Stories about Festival
Arts Forecast: Bye, bye, Babylon…
Beach Blanket Babylon announces it's closing. Plus: Cerrone, Mercury Soul, Dream Bodies, Bikes to Books, Los Amigos Invisibles, more.
At Mutek.SF fest the techno is ambitious. So is the food.
The festival of digital creativity's food program aims to fight climate change, while serving Nordic, Malaysian, and vegetarian meals.
Screen Grabs: Cannabis nuns, Sapphic poets, Riot Grrrl blues….
A stunning 'Hagazussa,' a small-town opioid tale, rare Tibetan gems, and more this week in cinemas.
After 50 years, ‘Midnight Cowboy’ rides again
Director John Schlesinger's assistant and partner, photographer Michael Childers, speaks about the gritty classic and its lasting appeal.
SFFILM Fest opens with stars and ‘Tales’
Armistead Maupin, Laura Linney, and the crew of 28 Barbary Lane were on hand to premiere the first episode of the new 'Tales of the City.'
Arts Forecast: Stern Grove and Yerba Buena Festivals head into bloom
CubaCaribe Fest, baby goats, Record Store Day, Suzanne Ciani, Mahawan, Leikeli47, and more arts events this weekend.
Screen Grabs: Aretha’s Amazing Grace, Blood for Dracula, Peterloo…..
Two eccentric flicks at Alamo, sci-fi from Claire Denis, Louise Brooks via Downton Abbey and more in cinemas this week.
Reviews: News of the real world in ‘The Jungle’ and ‘N—aroo’
The Curran is transformed into a notorious refugee camp, while a performance at the Exit explores the contemporary Black-white divide.
From Gorbachev to ‘Red Joan’: SFFILM Fest gets geopolitical
Our Foreign Correspondent reviews films dealing with nuclear secrets, Perestroika, Syrian refugees, Afghan cinema under Communist rule, and more.
Dimensions Dance comes ‘Armed with Joy’ and ‘Sanctuary’
Spring show 'We Have Ourselves' engages with gentrification, privacy, diaspora, Black history, and the right to experience happiness.