Critic's Pick
If, as the writer Charles Baudelaire asserted, “genius is childhood recalled at will,” then the Spanish director Victor Erice is a genius. In his 1983 film “El Sur,” he conveys...
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ACT’s production of “Sweat” is some of the finest Bay Area theater you might ever see. Founded in Lynn Nottage’s nearly perfect script, ACT takes it to the next level...
Read moreIn light of the announcement that milo is over following the release of his most recent (and therefore ultimate) album “budding ornithologists are weary of tired analogies,” the time is...
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“Shanghai Express” was initially released in 1932, and in its opening credits, it shows its age. The title is displayed as a man hits a large gong. Other credits are...
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Directed by Frédérique Michel, Bertolt Brecht's famous "The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui" at City Garage Theatre in Santa Monica, California, is an allegory for today that doesn't go unnoticed....
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As the opening credits of “Female Trouble” roll, a singer croons, “I’ve got lots of problems. Maybe I’m twisted, but I don’t care.” While all of the characters in the...
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In his new documentary, “Fahrenheit 11/9,” auteur and provocateur Michael Moore tackles the Trump age. Moore calls this film a sequel to his Palme d’Or winning “Fahrenheit 9/11,” which harshly...
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“Tom Jones” begins when Squire Allworthy arrives at his country estate after a trip to London. Exhausted, he immediately goes to his bedroom. There, he finds a baby in his...
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