Environment Archives

Movies

Screen Grabs: Soviet hard labor camps couldn’t stanch this brilliant director’s vision

Dennis Harvey - October 31, 2024

Sergei Parajanov's work seems more vital than ever. Plus: 'Wandering Paths' walks around France, 'Don't Move' thrills, more new movies

Movies

Screen Grabs: ‘La Cocina’ serves up an intense kitchen confidential

Dennis Harvey - October 28, 2024

Alonso Ruizpalacios' tour de force of delectable cinematic technique. Plus: 'Black Box Diaries' traces harrowing Japanese sexual abuse case.

Stage Review

Fabulous alien scares aplenty in ‘Fatal Abduction’—just watch that anal probe

Charles Lewis III - October 22, 2024

The latest Terror Vault installation has an elaborate backstory, lots of green goo, and, of course, a wormhole.

Art

A South African photographer captures colorful Tenderloin souls

Emily Wilson - October 15, 2024

Pieter Hugo dropped everything to wander the neighborhood for months, documenting the pathos and playfulness of its denizens.

Environment

No PFAS: Matthew Modine champions environment in two new docs

Joshua Rotter - October 12, 2024

'Ripple Effect' and 'SLUDGE: A PFAS UPRISING' at UN Film Fest show the busy 'Birdy' star's eco-activist side.

Music

ANOHNI: ‘Built into my identity as a queen is the knowledge that I’m a part of nature.’

Joshua Rotter - September 27, 2024

Against backdrop of biosphere collapse, sublime singer holds forth on “It’s Time to Feel What’s Really Happening” tour

The Agenda

SF taking EPA to Supreme Court over Clean Water Act; some supes are outraged

Tim Redmond - September 22, 2024

Plus: Chan wants to know why the mayor won't spend $60 million critical in social service money that was part of the budget deal. That's The Agenda for Sept. 22-29

The Agenda

Preston gets SRO elevators fixed—and rent control could be a fall campaign issue

Tim Redmond - September 2, 2024

Peskin measure before supes puts key tenant issue in the political debate. That's The Agenda for Sept. 3-8.

Art Review

Art is dead, long live art

Charles Lewis III - September 1, 2024

Decaying works, deceased creatives—in new exhibition, the Berkeley Art Museum imagines itself a columbarium.

Art

Hand over hand, Callan Porter-Romero captures both love and labor

Mary Corbin - August 29, 2024

The Oakland artist's muse is her beleagured, beautiful hometown.

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