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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...

Arts + Culture

Screen Grabs: Get in the van!

Dennis Harvey - February 11, 2020

This Friday, we’re already getting commercial releases of movies that premiered at Sundance just the other week. Two got a mixed reception there: Downhill...

Onstage

Springsteen meets surveillance state in ‘Born in East Berlin’

Emily Wilson - February 10, 2020

Rogelio Martinez likes a little chaos when he works. So one day he had his toddler daughter, Charlotte, on his lap watching videos while...

Onstage

You’ve never seen a ‘Gatsby’ like this

Emily Wilson - February 5, 2020

When his theater company starts working on a show, says John Collins of Elevator Repair Service, members don’t necessarily know–or want to know–where they’re going...

Arts Forecast

Arts Forecast: Welcome to the ‘Manifesto’

Marke B. - February 3, 2020

If people asked me who I'd invite to my dream dinner party, I'm pretty sure James Baldwin, Nina Simone, and Fela Kuti would make...

Onstage

Reviews: Laurie Anderson and Gina LaDivina, two very different storytellers

Marke B. - January 28, 2020

With her shock of hair and electric violin, Laurie Anderson is an instantly recognized avatar of '80s cool, although of course her pioneering electronics-based...

Onstage

Review: ‘Mimi’s Suitcase’ packs a lot in, but destination is cloudy

Elaine Elinson - January 27, 2020

Even before the play begins, a red suitcase is in full view, slightly stage right, on an otherwise empty set. During the course of the...

Movies

Indiefest electrifies with punk and sci-fi royalty, surreal thrillers, local debuts

Dennis Harvey - January 24, 2020

SF Indiefest (Wed/29-February 13) may not look backward a great deal, but when it does, it has to be the right fit for a festival...

Onstage

Playwright Ana Bayat lets us peek inside her ‘Mimi’s Suitcase’

Emily Wilson - January 21, 2020

Many Iranian families who could, left Iran during the revolution in 1979. But Ana Bayat’s family members did things a little differently. They left...

Dance

With ‘Butterfly Effect’ choreographer Krissy Keefer caps decades of eco-activism

Joshua Rotter - January 20, 2020

For more than four decades, Dance Brigade’s co-founder and award-winning Artistic Director Krissy Keefer has been a voice in the wilderness, warning audiences around...

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

Screen Grabs: Get in the van!

Springsteen meets surveillance state in ‘Born in East Berlin’

You’ve never seen a ‘Gatsby’ like this

Arts Forecast: Welcome to the ‘Manifesto’

Reviews: Laurie Anderson and Gina LaDivina, two very different storytellers

Review: ‘Mimi’s Suitcase’ packs a lot in, but destination is cloudy

Indiefest electrifies with punk and sci-fi royalty, surreal thrillers, local debuts

Playwright Ana Bayat lets us peek inside her ‘Mimi’s Suitcase’

With ‘Butterfly Effect’ choreographer Krissy Keefer caps decades of eco-activism

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