Belated SF Indiefest Feature Round-Up: ‘Have a Nice Life’; ‘Quaranteened’; ‘Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunch Break’; ‘All My Friends Hate Me’; ‘Pretenders’
After A LOT of delay, here’s a quick multi-shot of the features I saw (online) this in February.
Needs a Wake-Up Call: ‘The Sleeping Negro’ – 2022 SF Indiefest Opening Night Film
SF Indiefest’s 2022 opener starts off strong before falling on its face.
The Beginning is the End is the Beginning: SF Ballet Programs 1 and 2
Helgi Tomasson kicks off his final year at the helm with two programs of mixed results and fine surprises.
2020(1): The Year that Hasn’t Ended
Looking back at the two years (and counting) of pop culture during pandemic purgatory.
San Francisco won’t miss Elon Musk
(UPDATED: with Twitter-commentary piece.) He’s leaving California and we’re all the better to be rid of him.
London Breed has gone full Marie Antionette
The mayor of my hometown needs to start taking COVID seriously.
Take the Terror Tour: ‘The Immortal Reckoning’ (2021) at the SF Mint
After a year off, the adults-only immersive horror tour makes its terrifyingly triumphant return.
Finding how You Fit: Digital Program 5 (online) by the SF Ballet
Institutional concepts and classical literature are the focus of SF Ballet’s spring time online entry.
Outside of the Routine: 2021 Digital Program 3 by the SF Ballet
We’re all trapped in a routine, so the SF Ballet presents a trio of shows about breaking out.
Twenty-four Carat Cinema: ‘Girl in Golden Gate Park’ – 2021 SF Indiefest
An intimate story about a changing San Francisco makes for one of the best films of the still-young year of 2021.
The Thinking Man's Idiot (Charles Lewis III) 