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Book Notes

Charles Plymell’s early writings revisited in ‘Benzedrine Highway’

By Sharon Anderson

“Plymell has as much to say about death as Hemingway did and a lot more to say about it in terms of the present generation stillborn into a world that can offer nothing.”  —... Read More
The Best of Books

The Best of Books: Flying off the shelves

By Sandy Mullin

Books Inc. hardcover best-seller list: City of Thieves: A Novel, by David Benioff The Goldfinch, by Donna Tartt Tender Bar: A Memoir, by J. R. Moehringer Zagat 2014 San Francisco... Read More
Movie Reviews

‘Tim’s Vermeer’

By Michael Snyder

You could call inventor and digital-tech engineer Tim Jenison obsessive. You could call him self-indulgent, too. But his fixation on the beautiful, hyper-realistic paintings of 17t... Read More
A & E

Remembering Oscar-winning filmmaker Saul Zaentz

By Ernest Beyl

The bare bones outline for the life story of Saul Zaentz, who died in January at 92, could be a plot for one of the many movies he made during his lifetime. And therein lies a stor... Read More
A & E

Belly up to the barre in 2014

By Evalyn Baron

The San Francisco Ballet’s 2014 opening season will supply us with all the passionate glory of the dance we could ever wish for: Jan. 25–Feb. 2, Helgi Tomasson’s sump... Read More
A & E

The mystery of stolen art discovered in Munich

By Sharon Anderson

Authorities in Munich in Nov-ember 2013 revealed that they had stumbled upon over 1,500 paintings, drawings, and etchings by artists including Matisse, Picasso, Chagall, and Klee. ... Read More
The Best of Books

What you’re reading: Best sellers and recommendations

By Compiled by Sandy Mullin

Best-Seller list: The Goldfinch, by Donna Tartt Dear Life: Stories, by Alice Munro The Art of French Pastry, by Jacquy Pfeiffer and Martha Rose Shulman David and Goliath: Underdog... Read More
Movie Reviews

2013 in film

By Michael Snyder

Even though I can’t abide awards competitions in the arts, I still find myself reflecting on the cultural highlights and lowlights of the previous 12 months at the turn of th... Read More
The Best of Books

Flying off the shelves

By Compiled by Sandy Mullin

Books Inc. best-seller list The Boys in the Boat, by Daniel James Brown Dear Life: Stories, by Alice Munro Tender Bar: A Memoir, by J. R. Moehringer Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luc... Read More
A & E

Hotel Chelsea shines in photographs

By Sharon Anderson

A Larry Rivers painting, drag queens using a phone booth as a changing room, and an animated group of partygoers emerging from the lobby elevator: These are some of the memories th... Read More
@Nite

Have a cool yule in the city

By Maryann LoRusso

As the holidays blow into town, so does the frantic holiday rush, starting right after Halloween and not ending until the last pieces of confetti have been swept from the floor on ... Read More
Movie Reviews

Christmas on screen

By Michael Snyder

Christmas movies are part of the fabric of Western culture. And no matter how much you hope the season will be about “peace on Earth and good films to all men (and women),... Read More
Movie Reviews

Big Sur

By Michael Snyder

As someone fascinated by the Beat Generation, its auteurs and their Bay Area haunts, I’m probably the ideal target for director-screenwriter Michael Polish’s faithful-t... Read More
Movie Reviews

Herb and Dorothy 50×50

A story of art and giving
By Sharon Anderson

“What we did then is now art history.” — Herbert Vogel In 2008, film director Megumi Sasaki released the film Herb and Dorothy, a story of two unlikely art collectors... Read More
Humor

Unwanted Thanksgiving advice

By Sandy Fertman Ryan

November is here, and it’s time to give thanks for many things, like your health, your loved ones — and that Thanksgiving only comes once a year! I hope these Q.s and A.s w... Read More


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