Joshua Rotter

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Joshua Rotter is a contributing writer for 48 Hills. He’s also written for the San Francisco Bay Guardian, SF Weekly, SF Examiner, SF Chronicle, and CNET.

Movies

Michael Apted’s monumental, 55-year chronicle of class inequality

December 10, 2019

The central question in 63 UP— award-winning auteur Michael Apted’s ongoing documentary anthology, following the changing lives of 14 British subjects over the course...

Onstage

Drag star Miz Cracker on ‘Femlins,’ feminism, and overall fabulousness

December 9, 2019

An idyllic Christmastime setting, a loving family, and the gift that keeps on giving grief. Gremlins, which celebrates its 35th anniversary this year, has...

Onstage

Ana Gasteyer adds ‘Sugar & Booze’ to Symphony’s ‘Holiday Gaiety’

December 2, 2019

Sugar, booze, and music — these are the things that Ana Gasteyer’s holidays are made of. Top on the comedian, actress, and singer’s list of...

Onstage

Theatre of Yugen stages ‘A Christmas Carol’ with an ancient Japanese spin

November 29, 2019

There are plenty of ways to experience yūgen or “beauty, with a tinge of sadness,” according to the great 14th- and 15th- century Japanese...

From Lagos with love—and the god of fire

November 24, 2019

Bisi is more than a stage name for the 29-year-old Nigerian singer-songwriter who’s called San Francisco home for the last decade. It’s also a...

Movies

Martin Scorsese on ‘The Irishman,’ old friends, and loving Castro Theatre

November 20, 2019

Martin Scorsese loves San Francisco’s Castro Theatre. So much so that the legendary Mean Streets, Goodfellas, and Casino director opened his latest gangster epic,...

The lo-fi psych-pop joys of Still Woozy

November 11, 2019

Still Woozy (playing Wed/13 through Friday/15 at The New Parish) was hanging out backstage at Lollapalooza at Chicago’s Grant Park, last summer. He had...

Lit

Red-hot but clear-eyed, Flea recounts his youth in ‘Acid for the Children’

November 4, 2019

Michael “Flea” Balzary told 48 Hills that he credits three things with keeping the fiery Red Hot Chili Peppers together for almost four decades. First,...

Natasha Bedingfield takes some poignant new curves

October 30, 2019

Natasha Bedingfield (playing Sun/3 at The Fillmore) has never been overtly political in her music. That is, until the Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter — best known for...

Culture

‘Women aren’t funny’? Tell that to Cirque clown Kelsey Custard

October 29, 2019

When Kelsey Custard was studying at San Francisco’s Clown Conservatory school a decade ago, she and some of her female colleagues were advised by...

Joshua Rotter

Michael Apted’s monumental, 55-year chronicle of class inequality

Drag star Miz Cracker on ‘Femlins,’ feminism, and overall fabulousness

Ana Gasteyer adds ‘Sugar & Booze’ to Symphony’s ‘Holiday Gaiety’

Theatre of Yugen stages ‘A Christmas Carol’ with an ancient Japanese spin

From Lagos with love—and the god of fire

Martin Scorsese on ‘The Irishman,’ old friends, and loving Castro Theatre

The lo-fi psych-pop joys of Still Woozy

Red-hot but clear-eyed, Flea recounts his youth in ‘Acid for the Children’

Natasha Bedingfield takes some poignant new curves

‘Women aren’t funny’? Tell that to Cirque clown Kelsey Custard

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