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Tom Hardy’s Double Act Can’t Save ‘Venom: The Last Dance’
A typical comic book-style doomsday plot is the last thing a ‘Venom’ movie needs — but that’s what this one gets.
‘Anora’ Disguises Its Moral Center in a Swirl of Exuberance and Mayhem
Like almost every film about a sex worker, Sean Baker’s Cannes-winning romp is a fable of power and freedom.
El Garage Returns to Its Pop-Up Roots
The quesabirria sensation’s Richmond brick-and-mortar just never really took off.
With a New Space, MarinMOCA Brings North Bay Art Front and Center
The intergenerational group show ‘Opening the Mountain’ sets the stage for a permanent move to San Rafael.
‘Tristan and Isolde’ at SF Opera: An Epic of Love, Death and Yearning
A bare-bones set focuses attention on Wagner’s endless ruminations of passion and yearning.
Marlon Mullen, Longtime NIAD Artist, Lands a MoMA Solo Show
His colorful paintings will go on view in the New York City museum’s free Projects gallery in December.
It’s All Politics at the Vatican in ‘Conclave’
Featuring a cast of actors showing a world of experience, doubt and regret in every glance.
Funding for KQED Arts & Culture is provided by:
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Akonadi Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, Yogen and Peggy Dalal, Diane B. Wilsey, the William and Gretchen Kimball Fund, Campaign 21 and the members of KQED.