Tandy Beal’s Compass Points to USF

Staff Writer: Maro Guevara
Most students at USF are probably already familiar with Tandy Beal’s work, whether or not they’re aware of it. If you’ve ever marveled at the elegant way Jack Skellington, the protagonist of Tim Burton’s “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” moves, you’ve enjoyed some of Beal’s work.  The choreographer and artistic director of the Tandy [...]

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“SYNECDOCHE [Sih-NECK_doh_kee], NEW YORK”

 

By Sky Madden | Foghorn Staff
Acclaimed screenwriter Charlie Kaufman makes his directorial debut with “Synecdoche, New York”.  It opens in San Francisco tomorrow Friday, Nov. 7th.  Kaufman’s previous works “Being John Malkovich” (1999), “Adapation” (2002) and “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” (2004) have asked audiences to let the hand of existentialism come out of [...]

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A Beautiful Fall

Staff Writer: Colin Gibbons
Wednesday, October 8, 2008. Bottom of the Hill, San Francisco.
Baltimore noise rockers Ponyail have been gaining a lot of attention in the wake of their recent release Ice Cream Spiritual, an experimental celebration of all things wild and raucous. The quartet’s penchant for untethered live performances has earned them a reputation as one of [...]

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