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.

Spin Doctors’ Chris Barron on break ups, break downs, and the group’s new music

May 9, 2019

Spin Doctors’ frontman Chris Barron can easily flash back to his first time playing San Francisco. It was 1991 and his neo-hippie jam band was...

Arts + Culture

Queer medalist Adam Rippon talks youth advocacy and post-rink living

May 8, 2019

After figure skating star Adam Rippon came out publicly in the fall of 2015, he became the first openly gay U.S. athlete to qualify...

Culture

Fab 5 Freddy sheds musical light on racist cannabis laws

April 30, 2019

In the early ‘80s, Fab 5 Freddy helped popularize graffiti art by taking it from the sides of New York subway cars to the...

Movies

After 50 years, ‘Midnight Cowboy’ rides again

April 14, 2019

Back in 1967, Hollywood photographer Michael Childers, whose career was taking off, answered a fateful phone call from Broadway star Kaye Ballard, whom he...

Arts + Culture

Sam Elliott talks ‘The Man Who Killed Hitler’ and Oscar buzz

January 30, 2019

Calvin Barr has a tall order ahead of him in Robert Krzykowski’s debut movie The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot (which opens...

Arts + Culture

W. Kamau Bell talks R. Kelly, Elmwood Cafe whiplash on eve of Sketchfest tribute

January 11, 2019

Nationally, comedian W. Kamau Bell is known for his multiple Emmy-winning CNN show “United Shades of America," his Netflix comedy special “W. Kamau Bell:...

Movies

SFFILM Awards’ stars speak about Hollywood’s growing diversity

December 12, 2018

The stars shone bright on the City by the Bay last week when Amy Adams, Steve McQueen, and Boots Riley turned up to be...

Movies

Viggo Mortensen on ‘Green Book,’ personal growth, and racism in America

November 28, 2018

Actor Viggo Mortensen said he’s grown a lot since filming Green Book and hitting the road for the movie’s promo tour. “If I hadn’t done it,...

Movies

Rami Malek, the man who would be Queen, on ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’

October 31, 2018

When Rami Malek was originally cast to play Freddie Mercury in Queen biopic "Bohemian Rhapsody," (opening Friday), he knew little about the lead singer...

Arts + Culture

Can you ever forgive Richard E. Grant?

October 24, 2018

Richard E. Grant told 48 Hills he faced a major obstacle when it came time to portray Jack Hock in Can You Ever Forgive...

Joshua Rotter

Spin Doctors’ Chris Barron on break ups, break downs, and the group’s new music

Queer medalist Adam Rippon talks youth advocacy and post-rink living

Fab 5 Freddy sheds musical light on racist cannabis laws

After 50 years, ‘Midnight Cowboy’ rides again

Sam Elliott talks ‘The Man Who Killed Hitler’ and Oscar buzz

W. Kamau Bell talks R. Kelly, Elmwood Cafe whiplash on eve of Sketchfest tribute

SFFILM Awards’ stars speak about Hollywood’s growing diversity

Viggo Mortensen on ‘Green Book,’ personal growth, and racism in America

Rami Malek, the man who would be Queen, on ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’

Can you ever forgive Richard E. Grant?

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