Karren LaLonde Alenier
“News of the World” is a western film in the old tradition. A good guy, Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd played by Tom Hanks, fights forces of evil as he attempts to reunite a damsel in distress—well, a 10-year-old girl ...
Andrew OsborneAustin,
With a year to prepare after becoming one of the first major American events derailed by the coronavirus in 2020, the virtual 2021 South by Southwest multimedia festival did an admirable job of socially distancing four days of screenings, ...
Filmed play streaming on-demand through April 3rd, 2021
Emily S. MendelSan Francisco,
The streaming production of “[hieroglyph]” is the story of a bright, artistic, but traumatized 13-year-old girl, Davis (outstandingly impressive work by Jamella Cross), who had to leave New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. While her mother remained in a FEMA ...
Todd B. Gruel
The Makings of an Article (Plus Living Will) Forgive the bold introduction. But it hurts. As a willing writer, my back, bank account, and odds for salaried employment within the arts all hurt the same. After ...
An Interview with Frontline New York City Healthcare Physician and Field Epidemiologist, Dr. Rupa Narra
Toba Singer
The “Plandemic Movie” was uploaded to YouTube on May 4, 2020. By May 9, it had been viewed eight million times. On May 12, those who had yet to see it, were surprised to find that YouTube had acted ...
Lynne Friedmann
A play for our times – performed using technology of our times – awaits you online with the world premiere of “In-Zoom,” on The Old Globe website. Created by Tony Award winner Bill Irwin, the 10-minute ...
Andrew Osborne's annual SXSW coverage turns surreal
Andrew OsborneAustin,
South-by-Southwest (a.k.a. SXSW) began in Austin, TX as a music festival in 1987, continuously expanding in the years since to feature movies, TV, comedy, games, art, podcasting, and conferences/exhibits on everything from education and sports to politics and cutting ...
Nella VeraWashington,
“A Thousand Splendid Suns”, a new play based on the New York Times bestselling novel by Khaled Hosseini (“Kite Runner”), focuses on the lives of two women in war-torn Afghanistan. Adapted for the stage by Ursula Rani Sarma and directed ...
Kronos Quartet and documentary filmmakers Sam Green & Joe Bini
David E. MorenoBerkeley,
“A Thousand Thoughts, a thousand questions, mine, yours, ours, theirs, questions that perhaps open up things that definitive answers would only nail shut. Kronos Quartet’s long trajectory offers a series of questions that are solid and answers are elusive. ...
Emily S. Mendel
It was a pleasure to watch some of my favorite Bay Area artists and director doing their best work at the Aurora Theatre’s West Coast premiere of Lucy Kirkwood’s “The Children.” This three-person drama is about the reunion of ...
![The cast of [hieroglyph] (L-R): Safiya Fredericks, Khary L. Moye, Jamella Cross, and Anna Marie Sharpe. Presented by San Francisco Playhouse and Lorraine Hansberry Theatre,](https://culturevulture.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/hieroglyph_Jessica-Palopoli16-scaled-1.jpg "The cast of [hieroglyph] (L-R): Safiya Fredericks, Khary L. Moye, Jamella Cross, and Anna Marie Sharpe. Presented by San Francisco Playhouse and Lorraine Hansberry Theatre,")
