On Friday, April 4, moviegoers finally get to see what the buzz was about when Freaky Tales, an anthology movie by Berkeley-born and Oakland-raised Ryan Fleck and co-writer Anna Boden, opens ...

Oakland plays a starring role in the new film Freaky Tales, and Berkeley has a handful of cameos too. Prominent spots like the Grand Lake Theatre and Gilman in Berkeley show up in the film ...

It’s infectious, the love “Freaky Tales” has for the Oakland, California, of the mid-1980s. You need not have grown up then and there — as one of the film’s co-writers and -directors ...

It’s infectious, the love “Freaky Tales” has for the Oakland, California, of the mid-1980s. You need not have grown up then and there — as one of the film’s co-writers and -directors ...

Videos from KQED Live Watch recordings of recent KQED Live events. Named after Oakland legend (and executive producer) Too Short’s 1987 hit single, Freaky Tales drew so much excitement at last year’s ...

Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck’s latest film “Freaky Tales” is inspired by Oakland in 1987; they tell “The Treatment” why filming ...

Kerry Washington talks “Shadow Force,” Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck talk “Freaky Tales,” and James Mangold has The Treat.

Boden and Fleck were inspired to include Hanks because of a 2020 mural painted by Oakland artists featuring the Oscar winner and Too Short. “Freaky Tales” isn’t perfect – had Hanks shown ...

Freaky Tales is an action-comedy film set in 1987 Oakland, California, that tells four intertwined stories involving teen punks, a rap duo, a henchman, and an NBA legend. The film has been ...