‘Uncle Frank’ Features An Oustanding Cast In A Film That Sadly Lacks Subtext Or Subtlety [AFI Review]

Congratulations greeted Oakland native Kamala Harris on her historic win Saturday in the San Francisco Bay Area, where her political career began. The first to send out congratulations was London Breed, who also made history as the first Black woman to be elected mayor of San Francisco.

Heads up travelers: Those returning to the Bay Area after the holidays may have to quarantine, health officials said Wednesday. A statement from San Francisco officials advises a two-week isolation period for residents who come into close contact with nonhousehold members not wearing masks, according to the Associated Press.

Tenet.The time-travelling epic, released in August in the UK but staggered to reach cinemas later in the US, grossed nearly $350million (£269million) at the global box office.Commenting on the future of the film industry and the takings for Tenet, Nolan told the Los Angeles Times that the numbers might be used to “draw the wrong conclusions” under the current climate, as cinemas were shut in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco when the film was released.“Warner Bros.

It's summer in New York, and for 20-something Ben, bisexual and newly out, the city, it seems, is his oyster. And his snail — to quote Hollywood's most famous coded exchange about sexual preference.

From “The Fog of War” to “Tabloid“, to “Mr. Death,” and “American Dharma,” there are a few good reasons why many hail Errol Morris as the master of the one-on-one interview doc.

Some movies feel timely and movies that feel timeless; then, there are the movies that make you feel as if the auteur behind the wheel must have stepped out of a time machine to make it. Dennis Hopper’s long-unavailable “Out of the Blue” – which premiered 40 years ago at the Cannes film festival – would be hailed as a flat-out masterpiece were it released in 2020.

Dave McNary Film ReporterSan Francisco Film has selected filmmakers Aaron Sorkin and Chloe Zhao for honors at its annual San Francisco Film Awards ceremonies, due to be livestreamed on Dec. 9.Sorkin, whose “Trial of the Chicago 7” is streaming on Netflix, will receive the Kanbar award for storytelling.

coronavirus pandemic, one of the leading management agencies has been acquired by an unusual buyer in an unconventional transaction.The San Francisco Conservatory of Music announced Tuesday that it had purchased Opus 3 Artists, which represents about 250 musicians and attractions, a group that includes conductors Daniel Barenboim, James Conlon, Christoph Eschenbach and cellist Yo-Yo Ma.David Stull, president of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, would not reveal the monetary details of

Andreas Wiseman International EditorEXCLUSIVE: The San Francisco Chronicle, UK production company Ugly Duckling Films and Sony Music Entertainment are partnering to develop the first narrative podcast project from the Chronicle, a new true crime series called The Doodler.The podcast will tell the story of the ongoing hunt for the notorious serial killer known as the “Doodler” who targeted San Francisco’s closeted gay community in the 1970s and is suspected to have murdered up to 16 people.Hosted

SAN FRANCISCO – Fed up with white people calling 911 about people of color selling water bottles, barbecuing or otherwise going about with life, San Francisco supervisors are set to approve new hate crime legislation giving the targets of those calls the ability to sue the caller.

Gwen Stefani is giving the world a chance to hear what No Doubt tunes would have sounded like with a country music twang. The songstress joined Jimmy Fallon for a fun sketch on Monday’s “Tonight Show”, and she embraced her Blake Shelton-inspired love of country.

Gwen Stefani is giving the world a chance to hear what No Doubt tunes would have sounded like with a country music twang.

While parents worry about getting their kids back to school, what do school officials worry about more? The San Francisco School Names Advisory Committee has named 44 schools that need their names changed due to troubling links to the past. This, as kids still take remote lessons -- which may harm minorities more than others.

The blue-haired Winona (Jessica Barden), while driving, vents to an unseen man about living with her parents. She fumes, “I want to stick a fork into an electrical socket every minute that I’m there.” A recent-college dropout, the twenty-year-old Winona lives in arrested development with her parents in their Los Angeles suburban home.

We all need a little bit of romance right now. So often the romance genre offers escapist fairytales of destined love, people whisked away by an unlikely figure from their unlucky loneliness to an assured state of joy.

Adorned with sunglasses and in a pink fur-trimmed robe, Jean (Rachel Brosnahan) sits reclined on her patio chair as she sips champagne. Bobbie Gentry’s “I Wouldn’t Be Surprised” — one of the film’s many soulful needle drops — fills the ears.

Amazon Studios has debuted the trailer for Alan Ball's LGBTQ drama Uncle Frank. The film, which premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, is both written and directed by the Six Feet Under creator and American Beauty writer.

Sophia Lillis, Paul Bettany and Peter Macdissi star in Uncle Frank, and the first trailer is here!