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1. Feature

   Snitch

   Deanna Johnson testified against a murderer to save her son. But in the projects, truth comes at a price.

   By Ashley Harrell

   Published: May 21, 2008

   It's 7 a.m. on April 16, and Deanna Johnson's alarm clock is going off. She ignores it, and lies so still she could be mistaken for a corpse. She does not open her eyes. She...

2. Reviewed

   Foxy Brown

   Brooklyn's Don Diva (Black Rose Entertainment/Koch)

   By Ben Westhoff

   Published: May 21, 2008

   Naturally, Foxy Brown is the object of Ali G's affections. With her foul mouth and short skirt, she epitomizes the fake gangstaism he parodies. At least she has the track...

3. Music

   Flight of the Conchords tap into music career comedy

   By Doug Wallen

   Published: May 21, 2008

   From the Smothers Brothers to Adam Sandler, comedians have long used music to help their material go down easier, while musical acts from Weird Al to Tenacious D used humor to...

4. Hear This

   Who Loves the Sun

   By Mike Rowell

   Published: May 21, 2008

   When Sun City Girls' Charles Gocher Jr. died of cancer in February 2007, the underground music world lost one of its most enigmatically talented drummers. Gocher's talents were...

5. Eat

   Brick & Fish

   The third one is charming in a nautical sort of way.

   By Meredith Brody

   Published: May 21, 2008

   If you see a compact, heavily tattooed man skateboarding down Minna, don't assume he's a carefree slacker. Chances are he's chef Mitchell Rosenthal, using the most efficient...

6. Film Feature

   Shots in the Dark

   Reflecting its moment, Cannes 2008 takes a decidedly serious tone

   By J. Hoberman

   Published: May 21, 2008

   CANNES, France—No need for dreaming here. Each Cannes Film Festival generates its own metaphors for a 10-day regimen of visions in the dark. It's impossible to forget,...

7. Film

   Indiana Jones and the Fortress of Sad Decline

   Its very own temple of doom, Kingdom of the Crystal Skull digs Indy into a deep hole.

   By Robert Wilonsky

   Published: May 21, 2008

   Here's your hat, Indy, but, really, what's your hurry? Because 19 years after the Last Crusade that clearly wasn't, and 15 years after the old man joined Young Indiana Jones on...

8. Night&Day

   Spanglish Probably Won't Cut It

   By Hiya Swanhuyser

   Published: May 21, 2008

   For eight years, native speakers and other people who can hold up their end of a literary conversation in Spanish have gathered at the end of every month, in the back room of...

9. Night&Day

   Get It While You Can

   By Hiya Swanhuyser

   Published: May 21, 2008

   So, the rumors are true: Trannyshack is leaving us. An ominous note on the drag show's Web site reminds us "There are now 12 Trannyshacks left." We thought it was a publicity...

10. Night&Day

    Brothers in Arms

    By Ella Taylor

    Published: May 21, 2008

    Joachim Trier’s dazzlingly kinetic tale of two aspiring Norwegian cult novelists, Reprise, is bounded by fantasies of what might have become of the friends and literary...

11. Night&Day

    Hip Hop Summit

    By Michael Leaverton

    Published: May 21, 2008

    If only all author appearances could go as well as Adam Mansbach's appearance will go tonight. We’re serious: It'll go well. Not just because he is a critically acclaimed...

12. Night&Day

    Buy Into It

    By Michael Leaverton

    Published: May 21, 2008

    Starting today, looking up at billboards might make you feel ennobled and spiritual and suffused with the sense that, dammit, we’ve got a shot in this crazy world after...

13. Night&Day

    Lady Peaceful, Lady Happy

    By Hiya Swanhuyser

    Published: May 21, 2008

    As with so many inherent personal qualities, people often realize very young that they are girly girls. Dislike of kickball; love of pretty things to wear, although not...

14. Night&Day

    The Little People

    By Hiya Swanhuyser

    Published: May 21, 2008

    Local artist Suzanne Husky makes soft sculpture, soft portraits, and soft murals. She also makes marmalade, but let's set that aside for a moment. At "You Make Me Make You," a...

15. Night&Day

    See How High She Flies

    By Hiya Swanhuyser

    Published: May 21, 2008

    Day of Wrath's director, we're told, "never loses sight of the eroticism inherent in the concept of witchcraft." So be forewarned: "Witchcraft Weekend" features films made by...

16. Night&Day

    Trust the Carny

    By Silke Tudor

    Published: May 21, 2008

    Paul Cesewski was a perfect candidate for the S.F. Recycling & Disposal Artist-in-Residence Program. For years, he has been a master of "precycling," raising pedal-powered...

17. Night&Day

    Realize Your Potential

    By Hiya Swanhuyser

    Published: May 21, 2008

    Don't you hate it when Gawker just suddenly discovers something you were reading in 1997 when the author was still in high school and a friend of yours bought it off her...

18. Night&Day

    Polar Express

    By Michael Leaverton

    Published: May 21, 2008

    In days of yore, polar research teams could expect to be left to their own devices during their season on the floe. Now, thanks to the Internet, they’re increasingly...

19. Night&Day

    Figaro Figaro Figaro

    By Silke Tudor

    Published: May 21, 2008

    Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro, ossia la folle giornata ( The Marriage of Figaro, or the Day of Madness), is one of the ten most performed operas in the United States. It...

20. Night&Day

    If ... Only

    By Michael Fox

    Published: May 21, 2008

    Brit bad boy Malcolm McDowell didn't have his poster thumb-tacked to as many bedroom walls as James Dean or Marlon Brando did, but only because he hailed from a smaller...