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Review of Voyagers (2021)

By David Lewis (299) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 07 Apr 2021

The technically elegant Voyagers, about a space colonization trip run amok, is easy enough to sit through, but it’s a story in need of more…

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Review of My Salinger Year (2020)

By David Lewis (299) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 03 Mar 2021

My Salinger Year, which is basically The Devil Wears Prada set in the literary world, is a film that feels like it’s ready to take off at…

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Review of Silk Road (2021)

By David Lewis (299) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 25 Feb 2021

Still, Silk Road remains watchable because both Robinson and Clarke are interesting screen presences…

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Review of Supernova (2021)

By David Lewis (299) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 28 Jan 2021

Writer-director Harry Macqueen puts the fate of his film on the shoulders of his two leads — Colin Firth as Sam, Stanley Tucci as Tusker…

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Review of Supernova (2020)

By David Lewis (299) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 28 Jan 2021

Writer-director Harry Macqueen puts the fate of his film on the shoulders of his two leads — Colin Firth as Sam, Stanley Tucci as Tusker…

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Review of Coded Bias (2020)

By David Lewis (299) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 19 Nov 2020

San Francisco was the first major U.S…

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Review of Monsoon (2020)

By David Lewis (299) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 11 Nov 2020

Monsoon, an offbeat story about a man’s cultural dislocation in Vietnam, is more of a slow drip than a torrential downpour…

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Review of Robin's Wish (2021)

By David Lewis (299) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 02 Sep 2020

Robin’s Wish, of course, can’t lessen the tragedy of Williams’ death, but it helps us better reconcile the suicide of such a joyous,…

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Review of Straight Up (2020)

By David Lewis (299) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 16 Apr 2020

On the surface, Sweeney’s film is a playful examination of sexual fluidity, but underneath the gags, it’s really a universal, sweet movie…

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Review of Shooting the Mafia (2019)

By David Lewis (299) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 29 Nov 2019

It all gets a little unwieldy at times, but Shooting the Mafia is far from boring…

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Review of Gay Chorus Deep South (2019)

By David Lewis (299) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 20 Nov 2019

What makes the film emotionally satisfying, beyond the stirring music, is that we witness the healing and enlightenment of chorus members,…

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Review of The Ground Beneath My Feet (2019)

By David Lewis (299) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 10 Oct 2019

The Ground Beneath My Feet consistently serves as a powerful showcase for the talented Pachner, who manages a performance that is both distant…

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Review of End of the Century (2019)

By David Lewis (299) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 25 Sep 2019

It’s a lovely film that’s poetic, erotic and bittersweet…

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Review of Britt-Marie Was Here (2019)

By David Lewis (299) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 25 Sep 2019

The most refreshing thing about the movie is having a more mature woman at the center of the action, and August knows not to overreach here…

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Review of Before You Know It (2019)

By David Lewis (299) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 12 Sep 2019

For a film about an unexpected reunion between two daughters and their long-lost mother, there is shockingly little talk about family…

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Review of Becoming Nobody (2019)

By David Lewis (299) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 04 Sep 2019

There’s nothing particularly innovative about the filmmaking, but Becoming Nobody does its job: helping spread Ram Dass’ message in a polarized…

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Review of Vision Portraits (2019)

By David Lewis (299) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 28 Aug 2019

It’s a moving meditation about our unwavering need for creativity, and finding ways to express it…

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Review of Framing John DeLorean (2019)

By David Lewis (299) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 15 Jun 2019

By the time the credits roll, we don’t achieve a much deeper sense of who John DeLorean really was — only a better understanding of why…

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Review of The Intruder (2019)

By David Lewis (299) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 30 Apr 2019

A B-movie with a few thrills and plenty of inane dialogue…

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Review of J.T. LeRoy (2019)

By David Lewis (299) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 22 Apr 2019

JT Leroy is on safer ground when Albert and Knoop are matching wits, mainly because it’s a pleasure to watch the perfectly cast Dern and…

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