Film

Three More Weeks of Sleazy Gore at Trash Film Orgy!

As you read this, we are smack dab in the middle of Sacramento’s raunchiest, sleaziest film fest. That’s right, you’ve still got three weeks left of Trash Film Orgy, an annual film fest that brings you some of the trashiest, most gory and downright bizarre movies ever made. TFO screens…

USE YOUR BRAIN (OR DON’T)

Lucy Rated R {3 out of 5 stars} In the distant cinematic landscape of the late ‘90s, the model blockbuster resembled something like Luc Besson’s eye-popping The Fifth Element: Fizzy, over-the top and hyper-kinetic, with low emotional stakes and irresistibly junky dialogue. Even though sarcasm and postmodern reflexivity had already…

The San Francisco Mime Troupe “Ripple Effect”

The San Francisco Mime Troupe initiated their “Ripple Effect” tour just a little over two weeks ago. Within that small time frame, the musical satire has already made waves of its own. The free performance, presented by Tony Award-winning “loud-mimes,” focuses on the injustices and hypocrisies surrounding the San Francisco…

Beatnik Studios Celebrates Six-Year Anniversary and Grand Re-opening

For the past six years, Beatnik Studios has played a vital role in Sacramento’s art and music scenes, hosting creative events, throwing rad parties and gallery openings and acting as a crucial link in the arts chain. In August 2013, Beatnik partners Lindsay Calmettes and Wes Davis (both amazing artists/photographers…

Local Brother/Sister Duo Connor & Karlee Release Debut Album

You could say that local brother/sister alternative/pop duo Connor and Karlee are doing what they’re meant to do. They’ve been exposed to music their whole lives, learning to play when they were old enough to sit at the piano or their dad’s drum set. Their father worked in the radio…

Must Love Apes 

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Rated PG-13 • {3 out of 5 stars} I consider the original Planet of the Apes to be one of the greatest science fiction movies ever made. Charlton Heston rounding the corner and melting down at the vision of a washed up Statue…