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Jun 7, 2023
Free Will Astrology: Week of June 7
ARIES (March 21-April 19): "Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves," said psychologist Carl Jung. What was he implying? That we may sometimes engage in the same behavior that bothers...
May 31, 2023
Good Grief
The Boogeyman offers a tired horror theme with a reassuring end
Originally published as a short story in 1973, Stephen King’s The Boogeyman was later produced for the screen as a 28-minute short in 1982. Now King’s 53-year-old...
May 31, 2023
22nd SF DocFest
Two films feature narratives based in the East Bay
Watching Kyung Lee’s documentary We R Here, East Bay residents will experience a feeling of disorientation as they begin to recognize familiar streets and landmarks. But We R Here...
May 31, 2023
Free Will Astrology: Week of May 31
ARIES (March 21-April 19): History tells us that Albert Einstein was a brilliant genius. After his death, the brain of the pioneer physicist was saved and studied for years in the hope of analyzing the secrets of...
May 24, 2023
Madison McFerrin
Songs of hope and forgiveness
On May 12, singer, songwriter and producer Madison McFerrin released her debut album, I Hope You Can Forgive Me. This was after a string of successful EP’s, the most recent being You and...
May 24, 2023
Hurt Feelings
 Nicole Holofcener questions the efficacy of little white lies   Â
On a lunch hour picnic with his parents, Eliot (Owen Teague) grimaces with disdain while they share a single ice cream cone. When his mom, Beth (Julia-Louis Dreyfus), asks...
May 24, 2023
Ladies’ Choice
Sexual morality melodrama Joyland stirs the cultural taboo cauldron
Haider, the protagonist of Joyland, is a mild-mannered 30ish man who looks like life is passing him by. At home in Lahore, Pakistan with his wife, Mumtaz (Rasti Farooq),...