Reviews

I’ve noticed a pattern in recent horror movies: specifically, in how they try to scare the audience. Imagery such as having a character smile really widely or hit themselves in…

Photo by Riley White   I ventured to Cambria this past Memorial Day weekend to take in a show featuring an engaging contemporary rock score, an exemplary cast of performers,…

If you missed Cal Poly's production of the Tony Award-winning Urinetown: The Musical earlier this year, you're in luck. You have another opportunity to see an equally excellent version of…

“Ten minutes ago, you could see the entire horizon . . . now only the dusk.” So says Moritz, a teenage student full of potential in a German boys' school…

Call it concert serendipity. On the weekend before my birthday. At my second favorite venue in California (behind only the historic Hollywood Bowl). With a revered musician performing in his…

Photos by Ryan Loyd, Rylo Media Design   The Lifespan of a Fact isn't a perfect play. But director Suzy Newman, her creative team, and the three actors who carry…

Kristoffer Borgli’s new film The Drama is refreshingly original in its discussion of relevant societal issues. Some viewers have found the plot provocative and poorly executed. I disagree. The film…

Entertaining and Possibly Addicting A private detective with a myriad of mysterious personal problems is hired to take on a murder case in a small town (just 10 people)—a case…

Guitar-Driven Nostalgia Evoking the bluesy garage rock revival sound of the 2000s, the music video for Sacha Carlson and the Light’s Drive You Like A Cadillac spoofs the 1970’s genre…

Perseverance and Determination "Photography saved my life. Photography's changed my life." George McKenzie Jr.'s first words in The Book of George, delivered after a heartfelt pause, set the tone for…