Movie reviewer Brent Northup says he was "spellbound" as "Eddington" tried to make sense out of the pandemic, conspiracy theorists, social media addicts and angry voters — in 145 minutes.

This is Drama Masks, a Bay Area performing arts column from a born San Franciscan and longtime theatre artist in an N95 mask.

A trio of the 17th-century Dutch painter’s works featuring women writing and receiving letters is on display at the recently ...