Review: “Vanishing Field” by Antero Alli Is A Cinematic Unicorn
by Charles Kruger Films about religious and spiritual experience keep getting made. Occasionally, a sensitive director will produce a masterpiece. Think of silent filmmaker Carl Theodor Dreyer’s dazzling “The Passion of Joan of Arc,” or “Francesco, Giullare di Dio” (literally, “Francis, The Clown of God” but known in English…
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Review: ‘Water Under The Bridge’ by Katie Wheeler-Dubin and Mila Puccini (***1/2)
by Charles Kruger Rating: ***1/2 In only six years, the literary reading series Quiet Lightning has become a San Francisco tradition. Founded by a college dropout transplant from Savannah (Evan Karp), the now-locally-famous “literary mixtape” has struck over ninety times in an impressive variety of San Francisco locales, from…
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Review: ‘Out of the Woods: A Magical Realist Drama’ by Antero Alli (***)
by Charles Kruger Rating: ***** Recently, an enthusiastic audience of friends and fans attended the premier of Antero Alli’s newest film, “Out of the Woods,” at Humanist Hall in Oakland. Mr. Alli, a beloved Bay area writer of books on such arcana as astrology, magick, and consciousness, filmmaker, and experimental…
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