Familiar ‘Promise’
“Is it because we’re having so much fun at home we’ve forgotten the world? Is it because we’re so rich …
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Going Nowhere Fast Double-Feature: ‘Trainspotting 2’ and ‘The Fate of The Furious’
“I guess you never know what you got ’til it’s gone I guess that’s why I’m here and I can’t …
The Fur Flies: ‘Breeders’ at FaultLine
“Love can change a person the way a parent can change a baby- awkwardly, and often with a great deal …
Animéniac Double-Feature: ‘Your Name’ and ‘Ghost in the Shell’ (Live Action)
[NOTE: This past Sunday I happened to catch two Japanese-related films: one, an anime adaptation of a novel; the other, …
Swimmin’ in it: ‘Urinetown’ at Berkeley Playhouse
“When from a long-distant past nothing subsists, after the people are dead, after the things are broken and scattered, still, …
Ticket to Ride: ‘Jitney’ at Af-Am Shakes
“Blues is the bedrock of everything I do. All the characters in my plays, their ideas and their attitudes, the …
Quickies: ‘Logan’ and ‘Kong: Skull Island’
[NOTE: Recently I went to my local multiplex to catch a couple flix that I’d heard good things about. I …
Mad ‘House’ at Custom Made
“(White Lines) Visions, dreams of passion (Blowing through my mind) And all the while I think of you (High price) …
Not enough ‘Noise’ at SF Playhouse
“I have one of those very loud, stupid laughs. I mean, if I ever sat behind myself in a movie …
Trying to be ‘Everything’ at New Conservatory
“If your kid needs a role model and you ain’t it, you’re both fucked.” – George Carlin, Brain Droppings (1998) …
