San Francisco Cinematheque’s 16th Annual CROSSROADS Festival (Fri/29-Sun/31 at Gray Area, SF) has concocted yet another fabulously wide-ranging, in-person, three-day cinematic extravaganza—and we have our trusty guide here for your choosing pleasure. I have compiled a spoiler-free list below of my favorite “Ficks’ Picks” from this slimmed-down spectacle of eight curated programs, showcasing many legendary filmmakers such as Ken Jacobs, Kevin Jerome Everson, Janie Geiser, Jerome Hiler, Jodie Mack, Tomonari Nishikawa, Cauleen Smith, Greta Snider, Scott Stark, Dianna Barrie and Richard Tuohy, as well as a bodacious bevy of returning and fresh voices.

Scott Stark’s Tulsa (US, 2025) plays in Program 1 “temporary near thing/pulsebeat promises,” Fri/29, 7pm. Having conceived and directed more th

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