San Luis Obispo County's Connection to Arts and Culture
From the late 1960s to the early 1980s, Brazil was governed by a far-right military dictatorship. Rulers enforced strict censorship, reduced freedom of speech, and imprisoned, tortured, and killed many…
The Brutalist—a three-part, three-and-a-half-hour film depicting the life of a Hungarian-Jewish immigrant architect—covers a lot of ground. It starts with his entry into the United States (fresh from the Holocaust),…
The Cambria Film Festival, running February 5-9, has given SLO Review the opportunity to preview many of the more than 80 full-length and short films that make up its 2025…
In Oh, Canada, director/screenwriter Paul Schrader has given his actors a stage on which to show their skills. The 95-minute film depicts an aging documentarian, Leo Fife (portrayed by Richard…
In his first English language film, the Spanish writer/director Pedro Almodóvar presents a tale of friendship between two women as they together confront the near and expected death of one…
In the new Bob Dylan biopic, co-writers James Mangold and Jay Cocks present the young singer/songwriter's first years in the American folk music world of the early 1960s. The subject…
The San Luis Obispo International Film Festival has given SLO Review the opportunity to review some of the narrative and documentary feature films on its 2024 program schedule. Follow the…
Julia Morgan died an unknown architect in 1957. And although her professional work included more than 500 diverse projects—mostly in California—Morgan did not welcome accolades or publications focusing on her…
Photos by Terry Heinlein You may have driven by it. You may have walked by it. But you likely didn’t notice one of the rare office buildings designed by Frank…