San Francisco Chronicle - (Sunday)
S.F. film festival offers sampling of Greek cinema
Movie theaters are not quite safe spaces for film festivals, and the San Francisco Greek Film Festival had such a positive response to last year’s free, online edition that organizers are giving it another go. And yes, it’s still free. The festival’s mission is to broaden Greek films’ appeal to Bay Area audiences. The 18th edition, unspooling through April 25, will include a drivein event ($40 per vehicle) for the musical drama “Fantasia,” at Par 3 at Poplar Creek in San Mateo on Sunday, April 18.
Highlights include “The Miracle of the Sargasso Sea,” above, about two women living solitary lives in an eelfarming community; the cuttingedge social comedy “Not to Be Unpleasant but We Need to Have a Serious Talk”; the documentary “My Rembetika Blues,” about Greek blues music; and “Ballad for a Pierced Heart,” a neonoir complete with femme fatale.
San Francisco Greek Film Festival: Through next Sunday, April 25. Free admission for online screenings. Drive-in event at Par 3 at Poplar Creek in San Mateo on Sunday, April 18. sfgff2021. eventive.org
Richard Diebenkorn: Paintings and Works on Paper, 19481992: On view through April 30 by appointment only. Berggruen Gallery, 10 Hawthorne St., S.F. 415-781-4629. https://www. berggruen.com/
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