‘Fundamental cinema’
A special new film, plus streaming odds and ends By Juan-Carlos Selznick A few weeks back, I walked out of a movie house feeling I’d…
Read MoreA special new film, plus streaming odds and ends By Juan-Carlos Selznick A few weeks back, I walked out of a movie house feeling I’d…
Read MoreBy Casey Rafter Artemis Arthur has felt those flames of passion for art breathing down her neck for most of her life. With musical roots…
On random transitions in Northern California By Janet Rechtman Mendocino Headlands State Park. We walk a curvy trail alongside the estuary as the Big River…
By Bob Grimm Netflix gets mixed results with the sequel to That ’70s Show. In all honesty, I watched the first five episodes of the…
Stevie Ray Vaughan’s album “Couldn’t Stand the Weather” was California’s mantra for January; but now, with blue cloudless skies on the horizon, the Capital Region’s…
The memoir Life’s Work, released last fall, is a glowing testament to a writer having one last gift to give. David Milch first made his name as a…
By Casey Rafter Since the September release of his tenth album “The Passionate Scribblings of a Grammatic Architect,” Sacramento hip-hop artist Mr. Hooper has been…
The Sacramento Public Library recently announced that it reached a record-breaking 3 million digital book checkouts in 2022, elevating it to one of the top…
By Bob Grimm M3GAN is an after-Christmas miracle in that films that come out at the start of January usually suck—and horror films that come…
By Eddie Jorgensen Cat lovers unite! This gathering presented by the Loving Cats Worldwide group will span two days and highlight some of the coolest-looking…
By Eddie Jorgensen TMI Collaborations, a.k.a., Tina Mattis, delivers yet another solid sender that is sure to please on all fronts: Besides hosting an upcoming…
By Bob Grimm Writer-director Damien Chazelle’s ode to Hollywood plays like a debaucherous, hard-R-rated take on Singin’ in the Rain, even outright referencing the film…
By Casey Rafter Briandi Carlile’s song “Turpentine” portrays the sorrow of lost love spurred by major life changes, while “My Body is a Cage” by…
By Bob Grimm Top Gun: Maverick is a sequel to a movie I didn’t like. However, I thoroughly enjoyed the new chapter. I felt like I…
By Scott Thomas Anderson Charles Dickens never made it west of Buffalo, New York, during his longest visit to America in 1867; though, by then,…
By Frank X. Mullen As the first snows of winter sweep across Donner Summit, rush over Sierra lakes and tumble down the Truckee River Canyon…
By Ken Magri As the autumn leaves turn yellow and the Central Valley mornings usher in the coldness of winter, holidays in Sacramento bring back…