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Review: ‘The Wild Robot’ may be DreamWorks’ finest ... - Datebook
2024年9月25日 — Of all the great things “ The Wild Robot ” accomplishes, the animated feature’s sense of balance may be its most exquisite. That seems like a no-brainer for this adaptation of Peter Brown’s bestselling children’s book about technology bungling into nature. But it’s difficult to mix component parts such as naturalism and the ...
Graham Nash left his wife, helped break up CSNY, has no regrets
2018年10月1日 — Graham Nash is done with Crosby, Stills & Nash after a falling-out with David Crosby. Photo: Erin Cook. A few years ago, Graham Nash thought it was time to hit refresh. Having put down the extraordinary details of his life story in the vivid 2013 memoir “Wild Tales: A Rock & Roll Life” — which traces his journey from a simple working-class upbringing in …
Linda Ronstadt lost her voice but found her purpose with new …
2022年10月5日 — The initial idea for “ Feels Like Home: A Song for the Sonoran Borderlands, ” published by Berkeley’s Heyday Books on Tuesday, Oct. 4, was to share some family recipes from her early years living between Tucson and the Rio Sonora region of northern Mexico. But it quickly evolved into something with a higher purpose. Linda Ronstadt performs in 1979.
A guide to San Francisco Ballet’s bold 91st season
2024年1月18日 — This double bill celebrates women choreographers and Latina culture. Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s “Broken Wings” is a surrealistic journey through famed Mexican painter Frida Kahlo’s life. It was a hit when commissioned by English National Ballet in 2016. San Francisco Ballet’s 91st season: Jan. 24-May 5. $29-$495.
Review: In ‘The Union,’ Halle Berry and Mark Wahlberg ... - Datebook
2024年8月15日 — Not long ago, a romantic movie featuring a 53-year-old actor and a 58-year-old actress would have been an exercise in rueful nostalgia. Now, it’s not just normal, but appealing and forward-facing. No surprise, the best parts of “The Union” involve Berry and Wahlberg’s characters bantering, sharing a hotel room and tentatively addressing ...
Herbert Gold, prolific old-school S.F. novelist, dies at 99
2023年11月20日 — Photo: Michael Macor/The Chroncle 2017. Herbert Gold, a San Francisco novelist who became, by attrition, the last of an era to pound away at a manual typewriter in a rent-controlled apartment overstuffed with books and papers, died Sunday. Gold was 99½ and had lived and worked for 63 years in a one-bedroom walk-up on a block of Russian Hill so ...
Review: Aaron Rodgers biography gets in the end zone but
2024年8月15日 — Aaron Rodgers is one of football’s most accomplished players, but as a relatively unheralded quarterback at Cal, and in his early years with the Green Bay Packers, he developed a reputation “for holding the ball too long,” Ian O’Connor writes in his new book. As Rodgers learned, a QB who waits more than two seconds to throw a pass is ...
Review: ‘Babylon’ is Damien Chazelle’s brilliant fever ... - Datebook
2022年12月16日 — But much more importantly, that person is Chazelle, too. Don’t mistake his movie’s lack of sentimentality for callousness. “Babylon” is coarse, hard and wild, but its emotion is undeniable. “Babylon” is what movie love really looks like. N“Babylon”: Drama. Starring Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie and Diego Calva.
Cary Grant’s daughter to bring ‘Archie’ to San Francisco
2024年1月11日 — Jennifer Grant is the daughter of Cary Grant and Dyan Cannon. Photo: Andrzej Lawnik. Jennifer Grant and her mother, actress Dyan Cannon, are the executive producers of “Archie,” a new four-part miniseries about Cary Grant’s life, including his brief, rocky marriage to Cannon, now streaming on BritBox. The show was adapted from Cannon’s ...