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Jared Leto and Matthew McConaughey in DALLAS BUYERS CLUB.

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Dakota Fanning, Ben Stiller, Sean Penn, Jared Leto among stars to attend Mill Valley Film Festival

BY CLINTON STARK — 09.10.2013

Mill Valley Film Festival 36 opens Oct. 3 with NEBRASKA and THE BOOK THIEF. Dakota Fanning, Ben Stiller, Andy Garcia, Jaret Leto, famed director Costa-Gavras…

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The quirky movie set town of Woodstock, Il

BY JANICE NIEDER — 09.10.2013

'Groundhog Day' director, Harold Ramis, decided that the town square in Punxsatawney wasn't suitable for the film so he scoured neighboring states looking for the…

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Two Sopranos and a Baritone: Plácido Domingo

BY CY ASHLEY WEBB — 09.10.2013

The audience went wild, with fists pumping in the air as if it was a rock show.

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An artist’s perspective on special effects in film (Video)

BY CLINTON STARK — 09.09.2013

The Stan Winston School has posted this short, riveting behind-the-scenes look at the famous "chestbursting" scene from Alien. It begs the question: Does an overreliance…

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Theater Review: ‘After the Revolution’ in Berkeley

BY CY ASHLEY WEBB — 09.09.2013

All these characters are infused with something so true that you open your heart to them. These are all people you know, love, argue about…

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Bring on the Champagne: Audra McDonald at SF Symphony Opening Gala

BY CY ASHLEY WEBB — 09.05.2013

McDonald has one of the biggest, most generous stage personalities on this side of Yo-Yo Ma – and a voice so warm and lush with…

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Thanks Lotfi

BY CLINTON STARK — 09.02.2013

I was personally touched by Lotfi's generousness when he took some time out of his very busy schedule in 2011 while judging the Irene Dalis…

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And Miss Reardon Drinks A Little

BY CY ASHLEY WEBB — 09.02.2013

If you enjoy theatre that is ripe with female energy, “Miss Reardon” is right up your alley, with at least five different types of female…

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Crossing borders: American Dream

BY CY ASHLEY WEBB — 08.30.2013

Any writer will love this character, whose identity and hopes for the future are embedded in verb tenses and for whom the transitive is blasphemous.

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Cirque du Soleil ‘Amaluna’ coming to San Francisco (Preview)

BY MONICA TURNER — 08.28.2013

Amaluna is a fusion of the words ama, which refers to “mother” in many languages, and luna, which means “moon”; a symbol of femininity that…