The 40th Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival Brings Movie Magic
Rolling out the red carpet for 12 days of international features, world premieres, big stars, and all sorts of cinephile catnip.
Author: Josef Woodard
Film Artists in the House, in the Flesh
This year’s glittery list of tribute evenings at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival
includes Timothée Chalamet, Angelina Jolie, Zoe Saldaña, and a rich “Virtuosos Award” cast.
SBIFF Mandate: Roll Film, Repeat, Repeat…
Dense film program, centered at the new five-screen Film Center and the Riviera Theatre, showcases women directors and world and U.S. premieres.
Toasting a Legendary Radio Voice and Force in Santa Barbara
Overflow crowd packs SOhO for Gary Fruin Memorial, with Karla Bonoff, Alan Parsons, Michael McDonald, and Kenny Loggins performing.
Review | Early Music Comes Early, Digs Deep
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, with guest Julia Bullock, enlightens with period instrument splendor at the Lobero Theatre.
Flight of an Alto Saxophonic Phoenix
Widely acclaimed Lakecia Benjamin returns to Campbell Hall, as leader.
ON the Beat | Reelin’ in Dan-ishness
RIP Lynch and Hudson, Steely Dan facsimile rocks, music calendar wakes up.
Film Review | There Will Be a Building
‘The Brutalist’ is an epic and engrossing study of power plays and the power of architecture.
From Denmark with Serious Musical Love
World-Renowned Danish String Quartet makes for another of its many welcome return visits, at Campbell Hall.
This Is 40
A seasoned critic-reporter on the SBIFF beat ponders 40 years in the festival trenches.
