Most Popular
-
Transblazer She just became the city's first transgender department head, but Theresa Sparks is already setting her sights on becoming the city's first transgender supervisor.
-
Under Fire Mike Estrada was supposed to be ordered away from a burning building by his superior. It was just one of many mistakes that put him in harm's way.
- National Rifle Association recruits San Franciscans to overturn gun-control laws
- List: How to tell if you're living next to a marijuana grow house
- Forbidden fruit: The trouble with those guys who sell strawberries on street corners
Recent Blog Posts
State Agency Grants Signal Shift Away from Embryonic Stem Cells
Fri Nov 6, 5:29 PM
Yelp Deathmatch Update: Business Owner Says Yelper Started Fight, Yelper Calls Tale 'Crock of Shit'
Fri Nov 6, 4:15 PM
New York Times' YouTube Investigation: Bicyclists Sometimes Run Stop Signs
Fri Nov 6, 3:45 PM
10 Things to Do This Weekend for Under $10
Fri Nov 6, 8:00 AM
Hey DJ! Friday Q&A w/ SF ex-pat Andy Caldwell
Fri Nov 6, 7:20 AM
Photo of the Week: Obama or JFK?
Thu Nov 5, 11:56 AM
Doggy Bag: Short-Stack Manifesto
Fri Nov 6, 5:41 PM
Fenton's Creamery is Hosting an UP Party
Fri Nov 6, 5:10 PM
Meet the Disciples of Speed Baking Tomorrow at Omnivore
Fri Nov 6, 4:39 PM
National Features >
Village Voice
The Great Walls of Chinatown
With the exception of the electric rice cookers, this Bowery tenement could have come straight from the Nineteenth Century.
By Elizabeth Dwoskin
Houston Press
Getting Off
DUI attorney Tyler Flood wins 80 percent of his trials--even if his clients were 100 percent drunk.
By Mike Giglio
Miami New Times
Park or Die Tryin'
From the homeless parking mafia to the meter fairy, finding a spot in Miami has taken a turn toward the surreal.
By Gus Garcia-Roberts
City Pages
The Baddest Men on the Planet
Straight from the Sam's Club tire shop, Brett Rogers prepares to meet Fedor Emelianenko in mortal combat.
By Bradley Campbell
Thank God for God
Share
By Michael Fox
Published on March 24, 2009 at 4:23am
Erich Von Stroheim and Cecil B. DeMille may not have believed they had a divine right to make movies, but on the set they were assuredly God. Pastor Richard Gazowsky of Voice of Pentecost Church is content to take his cues from a higher authority: One day in 1995, the San Francisco minister announced to his congregation that God had instructed him to set up a television and movie studio to spread the Word. Gazowsky founded Christian WYSIWYG Filmworks and, after completing a handful of marginally competent films, embarked on a 70mm sci-fi feature. Michael Jacobs’ excruciatingly funny Audience of One tracks the train wreck of Gravity: The Shadow of Joseph with a cool eye, compiling a riveting record of a relentlessly driven director who took a leap of faith and got in over his head. Gazowsky’s saving grace, as it were — why he evokes sympathy rather than enmity — is that he didn’t get into filmmaking for the glory, but for His glory.
March 27-April 3, 2009
foam order.com
Now Click This
