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The San Francisco Opera presents Puccini's "Tosca" (CORY WEAVER/San Francisco Opera).

Puccini’s ‘Tosca’ is melodramatic and moving

Amir Abou-Jaoude
  •  
Oct. 25, 2018
Although it is commonly cited as a great love story, Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" really isn't a romance (MARK YORK/The Stanford Daily).

‘Romeo and Juliet’ Is NOT a Love Story: CHANGE MY MIND!

Mark York
  •  
Oct. 25, 2018
"Studio 54" focuses on the famous nightclub, which was frequented by celebrities like Liza Minnelli, Bianca Jagger, Andy Warhol and Halston (ADAM SCULL/Zeitgeist Films).

“Studio 54” is a study of an (in)famous 70s nightclub

Simone Zhu
  •  
Oct. 24, 2018
In "Reader, Come Home," Tufts professor Maryanne Wolf considers literacy in the digital age (TODD CHENEY/UCLA).

‘Reader, Come Home’ discusses the difficulty of staying literate

Scott Stevens
  •  
Oct. 24, 2018
Marlene Dietrich is "The Scarlet Empress" in Josef von Sternberg's 1934 film (courtesy of The Criterion Collection and Universal Pictures).

Dietrich is an extraordinary actress in ‘The Scarlet Empress’

Amir Abou-Jaoude
  •  
Oct. 23, 2018
Fifty years after its release, Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey" is as odd and as awesome as ever (courtesy of Dmitri Kessel/Getty Images).

‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ is a bizarre, epic journey

Noah Howard
  •  
Oct. 22, 2018
Drake's summer was suffused with controversy (courtesy of Anton Mak and Wikimedia Commons).

Drake combines success with social media spectacle

Jacob Kuppermann
  •  
Oct. 22, 2018
Courtesy of Kevin Berne

TheatreWorks’ ‘Fun Home’ is good but never quite gets there

Olivia Popp
  •  
Oct. 20, 2018
Jakob Cedergren plays a disillusioned emergency dispatcher in "The Guilty" (courtesy of Magnolia Pictures).

‘The Guilty’ delivers thrills from behind a telephone

Grace Zhou
  •  
Oct. 19, 2018
Courtesy of Tim Trumble

National tour of ‘Waitress’ cooks up a new Broadway classic

Olivia Popp
  •  
Oct. 19, 2018
Ryan Gosling reaches for the stars in this biopic about Neil Armstrong (courtesy of Universal Pictures).

‘First Man’ flies high

Hayley Hodson
  •  
Oct. 17, 2018
Courtesy of David Greenspan

New York Minute: Exploring love, memory and loss in ‘The Things That Were There’

Alli Cruz
  •  
Oct. 17, 2018
Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga are the stars of "A Star Is Born" (courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures).

Bradley Cooper critiques show business in ‘A Star Is Born’

Amir Abou-Jaoude
  •  
Oct. 15, 2018
Uttam Kumar plays a struggling film star in Satyajit Ray's "The Hero" (courtesy of The RDB Organization and The Criterion Collection).

Satyajit Ray muses on movies and money in ‘The Hero’

Amir Abou-Jaoude
  •  
Oct. 12, 2018
Courtesy of CRASH Theater Co.

New York Minute: CRASH Theater Co.’s ‘TaRaRaBOOM’ explodes with absurdity and modernity

Alli Cruz
  •  
Oct. 12, 2018
Courtesy of Matthew Murphy

‘On Your Feet!’ contains romping celebration of Cuban and Latinx artistry

Olivia Popp
  •  
Oct. 11, 2018
David Niven and Kim Hunter traverse heaven and earth in "A Matter of Life and Death" (courtesy of Sony Pictures and The Criterion Collection).

Powell and Pressburger portray two wonderful worlds in ‘A Matter of Life and Death’

Amir Abou-Jaoude
  •  
Oct. 9, 2018
Courtesy of Johan Persson

‘Dystopian Dream’ is an aggressively digestible dance piece

Olivia Popp
  •  
Oct. 9, 2018
Cary Grant and Irene Dunne play a conflicted, comedic couple in "The Awful Truth" (courtesy of Sony Pictures and The Criterion Collection).

In ‘The Awful Truth,’ McCarey crafts a comedy about class

Amir Abou-Jaoude
  •  
Oct. 8, 2018
Victor Erice examines mysteries and memories in "El Sur" (courtesy of Video Mercury and The Criterion Collection).

In ‘El Sur,’ Victor Erice contemplates childhood

Amir Abou-Jaoude
  •  
Oct. 5, 2018
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