“The Shark Is Broken”—And Worth a Bow
Combine intimate acting, an intriguing set, and a script based on the infamous filming of the real-life very first summer blockbuster, and the play you get is The Shark Is…
First Opera and Comedy, Then “The Last Romance”
By the Sea Productions in Morro Bay opened its 10th season on Valentine's Day eve with a staged reading appropriate both for the date and, apparently, the audience. The Last…
“Shane” Is a Refined Remembrance of Things Past
Photo by Mark Velasquez Gunslingers and cowboys and frontier towns. Hard-ridden horses, saloon girls with hearts of gold, and sheriffs with shiny badges. Good vs. evil fighting it out…
“A Private Life” Delivers An Unexpected Answer
Rebecca Zlotowski’s new film, A Private Life, is billed as a psychological thriller, but lest you be fooled by the advertising gods, this intriguing film is much more interested in…
Melodrama’s Bluegrass Revue Shines
The Great American Melodrama’s current show, The Super Trio, has everything you might expect it to have from its title: super heroes, super villains, super powers, super costumes, super sets. …
Cambria Film Fest: “Sheepdogs”
Sheepdogs is a quiet, emotional documentary that invites viewers into an experience for which they don’t need prior military knowledge to understand. Through intimate storytelling, director Brian Knappmiller explores the…
Get Ready to Rock at “Million Dollar Quartet”
Photos by Ryan Loyd, Rylo Media Design A confession: I walked into Million Dollar Quartet, running now through March 8 at SLO REP, feeling somewhat under-qualified to review a…
Heart Tribute Delivers School-Night Fun at Clark Center
Is it a tribute band or not? That’s usually an easy question to answer. And I should know, having attended dozens of them over the years. But Sunday night February…
Cambria Film Festival: “Undeletable”
Co-written and co-directed by brothers Benjamin Blaine and Christopher Blaine, Undeletable is an intimate film that explores grief, confession, and the permanence of what cannot be taken back. The six-minute…
Cambria Film Fest: “A Second Life”
“You have to always be drunk. That’s all there is to it. Not to feel the horrible burden of time that breaks your back and bends you to the earth.…