Natalia Almada’s ‘Everything Else’ takes top prize at SFFILM 60
Prizes at the 60th edition of the San Francisco International Film Festival were revealed this week. Winning films across 12 categories were announced at the…
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SFFILM: ‘The Wedding Ring’ a welcome and joyous remembrance (Review)
Stark Insider indie film review: The Wedding Ring (original title: (HAWSA) ZIN’NAARIYÂ!) which recently screened at the San Francisco International Film Festival (SFFILM). Director Rahmatou Keïta has…
Strong directing and Seana Kerslake win us over in ‘A Date for Mad Mary’ at San Francisco Film Festival
Stark Insider indie film review: A Date for Mad Mary which recently screened at the San Francisco International Film Festival (SFFILM). Director Darren Thornton’s 2016 comedy…
Wedding Ring, Long Excuse: On location at the San Francisco International Film Festival
Jeanne Powell is on the ground at the annual San Francisco International Film Festival. Here’s her quick look at the influential fest. The San Francisco…
Broadway musicals ‘Something Rotten’, ‘An American in Paris’ highlight upcoming SHN season
SHN has revealed its upcoming 2017/18 season and it looks like another strong line-up of Broadway musicals. See below for the full schedule and details.…
West Coast Wanderlust: Pebble Beach Food & Wine, 100 celebrity chefs, 300 wines… this could be good
10th anniversary edition of famed culinary event returns to Pebble Beach.
Lepage makes high-tech magic at the ACT
The production’s deft use of technology gives 'Needles and Opium' a major “wow” factor.
‘New Girl in Town’ a catchy classic
If you asked me to name playwrights whose works were suitable for adaptation into musicals, Eugene O’Neill would be one of the last to come…
‘Eva Trilogy’ World Premiere leads Magic Theatre’s 2017-18 season
Theater news of interest for those in and around the San Francisco Bay Area. Magic Theatre today took the wraps off its 2017-18 season, and…
Spotlight on True/False Film Festival
I had heard about Columbia’s True/False Film Festival for years, but since it wasn’t anywhere near my neck of the woods I never got around…