Too bad Andrew Goldberg’s anger-inducing documentary “White With Fear” doesn’t end with an image of disgraced former president Richard M. Nixon laughing at the viewer. It was Nixon who first rode to campaign success by exploiting white voters’ fears about race without needing to use openly racist insults. He sadly wasn’t the last such political […]| Beyond Chron
Who knew talking about when to use “who” vs. “whom” could be a basis for emotional connection? Yet these and other grammar questions provide the wellspring for repeated conversational magic throughout SF DocFest’s entertaining and educational Opening Night Film, Brandt Johnson’s “Rebel With A Clause.” Grammarian Ellen Jovin began her Grammar Table project on […]| Beyond Chron
Viewers of Jennie LIvingston’s classic documentary “Paris Is Burning” will remember interviewee Venus Xtravaganza was tragically murdered before the film’s completion. Kimberly Reed’s documentary “I’m Your Venus” shows how the Pellagatti and Xtravaganza families work together to bring a proper remembrance for the slain sibling. Whether it’s having Venus’ home designated as a historic landmark […]| Beyond Chron
James Bidgood’s seminal chronicle of gay erotic reverie, “Pink Narcissus,” returns in a newly restored version. Mostly set in an unnamed male hustler’s semi-ethereal apartment, this plotless vision of carnality chiefly delivered via innuendo takes viewers inside the hustler’s erotic fantasies as he awaits his next client. This hand-constructed film shot inside Bidgood’s apartment yields […]| Beyond Chron
Peter Wong reviews SF Jewish Film Festival| Beyond Chron
Peter Wong reviews films from BAMPFA Summer 2024| Beyond Chron
