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Film By Josef Woodard | Tue Dec 31, 2024 | 3:01pm

Film Review | The Electric Dreams of ‘A Complete Unknown’

Bob Dylan chronicle is a prize in the problematic musician biopic genre, partly thanks to Tim (Chalamet) as Bob.

Film By Josef Woodard | Fri Dec 27, 2024 | 10:50am

Indian film ‘All We Imagine as Light’ — winner of Cannes’ Grand Prix — is a soulful, subtle portrait of three women, in three languages.

Film By Debra Herrick for UCSB’s ’The Current' | Fri Dec 20, 2024 | 9:51am

Cara Yar Khan’s pilgrimage through the Grand Canyon amplifies voices of people with disabilities.

Film By Josef Woodard | Tue Dec 17, 2024 | 2:01pm

Jesse Eisenberg’s inventive, serio-comic A Real Pain takes on Holocaust legacy-tracing, and sports a firecracker performance by Keiran Culkin.

Film By Tyler Morgenstern | Fri Dec 13, 2024 | 2:33pm

Daniel Craig meets William S. Burroughs in Luca Guadagnino’s latest cinematic challenge.

Film By Josef Woodard | Fri Dec 13, 2024 | 12:28pm

Santa Barbara International Film Festival goes comedic, with a gala tribute to Will Ferrell at the Ritz-Carlton Bacara.

Film By Josef Woodard | Wed Dec 11, 2024 | 3:53pm

‘Maria’ is a fascinating, if flawed, biopic about famed diva Maria Callas, with a stunning performance by Angelina Jolie.

Film By Leslie Dinaberg | Tue Dec 10, 2024 | 12:23pm

New family holiday film brings the animated charms of Richard ‘Love Actually’ Curtis to Netflix.

Film By Leslie Dinaberg | Fri Dec 06, 2024 | 4:49pm

Colman Domingo to receive the Montecito Award at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival on February 14.

Film By Josef Woodard | Fri Dec 06, 2024 | 1:50pm

“Lake George” is a fine and prime example of “neo-noir” cinema, with the added attraction of location shooting in Goleta.