Arts & Entertainment 'Suburbicon' Is A Mid-Century Modern Misfire I've followed George Clooney's career as director with guarded interest because his choice of material is always intriguing. He has a penchant for period dramas, often based on or inspired by real-life events,
Arts & Entertainment Save Your Money, Let 'The Snowman' Melt Away There is a lot of talent involved with the serial killer thriller . Martin Scorsese was once set to direct, and he remains an executive producer. His longtime editor Thelma Schoonmaker cut the film.
Arts & Entertainment 'Happy Death Day' Is John Hughes With A Side Of Stabbing does not hide its obvious debt to the film Groundhog Day — in fact a character comments on the similarities between the seemingly cursed heroine's plight and the plot of the 1993 film. But
Arts & Entertainment 'California Typewriter' Is A Love Letter To The Outdated The documentary is a love letter to the outdated be it typewriters, thank you notes, mom and pop repair shops, or creativity that doesn't start with turning on a computer first. Director Doug
Arts & Entertainment 'Battle Of The Sexes' Depicts The Triumph Against Misogyny We Need Today In any other year — or perhaps in an alternative timeline — might have come off as a bit of feel good retrospection. Look how far we've come, baby! Thank god we've gotten past those
Arts & Entertainment 'The Force' Lays One Of America's Most Troubled Police Departments Bare Peter Nicks's is a cinema verit-style documentary focused on the Oakland Police Department as things stood shortly after the arrival of then-police chief Sean Whent in 2014. At that point, the Oakland
Arts & Entertainment Great Performances Help 'It' Float When I was 16, I read Stephen King's brick of a novel in one weekend. This is both a testament to King's readability and to my dorkitude. I think I had read just
Arts & Entertainment 'I Do...Until I Don't' Is Disappointingly Conventional Lake Bell wrote, directed, and starred in 2013's In a World... a charming comedy about the life of a struggling voiceover actress, a world she's very familiar with, as she has a number
Arts & Entertainment Winning Performances Keep Rap Musical 'Patti Cake$' Fresh Going into , I'll admit I had some trepidation. Is now really the time for a story about a white girl who wants to become a rap star? Also, didn't 8 Mile already cover
Arts & Entertainment Ask A San Francisco Native: What's The Big Deal About Sutro Tower? Dear Rain, What is the big deal about Sutro Tower? I don't understand why everyone likes it. I don't understand why there's souvenirs and merch of the tower you can buy. When I
Arts & Entertainment 'Logan Lucky' Plays Delightfully Against Expectations I don't think anyone seriously believed Steven Soderbergh in 2013 when he announced, (not for the first time), that he would be retiring from feature films. And, indeed, that retirement ended up being
Arts & Entertainment 'Ingrid Goes West' Is A Creepy Indictment Of Instagram Chicanery When we first meet Ingrid (Aubrey Plaza) in , she's crying over Instagram photos of a wedding, the typical golden filtered, "dream-fulfilled" posts anyone with an IG account has no doubt seen more than
Arts & Entertainment 'The Glass Castle' Sells Its Heroine Short There are plenty of tales of drunken fathers with big dreams that can never be fulfilled, and plenty of stories of families who are as poor as dirt but nevertheless manage to find
Arts & Entertainment 'Good Time' Will Take Your Breath Away begins with a close-up on a young man's face. When he speaks, the sound of his voice suggests that he has a developmental disability. His name is Nick, and he's with a psychiatrist
Arts & Entertainment 'The Dark Tower' Lands With A Thud I've read almost all of Stephen King's books, having started way younger than I probably should have (around age 10), yet series never did it for me. I tried the first book, but
Arts & Entertainment Ask A San Francisco Native: How To Be A Better Tourist Dear Rain, My family and I will be in the area for a little over 24 hours. We live in Austin and we understand tourists taking over your town, so we don't want
Arts & Entertainment 'War For The Planet Of The Apes' Is The Best One Yet When the franchise first tried a reboot in 2001, it was in the hands of director Tim Burton.The result, while pretty faithful to the look of the original series, was....not good.
Arts & Entertainment Ask A San Francisco Native: Seriously Though, Aren't San Francisco Summers The Worst? Dear Rain, I'm not a native, but have lived in San Francisco since the early 1990's so I feel that gives me some cred and enough experience with summer in the city to
Arts & Entertainment Missing Minions Dampen 'Despicable Me 3' The movies have never reached the level of the best of Pixar, Disney, or even Dreamworks' animated work, but they at least had the benefit of a steady stream of comic relief in
Arts & Entertainment 'Maudie' Is An Unromantic Romance , which tells the slightly fictionalized story of Nova Scotian folk artist Maud Lewis, is probably one of the least romantic romances you'll ever see. This makes the film unique, but also a bit
Arts & Entertainment Ask A San Francisco Native: What Do You Miss The Most? In these Troubled San Francisco Times, there is a lot of talk about who was here when, and what that does (or doesn't) mean. In an effort to both assist newcomers and take
Arts & Entertainment Kate McKinnon Steals 'Rough Night' When came out in 2011 it was a turning point for female-led comedies. It was written by women, it centered on women, and most importantly, it made money, proving teenage boys are not
Arts & Entertainment 'Cars 3' Grows Up With Its Audience I have a theory that I've, admittedly, not really done much to prove aside from talking to friends with kids: Pixar's Cars movies are the ones parents like the least, while their (often
Arts & Entertainment Bleak 'It Comes At Night' Is A Thoroughly Unpleasant Experience is a terrible title for a movie that has some horrifying moments but isn't really a horror movie, and where nothing in particular "comes at night." The premise — a post-apocalyptic world where some
Arts & Entertainment 'Wonder Woman' Soars Under The Weight Of Expectation There's a lot riding on . DC movies have been nothing but one disappointment after another in recent years, so it almost feels like the success of the franchise is resting on Wonder Woman's
