Film & Photography

Nan Goldin, All the Beauty and The Bloodshed – The Art of Survival
Her work is always very personal and it has a huge part in telling the story of queer culture in America, in the late 80’s she curated an art show about the AIDS epidemic called “Witnesses: Against Our Vanishing”.

Jonathan Carver Moore Gallery Opening in the Transgender District
He stood in the morning light of his gallery, dressed in black with metallic shoes, and moved confidently through his well-lit space. The gallery opening will take place on Thursday, March 23, and it is clear from the reverent way he talks about the pieces on display, that Moore has a sincere love of art.

Spring 2023 Films at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Apologies are definitely in order for those readers who wanted earlier notice of what’s coming up this quarter at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (hereafter BAMPFA). For those who wanted to see the Andy Warhol rarity “My Hustler,” for example, they’ll just need to hope for another

These Celebs With Bay Area Ties Just Won Oscars
The 95th Academy Awards last night didn’t boast a single slap on the face. While some may argue a sleight or a snub was just as bad, it was a night of wins for Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert’s Everything Everywhere All at Once and the German-language film All Quiet

All The Great Stuff Coming To Hulu In March 2023
Hulu’s March 300-pound gorilla event is of course this year’s Academy Awards ceremony and the associated programs bracketing that event. Frankly, this writer would love Michelle Yeoh to win the Best Actress Award for “Everything Everywhere All At Once” if only to give racist Hollywood casting directors a public middle

All The Cool Stuff Coming To Netflix In March 2023
Netflix starts off March with the first (and best) of “The Hangover” movies and the immortal “National Lampoon’s Animal House.” The latter film does sag a bit during the road trip sequence, but it’s hard not to laugh at the film’s food fight scene or the immortal line “I think

Noise Pop 2023 Festival Highlights
Noise Pop, Music and Arts Festival is turning 30 this year, to celebrate it they brought over 160 shows to San Francisco and the East Bay. Here’s a few of our favorite gigs happening from today until the end of the Festival on Sunday, February 26. Thursday Feb 23: Bob

Time traveling through The Compass Rose at Fort Mason
There is an incredible display of historic resonance in Gallery 308 at Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture (FMCAC) these days, an exhibition of meticulously crafted sculpture along with video and sound works, by the self-described time traveler, Sunny A. Smith.