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August 26, 2026

Who will win Oscars this year? Read our predictions

Scene from 'Hamnet'
"Two weeks ago, I would have said Timothee Chalamet had this one won, but he’s been a desperate weirdo in his press tour, so now I think Michael B. Jordan might take the the Best Actor statuette home..."

New cinema opens this week

Happy filmgoers await the previews.
The first schedule for True West Film center will include Academy Award-winner Kathryn Bigelow’s "A House of Dynamite," Luca Guadagnino’s "After the Hunt" with Julia Roberts and Scarlett Johansson’s directorial debut, "Eleanor the Great." The earliest screening time is 11am, and the latest is 8pm...

Action film or sentimental claptrap: Spielberg’s dilemma

Emilly Blunt
"How much a person likes 'Disclosure Day,' the newest film from director Steven Spielberg, depends a lot on what their favorite film of his is. I’ve spent my entire life chasing the feeling I got from watching 'Jurassic Park' for the first time at 13 years old. So to say that I looked forward to 'Disclosure Day" is a massive understatement," says film critic Jared Rasic.

Thanksgiving movies a genre in the making

Scene from 'Big Night'
Thanksgiving movies don’t get the credit they deserve. We get a ton of Christmas, Halloween and other holiday movies canonized as classics and added to the yearly viewing rotation, but Thanksgiving ...

The good, the bad and the Oscars

Benicio del Toro
Now that the nominations have been announced, let’s talk about them and what people should try to see before the big show. And once we get closer (the Oscars are March 15 this year), I’ll write my annual piece on what will win versus what should win.

Taking the nostalgia trip through town

Hippy dancer
The courtyard outside True West on Friday eveniong was a “scene” in more ways than one: Many were there to see and meet Cameron Crowe and Ben Fong-Torres—legendary names in the rock movie canon—as they enjoyed that famous Healdsburg hospitality, mixed and mingled, and enjoyed the movie 'Almost Famous' for the umpteenth time.

‘Odyssey’ a journey of self-discovery

What Christiopher Nolan delivers with 'The Odyssey' is classic, old-fashioned filmmaking on a scale rarely seen since Hollywood succumbed to its over-reliance on CGI.
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Arts & Entertainment

Return to the Russian River

When Jake Messing stood in front of the mural he had just completed for Russian Riverkeeper on the north side of the nonprofit’s headquarters at 139 Healdsburg Ave., he had finished more than another mural. He had made a return to the source from the sea himself, like the salmon he portrayed.