Monthly Archives: August 2013

A Hidden Gem

Last night, via streaming on Netflix, I watched a movie I had never heard of.  It was called Detachment, and it was directed by a British director named Tony Kaye—of whom I had also never heard, I am ashamed to say, … Continue reading

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Pier 24

There is a wonderful new place to see photography in San Francisco. Well, it’s not exactly new — I think it may have been around for two years or more — but it’s such a well-kept secret that it’s new … Continue reading

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Bad Theater

It’s hard to recall why I thought it was a good idea to buy tickets to Bruce Norris’s new play, A Parallelogram, at the Mark Taper Forum last Saturday night. I didn’t much like his previous play, the much-praised Clybourne Park, … Continue reading

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