Dennis Harvey

Markian Tarasiuk's directorial bow openly tips hat to “The Blair Witch Project” in a watchable mockdoc thriller whose thrills get delayed a little too long.

Bracing 'Steal This Story, Please!' Plus: Soderbergh's intelligent 'The Christophers,' biting 'Continental '25,' spectral 'Dry Leaf'

11 days of global visions, including Boots Riley's latest, a Kid Koala cartoon, and 'The Empire Strikes Back.' Plus: 'I Swear,' 'The Blue Trail,' more

Searing docs by the truckload, from DocLands fest to two Barbara Kopple classics. Plus: Charlie XCX goes Polish, more movies

Back to the Castro with plenty of rarities and gems. Plus: Tap into Ovid for a wacky 1974 Lithuanian rock opera and more.

Plus: Odes to impresarios Robert Wilson and Craig Baldwin, risky 'Blue Heron' and foodie-feminist 'Mistura.' New movies!

Plus: Jude Law as Putin in 'Wizard of the Kremlin,' 500 years of ginkgo in 'Silent Friend,' and a masterpiece of non-sectarian mysticism

Plus: Hitchcock Fest hits the Balboa, while Alamo Drafthouse celebrates Brian De Palma's Hitchcockian breakthroughs.

Oakland tent evictions, queer rights in Cuba, a Palestinian comedy club, NOFX and Grateful Dead jams also on menu.

Cinematographer John Alton was all over the genre. Plus: three by Agnes Varda, a slew of French noirs, and Brendan Fraser gets miscast.