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Movies

Screen Grabs: Emma Stone’s happy refusal to soften jagged edges of ‘Poor Things’

Dennis Harvey - December 4, 2023

Plus: Anne Hathaway gives good unstable juvenile hall psychologist in 'Eileen' and likewise, 'Fast Charlie' is not what it appears.

Housing

Housing bill that makes no sense at all moves forward with reluctant committee vote

Tim Redmond - November 27, 2023

Trickle-down economics from the Reagan Era rules as the state forces San Francisco to give luxury developers what they want (and ignores affordable housing).

Movies

Screen Grabs: 50 years of downs and ups for extraordinary ‘Holy Mountain’

Dennis Harvey - November 25, 2023

Jodorowsky’s masterpiece once truly defined underground cinema. Plus: 'The Star Wars Holiday Special' resurrected, Taiwanese gems, more

Lit

Oral history as inspiration and antidote: Lynn Lewis on ‘Women Who Change the World’

James Tracy - November 23, 2023

The organizer-author's new work offers deep personal stories of lives dedicated to the social justice movement.

Stage Review

How to get a ‘Hedwig’ in queer theater

Charles Lewis III - November 21, 2023

20 years in, the transgender rock chanteuse from East Germany inspires and provokes at Shotgun.

Housing

Why not let the unhoused take over some empty SF office buildings?

Mary Jane Agnew - November 17, 2023

Rally suggests solution to downtown vacancies—and homelessness

Homelessness

The profound irony of the APEC news media coverage

Tim Redmond - November 15, 2023

The problem that the mayor is trying to solve with sweeps was created by the same political agenda that drives the event she is so happily hosting.

Music

So, about that new Beatles song….

John-Paul Shiver - November 9, 2023

'Now and Then' continues the Fab Four's technological journey with AI, but the video seems strange and sad.

Crime

Right-wing attack on local judges is officially underway

Tim Redmond - November 8, 2023

Two candidates backed by StopCrimeSF have now filed to challenge sitting judges, and more may be on the way.

The Agenda

Who should pay for more cops? Plus: high-speed police chases ….

Tim Redmond - November 5, 2023

... and alternatives for the future of downtown. That's The Agenda for Nov. 5-12

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