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Arts + Culture

Screen Grabs: Traveling the world, popcorn in hand

Dennis Harvey - March 4, 2020

This week’s openings personify the movies’ appeal as armchair travel, encompassing cinematic detours to Ireland, Israel, Poland, China (twice), American backroads and various African...

Last call at beloved live music mainstay Amnesia

John-Paul Shiver - March 2, 2020

People were hastily rushing into 853 Valencia early Saturday evening, Leap Day, seeking refuge from the hostile winds blowing down the corridor. Change was...

Arts + Culture

These film revivals prove SF is still a place for movie lovers

Dennis Harvey - March 2, 2020

Though exhibition is perennially imperiled—the most recent bad news being that after 110 years, the Clay Theatre is no more, the good news that...

Recombinant Festival’s audio-visual spectacle summons ‘Clouds of Confoundment’

Marke B. - March 2, 2020

Smart electronic music and tech-art fans are always excited for the annual Recombinant Festival (Fri/6-Sat/7 at Gray Area, SF), the "360-degree surround cinema" feast...

Movies

What we saw at Sundance, part 3: Crossed borders and different lives

Jesse Hawthorne Ficks - February 27, 2020

Culling through the forty features viewed at both the Sundance and Slamdance Film Festivals last week has been as much fun as watching them...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: A tragic star hounded by the FBI

Dennis Harvey - February 25, 2020

A couple of the smaller, more idiosyncratic local film festivals add to the celluloid mix this week. Within the larger Noise Pop schedule of...

Movies

What we saw at Sundance, part 1: Wild rides and deep looks

Jesse Hawthorne Ficks - February 19, 2020

Culling through the 40 features viewed at both the Sundance and Slamdance Film Festivals last week has been as much fun as watching them...

Screen Grabs

Screen Grabs: Raining Internet cats and live-action dogs

Dennis Harvey - February 19, 2020

It’s raining cats and dogs with the more family-friendly film events of the week. One is the new 20th Century Fox Animation/Disney live action...

Dance

Review: A dash of variety and joy in SF Ballet’s ‘Classical (Re)Vision’

Marke B. - February 14, 2020

If you're looking for a delectable entry point into ballet today, San Francisco Ballet has created a program expressly for you. Classical (Re)vision, playing...

Onstage

A pro-immigrant ‘sci-fi magical realism human cartoon opera’? Believe it!

Joshua Rotter - February 12, 2020

For centuries, the United States held true to its reputation as a sanctuary nation, greeting immigrants fleeing unfortunate circumstances back home with the opportunity...

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