Alamo Drafthouse in the Mission will play all nine movies in The Skywalker Saga in one epic marathon at its San Francisco New Mission theater in honor of the 25th anniversary of THE PHANTOM MENACE.

Openly anti-Semitic comments and efforts by radical right-wingers to use the law to control women’s bodies may be the types of political developments that undercut belief in humanity’s capability for evolving towards the future of “Star Trek”’s Federation.  Fortunately, the 43rd edition of the S.F. Jewish Film Festival (hereafter “SFJFF”)

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Mundanes will wonder why the 19th Another Hole In The Head Film Festival (hereafter “AHITH”) is screening in December rather than, say, October.  The zombies, giant monsters, and serial killers populating AHITH’s offerings this year seem more appropriate around Halloween rather than its current scheduled dates of December 1-18, 2022. 

the curiosity to try filmmakers different from the same-old same-old predicted by Netflix algorithmic recommendations.  Whether the visitor’s motivation is reacquaintance with an old classic or being pleasantly surprised by a filmmaker they may not have heard of before, there are some good choices to check out this season.    

Who knew this October would offer seven different film festivals?  But that’s exactly what’s happened thanks to a mix of regular scheduling and COVID-19 forced re-scheduling.  For the viewer wanting to see or try new movies, the options these festivals offer range from short films to some highly buzzed-about movies.