The 20th San Francisco Independent Film Festival continues through Feb. 15 at the Roxie (3117 16th St.), Victoria (2961 16th St.) and 518 Val Pop-Up (518 Valencia).

The 22nd Berlin & Beyond Film Festival unspools Feb. 9-11 at the Castro Theatre, Feb. 12 at Berkeley's Shattuck Cinemas, and Feb. 13-15 at the Goethe-Institut (530 Bush St., SF).

This year's Noir City film festival at the Castro Theatre finishes with some rarely seen examples of the genre.

The 20th San Francisco Independent Film Festival returns at precisely the moment when you're feeling a little exhausted from pre-Oscar buzz.

This year's Noir City film festival at the Castro Theatre finishes with some rarely seen examples of the genre.

The patron saint of outsiders, French director Claire Denis, doesn't fear to tread on the dark side.

"Vazante" is an engrossing film from veteran director Daniela Thomas.

Eddie Muller's 16th Noir City Film Festival, running Jan. 26-Feb. 4 at the Castro Theatre, features many frightening, rarely seen films. Audiences will leave chilled and edgy.

The 2018 Oscar candidate from Lebanon "The Insult" begins with deceptive simplicity.

The Hump! Film Festival, the 13th annual event, is coming to San Francisco's Victoria Theater, Jan. 17-27.

Tonight (Jan. 18) the GLBT Historical Society will explore how queer people have been portrayed on screen.

It's time once again to play that favorite LGBTQ parlor game: name this year's batch of Best Picture Academy Award nominations.

As I watched the Magnolia Pictures doc "The Final Year" (opening Friday), I marveled at how director Greg Barker sliced and diced a tumultuous period for President Barack Obama's foreign policy team.

Hollywood actress Gloria Grahame would have been 94 on Nov. 28, had she not died of stomach cancer in 1981.