Chicago artist Theaster Gates tries to create a soul refuge at SAM.
Winner of the award for Wordiest Title of the Month, this Japanese anime also features a very long and confusing…
Two young Japanese tourists get stranded in a sunbaked hamlet far north of L.A. Their destination? Manzanar. So you know…
In this country, British modernist “starchitect” Norman Foster is perhaps best known for the Hearst headquarters in New York, with…
Which are you more excited to see this Christmas weekend: the horse, the dragon, the zoo, or Snowy (Tintin’s faithful…
Too much time at my desk (and in museums and galleries), not enough time in screening rooms. The usual excuses,…
Two shows celebrate a prewar neighborhood.
A tombstone for the CD.
A new approach for Annie Leibovitz?
Furniture from the Mad Men era at BAM.
Because it’s a total star turn for George Clooney, and because it’s been seven years since director Alexander Payne’s Sideways,…
Anti-photography.
Brain art vs. body art.
During the early ’80s, the Bay Area was initially slow to recognize the “gay cancer” that, one subject recalls in…
A plane bisecting the air.
This adaptation draws more from the book than from the movie–at a cost.
Tom Tykwer’s new romantic triangle is a comedy with a genetic premise. One of its Berlin trio is a scientist…
Back in the day, Domingo Martinez was a funny, witty colleague at Seattle Weekly, but one who didn’t actually write…
Peter MountainDepp’s journalist follows the money (i.e. Aaron Eckhart’s developer).The Dinner: Pechugas de Pollo, at La Isla (2320 N.W. Market…
Found objects.