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Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: A major director quietly remakes the Western

Dennis Harvey - March 10, 2020

Austerity is not a quality greatly prized in commercial filmmaking. While we may revere them now, it’s worth remembering that such leading cinematic minimalist...

Music

Noise Pop snaps, crackles, and jangles with surprises and new favorites

John-Paul Shiver - March 6, 2020

Facilitators of Noise Pop Music and Arts Festival know the key to running a successful week-long bill of shows throughout the Bay Area, which extended...

New Music: Okay Kaya’s ‘Watch This Liquid Pour Itself’ laughs through the tears

John-Paul Shiver - March 6, 2020

In another world, minus the music, Kaya Wilkins, the Brooklyn-by-way-of-Norway producer and songwriter, could use her Okay Kaya performance model to do edgy stand-up material....

Arts + Culture

Screen Grabs: Traveling the world, popcorn in hand

Dennis Harvey - March 4, 2020

This week’s openings personify the movies’ appeal as armchair travel, encompassing cinematic detours to Ireland, Israel, Poland, China (twice), American backroads and various African...

Onstage

Review: ‘Gloria’ reveals what lurks beneath office culture’s bright lights

Elaine Elinson - March 1, 2020

If you’ve ever worked in an office—and, face it, who hasn’t—the stage set for Gloria (through April 12 at ACT's Strand Theater) will feel...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: A tragic star hounded by the FBI

Dennis Harvey - February 25, 2020

A couple of the smaller, more idiosyncratic local film festivals add to the celluloid mix this week. Within the larger Noise Pop schedule of...

News + Politics

Chinatown building becomes battleground for community’s future

Tim Redmond - February 20, 2020

A real-estate investor with a history of attempting to evict vulnerable low-income seniors in Chinatown is now in the middle of a controversy over...

Movies

What we saw at Sundance, part 1: Wild rides and deep looks

Jesse Hawthorne Ficks - February 19, 2020

Culling through the 40 features viewed at both the Sundance and Slamdance Film Festivals last week has been as much fun as watching them...

Foreign Correspondent

Foreign Correspondent: Reaction to coronavirus is overblown

Reese Erlich - February 14, 2020

A new and deadly virus from China is coming to get you. Cancel your travel plans, quarantine your grandparents, and don’t let a Chinese...

Lit

Opinion: Octavia Butler’s mission is yours, too—should you choose to accept it

Anand Jay Kalra - February 13, 2020

Octavia E. Butler (1947-2006) was a visionary artist. Since the publication of her first novel, Patternmaster, in 1976, millions of people have read her...

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