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Stage Review

‘Cyrano’ in the friend zone

Charles Lewis III - April 21, 2023

Diverse cast and lavish production at Aurora Theatre can't quite dispel the 19th century work's toxic ideas.

Music

Jingle something different! All bangers, no bammer Xmas tunes

John-Paul Shiver - December 15, 2021

A twist in your holiday playlist, from James Brown, the Kinks, Asobi Seksu, more

Onstage

‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ resurrects big show season, but lacks divine camp

Dennis Harvey - October 18, 2021

Andrew Lloyd Webber's 50-year-old musical needs to lean into the cheese to work; here it barely rises again

Art

In plants and nature, Tom Colcord sees ‘macrocosms in every microcosm’

Mary Corbin - September 13, 2021

The Tournesol Award-winner painter on his practice, his love for Berthe Morisot, and Haruki Murakami's talking cats

Movies

Screen Grabs: Another vital public film program axed—for what?

Dennis Harvey - July 26, 2021

SFMOMA's hatchet job. Plus reviews of Blood Red Sky, Old, Charlatan, Mandibles, more

Culture

Year of the cats: What to do if you spot the wild felines prowling around lately

Tamara Palmer - July 1, 2021

A brief survey of the fine mega-kitties who've been dropping by the Bay Area—just don't try to pet them

Art

Her childhood in Russia’s Arkhangelsk region inspires Nadezda’s haunting art

Mary Corbin - May 18, 2021

The painter channels mysterious, mystic imagery from a cat's dinner song, or the shadows around her sink.

Movies

Nevermind the Oscars: Here’s Ficks’ Picks favorite flicks of 2020 (and beyond)

Jesse Hawthorne Ficks - April 27, 2021

The overlooked, the underseen, and more: Unmissable gems to search out, from a very strange cinematic era

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: San Francisco is the devil’s playground. Thank goodness!

Dennis Harvey - April 26, 2021

A new doc captures Satanist Anton LaVey, “the coolest grandpa ever.” Plus: Werewolves on Wheels, Bad Witch, more

News + Politics

Reservoir Dogs: Coyotes find a home amid Sunset solar panels

Tom Molanphy - April 21, 2021

A pair of animals settles in, offering lessons on our contemporary relationship to nature

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