“Woman Whitewashing” in Sofia Coppola’s ‘Priscilla’
Director Sofia Coppola places herself in the crosshairs with her troubling and provocative adaptation of Priscilla Presley’s memoirs.
Events
BFI London Film Festival 2023: Critics’ Chat
BFI London Film Festival’s most impressionable films of the year, industry strikes, awards season, and the shoe-leather journalism of a film festival critic.
Martin Scorsese’s ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Shows Genocide Is (also) a Private Affair
Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon is another storytelling masterclass and examination of 20th-century American histories of greed and destruction.
Guns N’ Roses Bring Shockwaves to the Aftershock Festival
Few other bands have impacted rock like Guns N’ Roses with their incendiary sound and timeless songbook that continues to resonate 30-plus years later.
Billy Strings Fries at the Frost at Stanford
Billy Strings’ career has soared due to his transcendent talent on the guitar. But he’s also got a down-to-earth demeanor as a sincere music fanatic.
K-Pop Boy Band Enhypen Survive and Thrive in Arena Upgrade
Birthed from a competition show and debuting in the pandemic, K-pop boy band Enhypen may have finally found their artistic voice on their new arena tour.
Psychological Thriller ‘Saltburn’ Is a Feast for Depraved Eyes
To describe Saltburn as a sexed-up The Talented Mr. Ripley for millennials would be to reduce this aesthetically and symbolically complex film to a two-bit aphorism, but it’s a good start.
Goose Get Loose at the Fox in Oakland
Goose are one of those bands that must be seen in the live setting to “get” what they’re all about and feel the full impact of their high-level tone science.
Thievery Corporation Mix It Up at the Midway in San Francisco
Support from influential trip-hop duo Kruder& Dorfmeister brings rare air to Saturday night house party for Thievery Corporation in the City by the Bay.
The 10 Best Discoveries at Festival de musique émergente 2023
Festival de musique émergente, the annual new music festival in Northern Quebec, brought sunshine, diversity, and fun to concert-starved audiences.
Outside Lands Celebrates 15 Years with Fiesta in Golden Gate Park
The Foo Fighters help San Francisco’s biggest festival Outside Lands celebrate with its biggest party yet, as 225,000 revelers fill the park over three days.
The Era of Taylor Swift Has Just Begun
On the Eras Tour, Taylor Swift uses the past to highlight her central appeal: the ability to get listeners to appreciate parts of themselves that don’t age.