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Viggo Mortensen on ‘Green Book,’ personal growth, and racism in America

Joshua Rotter - November 28, 2018

Actor Viggo Mortensen said he’s grown a lot since filming Green Book and hitting the road for the movie’s promo tour. “If I hadn’t done it,...

Culture

Capturing Harvey Milk’s martyrdom and living legacy

Marke B. - November 27, 2018

Today marks the 40th anniversary of the assassinations of Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone. (It's also the 10th anniversary of Milk, the movie...

Movies

Short film ‘n95’ documents toxic air disaster in SF

Marke B. - November 27, 2018

It looks like a zombie movie, except it was real life for millions in the Bay Area and California in general. As our hearts...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Lost Landscapes of San Francisco, Roma, The Favourite …

Dennis Harvey - November 26, 2018

SCREEN GRABS This is no time for Christmas shopping, at least if you’re a film buff—not only is the genre festival Another Hole in the...

Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: Mezzanine closing, Taylor Mac, Laurie Anderson, Angela Davis…

Marke B. - November 25, 2018

ARTS FORECAST Right before Thanksgiving came the infuriating news that, after 16 years, SF's largest woman-owned independent music venue, Mezzanine, was planning to close next...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Another Hole in the Head, Green Book, Shoplifters …

Dennis Harvey - November 18, 2018

SCREEN GRABS As SF bathes in a toxic haze, with citizens walking around like the masked denizens of a dystopian-future movie, it might seem a...

Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: Hip-Hop Dance Fest, The Orb, Great Dickens Christmas Fair…

Marke B. - November 13, 2018

ARTS FORECAST Everyone's pretty much been forced indoors by the smoke, so it's a good time to see a show—and I'll be keeping an eye...

Onstage

‘It’s A Wonderful Life’ as a holiday opera, bumbling angel and all

Emily Wilson - November 13, 2018

ONSTAGE Composer Jake Heggie and librettist Gene Scheer have not shied away from big topics, San Francisco Opera dramaturg Kip Cranna, pointed out. Heggie worked...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: The French Had a Name For It …

Dennis Harvey - November 12, 2018

SCREEN GRABS Importation of foreign language films has reportedly been on the decline for many years because US audiences are growing more resistant to reading...

News + Politics

On Veterans Day, let’s also remember those who fought for the right to dissent

Elaine Elinson - November 11, 2018

When Robert Simmons, an African American man from Savannah, Georgia, was brought to the foggy, windswept island of Alcatraz in the winter of 1918,...

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