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Mar 22, 2023
Zach Braff’s ‘A Good Person’ Tells a Story of Redemption
Zach Braff’s A Good Person is a syrupy rendition of films like Ordinary People and The Sweet Hereafter.
The depressed mood in these movies saturates...
Jan 18, 2023
Chef Scott Nishiyama Serves Shareable Feasts at Ethel’s Fancy
René Redzepi's recent announcement that he’s closing Noma—known amongst foodies as “the best restaurant in the world”—may or may not be a bellwether marking...
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Jan 4, 2023
Stephanie Syjuco Goes Full Color
There’s a colorchecker at the center of Stephanie Syjuco’s collage Pileup (Brass Bells). It’s 24 squares of color contained within a black frame.
The artist...
Nov 2, 2022
Sand Hill Kitchen Serves Food and Inner Peace
Sand Hill Kitchen is the restaurant equivalent of Soma, the wonder drug in Aldous Huxley’s novel Brave New World. The instant you arrive on...
Oct 19, 2022
Silicon Valley Jewish Film Festival Kicks off Two Weeks of Streaming
When the pandemic arrived in March of 2020, Tzvia Shelef didn’t want to cancel the Silicon Valley Jewish Film Festival. With only a month...
Aug 10, 2022
Jim Gaffigan Stars in ‘Linoleum’
Comedian Jim Gaffigan plays a dual role in Colin West’s family melodrama Linoleum.
As Cameron, he is the picture of middle-aged disappointment and regret. He...
Jul 27, 2022
PBS’s The Great American Recipe Cooks Family Classics
Chef Tiffany Derry was in the middle of her shift when a talent scout from Top Chef called to speak with her. At first,...
Jun 29, 2022
That’s Italian?
Eataly Silicon Valley advances Italian cuisine in the same way that Anna Maria Alberghetti and Mama Celeste did in the 1960s: An entire culture...