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Arts + Culture

Screen Grabs: Fancy a little light streaming?

Dennis Harvey - April 7, 2020

Continuing our tour through some recommended celluloid comedies—because while there’s a place for masochism, you probably don’t really need to be entertained by throat-clutching...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: How about a little levity?

Dennis Harvey - April 1, 2020

One slender plus in all this corona-crisis-ing has been the extent to which friends and strangers alike have gone to amuse each other long-distance,...

Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: Apocalypse… but make it fashion!

Marke B. - March 25, 2020

The name of this column, "Arts Forecast," has suddenly taken on an ominous tone in this moment of cancellations and uncertainty. While we are...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Cinemas go dark, but here’s what to watch

Dennis Harvey - March 17, 2020

As I write this on Monday the 16th, “shelter-at-home” decrees around the coronavirus have negated any need to tell you about all the individual...

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...

Onstage

Can drag queens beat death? Find out in ‘Drag Becomes Her’

Joshua Rotter - March 10, 2020

UPDATE: 'Drag Becomes Her' has been postponed. There are approximately 800 miles separating Seattle and San Francisco’s drag scenes. What bridges them, says RuPaul’s Drag...

Onstage

Review: Sketch comedy legends Culture Clash return—with big tío energy

Marke B. - March 8, 2020

In these incendiary political times, watching the three master sketch comedians of pioneering Latino troupe Culture Clash is like dipping your spoon into a...

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...

Movies

WIN a pair of tickets to see a classic Fellini movie on March 7!

Marke B. - February 24, 2020

We've got 10 pairs of tickets to give away to celebrate Italian movie maestro Fellini's 100th birthday. It's part of the ongoing "Fellini 100"...

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Screen Grabs: Fancy a little light streaming?

Screen Grabs: How about a little levity?

Arts Forecast: Apocalypse… but make it fashion!

Screen Grabs: Cinemas go dark, but here’s what to watch

Screen Grabs: A major director quietly remakes the Western

Can drag queens beat death? Find out in ‘Drag Becomes Her’

Review: Sketch comedy legends Culture Clash return—with big tío energy

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

Screen Grabs: Traveling the world, popcorn in hand

WIN a pair of tickets to see a classic Fellini movie on March 7!

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