AM
This would be funny if it wasn't so sad and enraging.
Denise Zmekhol talks to me about her phenomenal documentary "Skin of Glass," a story ostensibly about the Săo Paolo skyscraper her father Roger designed but really about so much more. Read my @sfchronicle.com interview and then watch the movie Monday, Feb. 17, on @independentlens.bsky.social.
‘Skin of Glass’: A Berkeley daughter’s journey to discover her father’s architectural legacy
“Skin of Glass” on PBS delves into the history and current state of Roger Zmekhol’s famed São Paulo tower, revealing personal and architectural stories.
datebook.sfchronicle.com
February 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Denise Zmekhol talks to me about her phenomenal documentary "Skin of Glass," a story ostensibly about the Săo Paolo skyscraper her father Roger designed but really about so much more. Read my @sfchronicle.com interview and then watch the movie Monday, Feb. 17, on @independentlens.bsky.social.
Jp Allen, Anthony Lucero, @anthonyhand.bsky.social, Miyoni Nelson, & Isaac Hirotsu Woofter all have films in San Francisco IndieFest. They talk about putting together independent features and the importance of the festival in the @sfchronicle.com.
5 can’t-miss films at the San Francisco Independent Film Festival
Five films with Bay Area ties are set to screen at the 27th San Francisco Independent Film Festival — and they could not be more different from one another.
datebook.sfchronicle.com
February 5, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Jp Allen, Anthony Lucero, @anthonyhand.bsky.social, Miyoni Nelson, & Isaac Hirotsu Woofter all have films in San Francisco IndieFest. They talk about putting together independent features and the importance of the festival in the @sfchronicle.com.
I have a new outlet and there is a new doc about Bay Area jazz station KCSM playing at the Roxie on Saturday. Read all about it in @missionlocal.org.
In SF IndieFest doc, a 60-year-old jazz haven gets its due
Most jazz fans know the art form has a deep history in the Bay Area — particularly beginning in the 1940s, when the Fillmore became known as the “Harlem
missionlocal.org
February 3, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I have a new outlet and there is a new doc about Bay Area jazz station KCSM playing at the Roxie on Saturday. Read all about it in @missionlocal.org.
It is Paul Newman's 100th birthday. A little reminder of the magic he created on screen.
Cool Hand Luke; Plastic Jesus
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January 26, 2025 at 11:34 PM
It is Paul Newman's 100th birthday. A little reminder of the magic he created on screen.
One of my favorite films of the season is fly on the wall in the ABC control room as the sports department finds itself covering the attack on the Israeli team at the 1972 Munich Olympics. Oscar-nominated writer/director Tim Fehlbaum and star John Magaro take me behind the scenes in 48 Hills.
Revisiting the crisis that made media modern in 'September 5' - 48 hills
Writer-director Tim Fehlbaum and actor John Magaro dive into the pivotal 1972 Munich Olympics broadcast that changed TV.
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January 25, 2025 at 8:19 PM
One of my favorite films of the season is fly on the wall in the ABC control room as the sports department finds itself covering the attack on the Israeli team at the 1972 Munich Olympics. Oscar-nominated writer/director Tim Fehlbaum and star John Magaro take me behind the scenes in 48 Hills.