This week’s concerts: Wynonna Judd, TobyMac
Here’s a look at the top concerts of the week, highlighted by an appearfrom ance one of country music’s all-time great vocalists. Wynonna and the Big Noise: Wynonna Judd has delivered so many fantastic country tunes during her career, which began as part of the incommother-and-daughter parable duo the Judds and continued with her own stellar solo career. The vocalist leads her Big Noise band into the Fillmore in San Francisco tonight. And she’s going to have some amazing company at the show, given that the bill now also includes Grateful Dead legend Bob Weir, Concord singer-songMcCombs writer Cass and friends. Details: 8 p.m.; $36.50; livenation.com. Sinead O’Connor: You never know what you will get with O’Connor, but it might be worth the price of admission to (hopefully) hear her sing her treasured version of “Nothing Compares 2U,” the Prince composition that O’Connor turned into a massive hit in 1990. The vocalist performs Friday at August Hall in San Francisco. Details: 8:30p.m.; $50; augusthallsf.com. TobyMac: The Grammy-winning Christian music star brings his Hits Deep Tour, also featuring Tauren Wells, We Are Messengers, Ryan Stevenson, Aaron Cole and Cochren & Co., to the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento on Sunday. Details: 7 p.m.; $19$40; ticketmaster.com. Angela Aguilar: The Grammy-nominated artist, whose father is multimillionpop selling Latin star Pepe Aguilar, performs Saturday at the San Jose Civic. Details: 8 p.m.; $35-$125; ticketmaster.com. Michelle Wolf: The comedian, who is known for her work on “Late Night with Seth Meyer” and “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah” as well as her own “The Break with Michelle Wolf” Netflix series, performs tonight through Saturday at Cobb’s Comedy Club in San Francisco. Details: 7:30 p.m. today, 7:30 and 9:45 p.m. Friday and Saturday; $36-$51; cobbscomedy.com.
Berlin & Beyond film fest is back
If you’re craving an overseas road trip without the drain on your bank account, take a short jaunt to the annual Berlin & Beyond Film Festival Friday through Feb. 13.
The 24th annual event, with screenings in San Francisco and Berkeley, features all kinds of works from countries where German is the predominant language.
The fest kicks off Friday at San Francisco’s beloved Castro Theatre. The openingnight feature is “What Might Have Been,” a relationship drama in which a couple visits Budapest — and one of the duo encounters an old flame who revs up the tension. It will also screen Monday at the Shattuck Cinemas in Berkeley.
Berlin & Beyond concludes its Castro run Sunday with director Huseyin Tabak’s “Gipsy Queen,” about a single mom who goes back into the boxing ring after a long hiatus.
Other highlights include:
“Rest in Greece”: This erotic indie relates a couple’s eventful journey to a Greek island, where they wrestle with writer’s block, a stagnating relationship and two sexually adventurous new acquaintances. Filmmaker Florian Gottschick’s surprising feature heats up the screen Saturday at the Castro.
“The Collini Case”: Marco Kreuzpaintner’s legal thriller tackles a murder case rooted in Nazi Germany’s past. The meaty drama, the festival’s centerpiece selection, screens Saturday at the Castro and Monday at the Shattuck.
“The Audition”: It’s not as sadistic as Michael Haneke’s “The Piano Teacher,” but Ina Weisse’s character drama likewise probes the troubled mind of a music instructor. Nina Hoss delivers a shattering performance as a driven, volatile and insecure violin instructor who pushes a new student to inappropriate lengths. A real find. Screens Tuesday at the Vogue in San Francisco. Details: Most screenings cost $10-$20; find tickets and schedule at www.goethe. de/ins/us/saf/prj/bby/enindex
— Randy Myers, correspondent
It’s Miller time in San Jose
Actor and comedian T.J. Miller had a redhot career going.
He was featured in such films as “Deadpool” and Deadpool 2″ and the first two “How to Train Your Dragon” installments. And let’s face it, his portrayal of the oft-stoned and always obnoxious tech entrepreneur Erlich Bachman was one of the best things about HBO’s sitcom “Silicon Valley.”
Then his past and complaints about on-set behavior got to him. He either left or was let go by “Silicon Valley” amid complaints that his behavior during filming was inappropriate and unprofessional. And in 2017, sexual assault allegations stemming from an incident in his college days were widely publicized. He has denied the allegations.
Many have said that Miller’s career should be done in light of these and other allegations about his behavior, but he is still performing. He had a supporting role in the recent Kristen Stewart sci-fi horror film “Underwater,” and he’s currently making the comedy club rounds with his stand-up show, during which he reportedly addresses his many controversies.
Miller’s tour this weekend comes to the heart of the tech world he helped skewer so brilliantly in “Silicon Valley” for five shows at San Jose Improv.
Details: 7:30 and 9:45 p.m. Friday, 7 and 9:30 p.m. Saturday, 7 p.m. Sunday; $27.50$80; improv.com/sanjose.
— Randy McMullen, Staff