Dennis Harvey
Dennis Harvey is a member of the San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle and a longtime correspondent for Variety. He's written for numerous other local and national outlets including 48 Hills, Fandor, L.A. Times, and the San Francisco Chronicle.
Michael McDonald Is Everybody’s ‘Fool’
The yacht rock skipper’s memoir is as polished as his megahits.
Big Fish
A new biography and museum show celebrate a groundbreaking drag performer.
Return of the Repressed
The Compton’s Cafeteria Riot gets two new retellings.
The Auteur of Desire
Long before Pride, Pat Rocco made proudly gay films.
The Ballad of Chol Soo Lee
New documentary revisits a 1970s miscarriage of justice.
50 Years, 100 Celebrity Interviews: What Ruthe Stein Heard
Sitting Down with the Stars details a career spent convincing Hollywood legends like Kirk Douglas, Cary Grant, and Ginger Rogers to open up—or not.
Now Showing: The Hollywood Myth
Critic Mick LaSalle’s Dream State: California in the Movies explores all that is deceptive, promising, and beautiful about the film industry’s depiction of life in its home state.
Pepe the Frog’s Leap to the Dark Side
A documentary on the alt-right’s appropriation of a cute meme arrives just in time for the U.S. presidential election.
Hollywood’s First Million-Dollar Movie
A new restoration of Erich von Stroheim’s Foolish Wives reveals the extravagance of his imagination.
Jack London’s Return to the Screen
Forthcoming adaptations of The Call of the Wild and Martin Eden promise to stay true to Jack London’s characters—and his life.
‘The Last Black Man in San Francisco’ Will Make You Cry
The Last Black Man in San Francisco wrests lyrical beauty from a tale of gentrification, economic inequality, and homesickness.