G. Allen Johnson
Staff Writer at SFGate
SF Chronicle movie journalist, copy editor, Indiana-born [email protected]
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A colorist works in an HDR by Barco grading room, where colorists and post-production creatives leverage the Barco Lightsteering technology as part of the HDR grading process to brings their visions to life. Courtesy of BarcoThe success of Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners” has spurred Warner Bros. to bring the film back into IMAX theaters, including in rarely screened 70 mm film, to satisfy the demands of moviegoers.
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Jake Schreier removes the asterisk from the marquee at Grand Lake Theatre during the special screening of the Marvel movie “Thunderbolts*” in Oakland on Thursday, May 1. Santiago Mejia/S.F. ChronicleWhen Jake Schreier arrived at the Grand Lake Theatre in Oakland for a special screening of “Thunderbolts*,” the Marvel movie he directed, it was like the closing of a circle nearly four decades in the making.
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San Francisco Seals manager Lefty O’Doul shakes hands with Japan’s Crown Prince Akihito in 1949 during the Seals’ goodwill tour to Japan during the Allied Occupation. The still is used in San Francisco filmmaker Yuriko Romer’s documentary “Diamond Diplomacy.” Courtesy of David M. DempseyBaseball — once proclaimed by a famous advertising jingle as American as hot dogs, apple pie and Chevrolet — is now apparently too woke.
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People gather at the Civil War Parade Ground in the Presidio to take in a screening of John Carpenter's "The Fog" (1980) on Friday, April 25, 2025. Photo: Drew Altizer Photography/SFFilm/Photo - Jessica Monroy for DrewKarl the Fog didn’t show up for the 68th San Francisco International Film Festival, but city pride certainly did.
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sfchronicle.com | G. Allen Johnson
David Cronenberg, photographed at the Hotel Drisco in San Francisco on Tuesday, April 22. His new film “The Shrouds” deals with grief and technology. Peter Prato/For the S.F. ChronicleDavid Cronenberg, a master of the body horror movie genre, is genuinely mystified at the sudden cultural conflict between his native Canada and the United States, two countries he loves with a passion.
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