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Movies

Screen Grabs: Chasing one of the Swinging Sixties’ most infamous ‘It Girls’

Dennis Harvey - April 30, 2024

Plus: Doclands 2024, Johnny Depp's French, Japanese reality, worthwhile 'Nowhere Special,' Free Palestine, more movies

Stage Review

‘A Strange Loop’ takes too much glee in the trauma of its Black queer lead

Charles Lewis III - April 30, 2024

Despite talented cast, catchy tunes, and a show-stopping number, Broadway sensation comes off as torture porn.

Onstage

‘¡Golondrina!’ flies on the wings of Latinx California music history

Lou Fancher - April 29, 2024

Liliana Herrera's 'funkloric' play at Brava views migration, and its criminalization, through a sonic kaleidoscope.

Art

Tehran-born artist Sameh Khalatbari strings resistance into every work

Mary Corbin - April 23, 2024

Deeply felt homages to Iran's Women, Life, Freedom protest movement emanate from her San Ramon studio.

Culture

‘Never too late’: Grannies of Grant Avenue Follies dance onto the airwaves

Dorothy Odonnell - April 20, 2024

PBS highlights the Chinatown-based cabaret troupe of 11 spirited grandmothers keeping local history alive.

Housing

SF could get federal funding for 4,000 affordable housing units—maybe

Savannah Dewberry - April 18, 2024

So far, the Breed Administration has not taken advantage of a program that will close in September

Music

Milli Vanilli’s Fab Morvan opens up about candid new biopic ‘Girl You Know it’s True’

Joshua Rotter - April 17, 2024

'I can say proudly that love has healed me,' says star who weathered instant fame and disastrous downfall.

Onstage

For actor John-Andrew Morrison, ‘A Strange Loop’ is a brilliant, emotional rollercoaster

Lou Fancher - April 15, 2024

The Tony nominee returns to Michael R. Jackson's lauded play at ACT—and brings a deep connection to his mother.

Movies

Screen Grabs: Strap yourself in for a harrowing ‘Civil War’

Dennis Harvey - April 10, 2024

Plus: 'The Beast,' 'The People's Joker,' 'Arcadian,' 'Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World,' more new movies

Movies

Oh the (budget) horrors! Unnamed Film Fest gave us Frogman, Flesh Games, more frights

Daniel Bromfield - April 5, 2024

'The vomit and farts were real,' one director claimed at a post-show Q&A at Balboa Theatre.

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Screen Grabs: Chasing one of the Swinging Sixties’ most infamous ‘It Girls’

‘A Strange Loop’ takes too much glee in the trauma of its Black queer lead

‘¡Golondrina!’ flies on the wings of Latinx California music history

Tehran-born artist Sameh Khalatbari strings resistance into every work

‘Never too late’: Grannies of Grant Avenue Follies dance onto the airwaves

SF could get federal funding for 4,000 affordable housing units—maybe

Milli Vanilli’s Fab Morvan opens up about candid new biopic ‘Girl You Know it’s True’

For actor John-Andrew Morrison, ‘A Strange Loop’ is a brilliant, emotional rollercoaster

Screen Grabs: Strap yourself in for a harrowing ‘Civil War’

Oh the (budget) horrors! Unnamed Film Fest gave us Frogman, Flesh Games, more frights

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