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Review: ‘On Swift Horses’ is a mostly intriguing exploration of post-war destinies and the American Dream

5 days ago | datebook.sfchronicle.com | G. Allen Johnson

Will Poulter, left, Daisy Edgar-Jones and Jacob Elordi star in “On Swift Horses.” Photo: Sony Pictures Classic“On Swift Horses” is about two people searching for their own unique destiny in the post-Korean War United States, and another who buys into the American Dream of the 1950s. The fellow who is all in is Lee (Will Poulter), and the two misfits are his brother Julius (Jacob Elordi) and Lee’s girlfriend Muriel (Daisy Edgar-Jones).
Why ‘The Chaplain and the Doctor’ is a must-watch for anyone who cares about health care

1 week ago | datebook.sfchronicle.com | Jessica Zack

Dr. Jessica Zitter, left, and Chaplain Betty Clark walk the halls of the Wilma Chan Highland Hospital in Oakland.
How Sausalito’s bohemian community of boaters defined the ‘wild west of the water’

1 week ago | datebook.sfchronicle.com | Joe Kloc |Zack Ruskin

Journalist Joe Kloc is the author of “Lost at Sea: Poverty and Paradise Collide at the Edge of America.” Photo: Author portrait by Kathryn HumphriesJoe Kloc’s book on Sausalito’s “anchor-out” community initially began as an expansion of his award-winning Harper’s feature on the alternative society of boaters.
Review: Katie Kitamura’s new novel explores the idea that 'all the world’s a stage'

1 week ago | datebook.sfchronicle.com | Ann Levin

This cover image released by Riverhead shows "Audition" by Katie Kitamura. (Riverhead via AP) Photo: APA woman meets a man half her age at a sleek Manhattan restaurant for lunch. Is he her lover or her son? If the former, then you might expect her to wield the power, like the character of Mrs. Robinson in “The Graduate,” Mike Nichols’ 1967 film about a young man who has an affair with one of his parents’ friends.
Review: Art Spiegelman documentary ‘Disaster Is My Muse’ draws a complete picture of the ‘Maus’ creator

1 week ago | datebook.sfchronicle.com | Bob Strauss

Art Spiegelman has done more to make Americans think of comic art as actual art than any other creator. And he did it with cartoon mice. But the characters of “Maus,” Spiegelman’s Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel based on his Polish-Jewish father Vladek’s Holocaust experience, will never be confused with a Disney mascot.
Bernie Sanders urges Coachella attendees to oppose Trump agenda in surprise appearance

1 week ago | datebook.sfchronicle.com | Nora Mishanec

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont made a surprise appearance to address the crowd at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on Saturday night. “The future of what happens in America is dependent on your generation,” Sanders said while introducing indie pop singer Clairo on Saturday night.
Navigating tariffs and turmoil: Films and plays to make sense of it all

1 week ago | datebook.sfchronicle.com | Lily Janiak |G. Allen Johnson |Vanessa Labi |Chris Vognar

When the Chronicle first got the idea to write this round-up, it was going to focus on TV, theater and film that could help you contextualize or commiserate about President Trump’s new tariffs. But in a whiplash-inducing feeling that’s become the mark of just another day gone by in this term, we discovered we should also include works that can help us make sense of a 90-day pause of said tariffs.
Tom Brady teams up with AMC Networks for 49ers docuseries 'Gold Rush'

1 week ago | datebook.sfchronicle.com | G. Allen Johnson

AMC Networks is driving toward the end zone with a four-part docuseries about the San Francisco 49ers’ Super Bowl-winning run in the 1980s and ‘90s. And among its producers is a longtime rival, former quarterback Tom Brady.
Review: Conductor Marin Alsop makes high-octane debut with S.F. Symphony

1 week ago | datebook.sfchronicle.com | Michael Zwiebach

Conductor Marin Alsop has finally brought her love of big-boned, emotionally demonstrative music to the San Francisco Symphony. Making her subscription series debut at Davies Symphony Hall on Thursday, April 10, the renowned 68-year-old music director led a pulse-quickening program that matched her highly physical conducting style with two Latin American works, two fanfares, and Samuel Barber’s Symphony No. 1.
‘Our Beautiful Boys’ weaves Gandhi, football and masculinity into a timely tale of friendship and identity

2 weeks ago | datebook.sfchronicle.com | Sameer Pandya |Jessica Zack

Sameer Pandya is the author of “Our Beautiful Boys.” Photo: Author portrait by Brett Hall JonesWhile Sameer Pandya was writing his latest novel “Our Beautiful Boys,” he knew he wanted to somehow work in one of his favorite photos that’s been sitting on his desk for years.. It’s a faded snapshot taken by Pandya’s maternal grandfather of Mahatma Gandhi walking barefoot down a dusty Indian road beside a boy who’s beaming in admiration at the living paragon of nonviolence.