Whether you call it the “high-school” or “teen film” genre, films about angsty outsider kids trying to fit in are about as ubiquitous in cinema as their romcom and dramedy genre counterparts. Maybe their success lies in the way teen films manage to combine the best of their genre competitors Read More…
Our lead critics recommend the latest and greatest in culture. MUSIC: A wide variety of albums await your ears this week — at least for those who haven’t already started torrenting them. Both the Berkeley-based hip-hop indie rock group Why? and Oakland’s own Zion-I will be releasing albums this Tuesday. Read More…
VISUAL ART Beginning next week, artists and art groups will fill public spaces in San Francisco’s Central Market neighborhood with their latest artwork, crafts, and performances as they collaborate in the 24 Days of Central Market Arts Festival. With special events and activities running through the entire few weeks concentrated Read More…
It’s a good thing that Clint Eastwood is well practiced at speaking to empty chairs, because I’m betting there will be a few of them when “Trouble with the Curve” opens. Watching the film is evocative of the scene in “A Clockwork Orange,” in which Alex is forced to listen Read More…
VISUAL ART If there was one Bay Area show this fall that could best capture what is currently happening in contemporary art, it would be “Stand Tall Pt. III” opening on Saturday night at Old Crow Tattoo and Gallery. This week, 38 artists are coming from near and far to Read More…
Our lead critics recommend the latest and greatest in culture: VISUAL ARTS While choice in media is generally widely varied in the Bay Area, art openings next weekend seem to favor photography. Photo-related exhibits have been popping up all over, especially related to manipulating images through technology. On Thursday, the Read More…
It is a cliche for hack writers and barstool philosophers to contemplate what Martians would think of the Earth if they were to land here tomorrow. What would they think of the way that we treat the forests and the animals? What would they think of the way that we Read More…
Many of us are envious of the French habit of taking five week long vacations. Fortunately, Guillaume Canet’s “Little White Lies,” will not only make you grateful of your two-week express holiday, it will give you a new appreciation the American glut of Chevy Chase inspired vacation-themed movies. It’s no Read More…
Our lead writers bring you the latest and greatest in Bay Area arts and culture this week. Literature A relaxing, unstructured way to unwind after the first week of classes, the 11th Annual San Francisco Zine Fest will take place Labor Day Weekend in Golden Gate Park. More than 150 local Read More…
It’s with a whimper, not a bang that I’ll end this column. There will be no fireworks, no dancing and no Spice Girls reunion atop a fleet of London taxis. Yes, this is my last column. After this week, I vanish into the wilderness of practically anonymous arts criticism. No Read More…
