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San Diego weekend arts events: Awards-season films, local bands and comic book fun

Beth Accomando

This weekend in the arts: Digital Gym Cinema movie screenings, a Latino Film Festival mixer, live music performances and a Comic Savvy open house.
My 38th 'Hamlet' (inside Grand Theft Auto) is the first I've seen with flamethrowers

Bob Mondello

During pandemic lockdowns, two actors decided to try to stage a Shakespeare play entirely inside the game Grand Theft Auto. Grand Theft Hamlet tells the story.
National

David Lynch, who directed off-kilter classics, dies at 78

Kyle Norris

His sinister, surreal vision of America made him a leading counterculture auteur — with movies such as Blue Velvet, Wild at Heart and Mulholland Drive, and the groundbreaking TV series Twin Peaks.
Bid on the bard: Auction features historic items from Bob Dylan's life

Manuela López Restrepo

The lot includes about 50 items and features early handwritten drafts for Dylan's hit "Mr. Tambourine Man" as well as photographs, posters and a signed harmonica.
Oscar nominations are delayed again as fires burn on in Los Angeles

Mandalit del Barco

Oscar nominations had already been delayed once due to the fires raging in Los Angeles. The ceremony itself remains scheduled for early March.
As fires in Los Angeles rage, an already-hurting Hollywood presses pause

Mandalit del Barco

The fires around Los Angeles arrived just as Hollywood's awards season kicked off. It's an ominous sign at a time when film and TV production is already down.
8 off-the-beaten path movies you can stream right now

Glen Weldon

Check out the big Oscar contenders all you want, but 2024 was also a solid year for movies that didn't have big names, big studios and big marketing departments behind them.
Arts & Culture

Hillcrest Cinemas are gone, but San Diego still has the IMAX of Grindhouse

Beth Accomando

Popcorn Reef is redefining movie nights in San Diego with grindhouse gems, giallo classics and wild cult films you won't find anywhere else — even Landmark Theatres.
Tilda Swinton thinks about death and says you should, too

Terry Gross

Swinton plays a woman dying of cancer in Pedro Almodóvar's The Room Next Door. "A life spent considering how we're going to spend our end is not wasted time," Swinton says.
She's his boss at work, he's her boss in bed in the unsatisfying 'Babygirl'

John Powers

Nicole Kidman plays a high-flying, married businesswoman who begins an affair with an intern half her age. It's a lead performance more daring than the film itself.