Sunday, May 5, 2024

Tagged with: History

Movies

What we saw at Sundance 2021, part 2: More Ficks’ Picks at the big fest

Jesse Hawthorne Ficks -
Questlove's hypnotic 'Summer of Soul' sings, animated 'Cryptozoo' melts face, and two docs on Bay Area HS seniors bring cultural exposé close to home.
Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: A rousing celebration of Black History Month

Dennis Harvey -
SF Urban Film Festival, Pan African Film Festival, an Edward Owens showcase—plus a new release with LaKeith Stanfield as a Panther plant.
Music

Unsung women of music? Not if this online course has a say

Caitlin Donohue -
Mark Montgomery French offers a sneak peek of his essential class on the musical greats the industry tends to forget
News + Politics

Leaders under 30: SF Youth Commissioner Jayden Tanaka on valuing diverse young voices

Isabel Ostroff -
A high school student talks about the role of young people in the political process -- and why we need more affordable housing.
Movies

What we saw at Sundance 2021, part 1: Ficks’ Picks at the big fest

Jesse Hawthorne Ficks -
Nicolas Cage, Tessa Thompson, Sparks, and a majestic Georgian tree—our annual peek at the giant movie event
Education

It takes a city to open the schools

Calvin Welch -
Testing, tracking, vaccines -- and Muni! -- have to be part of the plan, and neoliberal leadership isn't going to help.
Movies

Debut filmmaker Gina Rose explores sci-fi of the mundane in ‘I Can’t Sleep’

Caitlin Donohue -
What if the aliens came and no one could cover your shift?
Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: The outlaw sounds of youth

Dennis Harvey -
Lover's Rock and outlaw country docs. Plus: MC Escher, Black art history, and are we living in a simulation? New movies!
Labor

The Super Bowl billionaires

Marc Norton -
Sports team owners, including Charles Johnson of the Giants, made $98.5 billion during the pandemic. Their stadium workers are suffering.
Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Intelligent adult drama? You don’t say

Dennis Harvey -
Filmmakers dive into tragic memory loss, senior homophobia, Mexican Jewish identity, thorny family issues
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