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Explore San Francisco and Bay Area culture through theater reviews, film, contemporary art, and creative events. Featuring original artwork by Loni Stark, film reviews by Jeanne Powell, and insights by ATCA member Clinton Stark.
Film Review: ‘Nutcracker and the Four Realms’ perfect for family holiday time
With drawbridges, castle moats, marching tin soldiers, fog, ravens, shooting stars, and a truly mesmerizing Mouse King, along with a mysterious godfather scientist wearing an…
Top 10: Best horror movies of all-time
Okay, it’s that time of year again. A well-received reboot of Halloween just arrived, with Jamie Lee Curtis reprising the iconic role that would forever…
Film Review: ‘Time for Ilhan’ is about the village, building it, believing in it, sustaining it
Of the many fine documentaries featured in the 2018 Mill Valley Film Festival, Time for Ilhan stands out for its sheer excitement and joy as…
Comedy-drama ‘Green Book’ comes up big at Mill Valley Film Festival
Some indie film news out of San Francisco today. Peter Farrelly’s Green Book has taken home the audience favorite award at the Mill Valley Film…
Film Review: ‘Whistleblower of My Lai’ a memorable fusion of opera and documentary
Jeanne Powell reviews The Whistleblower of My Lai, an outstanding documentary from the 2018 Mill Valley Film Festival. Connie Field is the director of this…
Ibsen, with a side of local groupthink
Is truth more important than democracy? In Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People, a doctor discovers that a spa town’s water source is polluted. He…
Spike Lee and ‘Blackkklansman’: We cannot move forward until we can agree that the U.S. was built on genocide and robbery
Recently at the historic Castro Theatre in San Francisco, celebrated film director Spike Lee made an appearance. Favorable word of mouth and substantial press reviews…
Blood, ‘Sweat’ and Tears at the ACT
The world of Lynn Nottage’s Sweat (American Conservatory Theater, San Francisco) is unfamiliar to many coastal theater-goers (certainly to me). It’s a steel town where…
‘The Old Man & the Gun’: Robert Redford shines in true heist account (Film Review)
The Old Man & the Gun is a sweet film, based on the true story of serial bank robber Forrest Tucker. David Grann’s article about…