The 1963 film adaptation of William Golding’s literary classic (and middle-school English-class staple) Lord of the Flies, by director Peter Brook, is a masterpiece. It’s one…
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Ocean waves, clinking margarita glasses, and dance music are the soundtrack for guests at a private Cancún resort. The mostly Caucasian visitors feel like they are having an authentic cultural experience behind high stone walls that…
If I need to turn my brain off and decompress, streaming old episodes of Malcolm in the Middle is a great option. (Another great option is sticking…
Zazie Beetz (Atlanta and Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die) gets to go full-on Uma/The Bride in They Will Kill You, the English-language debut of Russian director Kirill…
Wedding-week jitters of the worst and most nuclear kind are at the center of The Drama, a darkly funny and unhappy movie in which Zendaya and…
Steven Yeun and Ali Wong don’t return for Netflix’s Beef: Season 2, with creator and sometimes-director Lee Sung Jin opting for a completely new storyline and…
Director Renny Harlin, maker of the camp-classic shark thriller Deep Blue Sea, goes back to the well for another serving of shark mayhem with Deep Water. In…
EcoPress hopes to clean up the Sacramento area one piece of litter at a time At 9 a.m. on a recent Saturday, Sam Mejia moved…
Pink Band Music Fest returns for a third year in May, spreading the music across two weekends to bookend the month. The festival is organized…
About 10 years ago, Kevin Dunn moved from Reno to Sacramento and felt that the local metal scene was missing something. There were venues. There…
All hail Project Hail Mary, a rousingly wonderful, beautifully strange sci-fi epic with Ryan Gosling and an enchanting pile of rocks at its center. Directors Phil…
Bob Odenkirk continues his later-career transformation into an unorthodox action hero with Normal, a bloody small-town action thriller that gives him plenty of asses to…
Darius Tahir and Oona Zenda Illustration by Oona Zenda April 17, 2026 If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis,…
First comes the glittering jacket, then the single white sequined glove, followed by the tilted black fedora. By then, the enthusiastic audience knows what’s coming…
Spring is here, and Sacramento is ready to turn up the volume with music, art and community celebrations that will fill your calendar — from…
Murder, manipulation, miracles, musicals – all of these are taking to Sacramento area stages this April as theater companies bring classic tales to life. For…
Each of the three Cake concerts from Saturday, March 21 to Monday, March 23 were sold out. (Photo by Xavier Figueroa) Fans get their tickets…