Film Festival

A fresh batch of capsule reviews from SFIFF, including 'Love & Mercy,' 'Experimenter,' and '7 Chinese Brothers.'

Moroccan Israeli women are the focal point of this multigenerational drama that wants to tackle redemption but has a hard time connecting.

Our impressions of 'Mr. Holmes,' 'Steve Jobs: Man in the Machine,' and 'Saint Laurent' from SFIFF.

The 21st Los Angeles Film Festival announces its complete lineup for the June festival.

This history of Israeli comics presents a wealth of facts but struggles to tell a story in Hebrew Superheroes.

This documentary about an Austrian town getting replicated in China has an uneven flow, but enough striking visuals to earn a recommendation.

Mavis! is a celebratory documentary about the incredible career of Mavis Staples and the Staple Family Singers.

An Arab teen attending an Israeli school finds love and battles bigotry as he searches for himself in this glorious drama.

The story behind Magic Island is a good one, but its telling fails to do that story proper justice.

The recurring theme of Leny's life is one of freedom: from the absence of it to the reveling in it to the yearning for as much more of it...

Mia Donovan's look into the pioneer of cult deprogramming is too formless to leave any impact.

Brett Morgen provides a definitive look at the life of Kurt Cobain, using never before seen material to give a more intimate portrait of the singer.

A surface level documentary about one of television's biggest events.

A documentary 13 years in the making about an aspiring comedy provides very little to laugh at.