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Tagged with: Opera

Stage Review

‘Swan Lake,’ again? SF Ballet’s latest dip into classic justifies return

Charles Lewis III -
The company has performed the piece three times in four years, but stunning leads and ensemble work keep it fresh
Movies

Screen Grabs: Two strong films make global immigration personal

Dennis Harvey -
'Io Capitano' and 'The Legionnaire' spur empathy. Plus: Gay rarity 'Drifter,' potent noir 'The Road to Shame,' more
Performance

Theatrical spectacularist Taylor Mac: ‘The solution to straight pain is queer joy’

Marke B. -
The gonzo performance artist's 'Bark of Millions' is an ecstatic four-hour, 55-song reverse-conversion therapy session.
Movies

Screen Grabs: Look out, there’s an Oscar in your shorts

Dennis Harvey -
This year's nominated animated, live action, and documentary shorts are a mixed bag, but there are some rewarding watches.
Movies

Screen Grabs: Rare queer films, from the dawn of Gay Lib to the onset of AIDS

Dennis Harvey -
Plus: 'Taste of Things,' 'Totem,' 'Perfect Days,' and a mad dash through 10,000 years of history from a sex worker’s perspective
Stage Review

At SF Ballet, two very different sides of ‘British Icons’

Charles Lewis III -
Notoriously difficult, dissimilar pieces by Kenneth MacMillan and Frederick Ashton showed the company's versatility
Movies

Screen Grabs: Has democracy peaked? Ask the monk with the gun

Dennis Harvey -
Elections bring trouble in Bhutan. Plus: Franz Rogowski meets French imperialism in 'Disco Boy,' pretty but plodding 'Peasants'
Movies

Screen Grabs: Mads Mikkelsen magnetizes in epic ‘The Promised Land’

Dennis Harvey -
Sweeping Danish historical saga offers the actor a superb showcase, and an unnerving nemesis
Art

Elizabeth Barlow paints ‘the fierce life force in even the tiniest flower’

Mary Corbin -
Potent symbols—and beauty with a capital B—in the artist's vivid 'Flora Portraits.'
Stage Review

‘Mere Mortals’ drowns its provocative beauty in noise and lights

Charles Lewis III -
SF Ballet takes on the promise/threat of Artificial Intelligence, but the digital onslaught is all too much.
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