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.
A new biography and museum show celebrate a groundbreaking drag performer.
The Compton’s Cafeteria Riot gets two new retellings.
Long before Pride, Pat Rocco made proudly gay films.
New documentary revisits a 1970s miscarriage of justice.
A documentary on the alt-right’s appropriation of a cute meme arrives just in time for the U.S. presidential election.
A new restoration of Erich von Stroheim’s Foolish Wives reveals the extravagance of his imagination.
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 wrests lyrical beauty from a tale of gentrification, economic inequality, and homesickness.