From “Jimmy in Saigon” to “Black as U R,” here are some highlights from the festival’s 2022 film lineup, set to run in person June 16-26 in S.F. and Oakland.
This weekend will most likely see fever-degree temps that surpass past 100. While many will opt to stay indoors, a hot summer music fest and neon water park
Held as a physical event thanks to strict hygiene measures, Berlin's famed film festival kicks off with Francois Ozon's "Peter von Kant," a tribute to the power of cinema.
A man is sat at a table in an otherwise bare room. Shot in monochrome and positioned off-centre, he reads a newspaper and smokes a cigar, lazily obscured as two other figures drift into and out of shot. A brief fight ensues. A man falls to the floor and is dragged away. Suddenly, a door opens. A new man stands at the foot of a staircase. It leads to another room, where yet more men await.