Jessica Zack
@jwzack
My beats: film, books, culture, ideas. My bylines: regularly for SF Chronicle and Alta. Stanford alum. AWFJ member. Late or never adopter.
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The 11-yr-old in me was beyond giddy over this assignment. @judyblume, thank you for the @sfchronicle interview - and for being a trailblazer & sane voice amid those who still fear what our kids read! @Lionsgate @PrimeVideo datebook.sfchronicle.com/movies-tv/judy…
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Why it took 50 years for Judy Blume's 'Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret' to hit the big screen
The classic novel is getting the Hollywood treatment, while Blume stars in a documentary about how she went from house mom to beloved — and controversial — author.
"I personally went vegan in 1987, and the vegan world then was almost exclusively populated by punk rock kids." -I spoke to Moby @thelittleidiot for @sfchronicle about his doc "Punk Rock Vegan" - now free to all on @YouTube: datebook.sfchronicle.com/movies-tv/did-…
I've been off Twitter for a while but want to get the word out about SF artist Mobina Nouri's performance "The Wind in My Hair" tomorrow (1pm SAT) in solidarity w Iran's protestors @legionofhonor! @AlinejadMasih My @sfchronicle interview: datebook.sfchronicle.com/art-exhibits/s…
👀📷 Check out this awesome picture of the Phantom Falls in the North Table Mountain Ecological Reserve north of Oroville, CA! All the rain over the last week has led to these normally dry creeks becoming waterfalls. #CAwx Photo Credit: Mike Manzone
I spoke to director Lila Neugebauer @MVFilmFest about the extraordinary on-screen chemistry between Jennifer Lawrence & Brian Tyree Henry in her feature film debut CAUSEWAY. On @AppleTVPlus today: datebook.sfchronicle.com/movies-tv/thea…
Director Lila Neugebauer, who worked on numerous plays in the Bay Area, spoke with The Chronicle about her first movie #Causeway, about a veteran with a brain injury. Read more here: via @jwzack trib.al/MBCXR8m
“It’s always sad to lose someone you love but it’s also an incredible opportunity to celebrate ..the parts of them living on in us.” -my Telluride interview w @onditimoner on her incredibly moving doc LAST FLIGHT HOME for @sfchronicle: datebook.sfchronicle.com/movies-tv/film…
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Filmmaker Ondi Timoner tackles medical aid in dying with father's story in 'Last Flight Home'
Timoner spoke with The Chronicle about the critically praised documentary, in theaters starting Friday, Oct. 21, and how she "couldn't help" but make it.
Chinonye Chukwu spoke with @SFChronicle about centering #TillMovie on Mamie Till-Mobley’s journey toward activism. Read more here: via @jwzack trib.al/5rEbLMR
Iranian artists staged a surprise protest at the Guggenheim Museum today. They unfurled banners with the image of Mahsa Zhina Amini on them along with Kurdish women's chant of "Women! Life! Freedom!" h/t Shirin Neshat #MahsaAmini #ZhinaAmini
#Tar comes to Bay Area theaters starting this weekend, and it's more than worth a watch. @jwzack spoke with Cate Blanchett and director Todd Field about the entrancing new film about power, self destruction and more: datebook.sfchronicle.com/movies-tv/for-…
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For Cate Blanchett, 'Tár' creates compelling setting for a merciless character to self-destruct
Oscar buzz surrounds Blanchett for her tour de force performance as a classical music conductor on the precipice of a steep fall from grace.
One of the best docs I've seen this year screens again @MVFilmFest tomorrow: THE GRAB, about the chilling scope of land and water grabs around the globe. My @sfchronicle interview w director @GabCowperthwait & producer @AmandaHPike @CIRonline @reveal: datebook.sfchronicle.com/movies-tv/the-…
Once in a while a debut author knocks you back with their talent and gifts of imagination! My conversation with Oakland writer & @Stanford Stegner fellow @J_Escoffery about "If I Survive You" (@fsgbooks) for @sfchronicle: datebook.sfchronicle.com/books/immigran…
For four decades, Claudio Mariani has been restoring—or re-creating—furniture with design techniques that reach back centuries. ✍️by @jwzack altaonline.com/dispatches/a40…
“Moore’s Scout..keeps presuming goodness & shared humanity in others after all the adults around her have given up.” - beautifully written @LilyJaniak @sfchronicle review of @mockingbirdbway (@broadwaysf thru 10/9) datebook.sfchronicle.com/theater/review…
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Review: 'To Kill a Mockingbird' shows how to push back against a text
"To Kill a Mockingbird" can still help us heal, not least because of its unshakeable faith in children.
"I believe if you read the novel now, you would admire the writing just as much, but you wouldn’t admire Atticus quite as much." Thank you Aaron Sorkin & Richard Thomas for the great @mockingbirdbway conversation for @sfchronicle (@broadwaysf thru 10/9): datebook.sfchronicle.com/theater/how-os…
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