The Secrets, a taboo-splintering drama set in and around a women’s religious school in the mystical northern Israeli city of Safed, is the quintessential…
Like Amos Gitai’s 1999 Kadosh, Israeli writer-director David Volach’s first feature has scores to settle with Ultra-Orthodox Judaism, especially as dominated by literal-minded men….
New tastes from the Middle East.
Nick Broomfield, known for his unseemly documentary portraits of Aileen Wuornos, Heidi Fleiss, and Courtney Love, brings a surprising dose of compassion to his…
If you're still making mental notes to catch SF Ballet in its 75th Anniversary Season every time a Muni bus placard conveys those exultant…
Co-directed by Ellen Spiro and Phil Donahue—yes, that Phil Donahue—Body of War is neither the most cinematic nor the most elegantly crafted of recent…
In the shifting sands of the Middle East, the only constants are faith and fables. They coexisted quite happily before the rise of fundamentalism,…
Remember when Bush was angling to invade Iran ASAP and televised news responded with explosion-laden road-to-war segment graphics? Way to salt the glass, guys….
Anyone who claims to be “universally revered” has a screw loose. No one is universally revered. If anyone were, some cynic would hate 'em…
The New York Post called Greg Shade a “daring Yank.” Republican Congressman Dana Rohrabacher, a longtime friend, told CBS that Shade was the “Wild…
