Peter Galvin

I believe it was the seminal hip hop group Whodini who coined the phrase "the freaks come out at night," and so it goes with San Francisco's more adventurous cinema fans. For me, the absolute highlights of each San Francisco...

 If the film festival is a safe place for cinephiles to celebrate the medium and champion the theater experience in the face of a retreating movie culture, then The San Francisco International Film Festival programmers have done well in selecting...

Although this review contains a meager overview of the plot, I can't stress enough how thoroughly pleased I was to walk into Unknown blind to any trailers, plot descriptions or ads. If you're similarly willing to take a leap of...

Kaboom, We Are What We Are, Machete Maidens Unleashed!...

Tight spaces, dark caves, life or death hanging in the balance. If you've seen The Descent you know that a lot of inherent human unease can be exposed and exploited by putting people in tight spots. But while Sanctum...

Hopefully you're all hungry for more Tron!...

Unstoppable is about a railway train gone rogue. Its uncontrollable speeds are not a terrorist threat, and there are no bad guys trying to blackmail the government; there are no ill-intentions in the train's runaway nature, it just sort of...

In the history of Hollywood sequels to independent films, I'm not sure there are many masterpieces. But whatever you thought of the original Paranormal Activity, you must admit that the fact that its sequel is just as good is a rare treat....

I hadn't seen the 1978 "video nasty" of which 2010's I Spit On Your Grave is a remake prior to viewing this year's version. I considered seeing the original first, but it was my understanding that it is a film more infamous than...