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21. Film

    Heaven can wait: Drag Me to Hell is much more fun.

    By Nick Pinkerton

    Published: May 27, 2009

    Sam Raimi wants to go home again. Often a drifting virtuoso in the years before finding his Spider Man gig, with Drag Me to Hell Raimi defaults to the horror romps that made...

22. Film

    Up soars in entirely unexpected ways

    By Robert Wilonsky

    Published: May 27, 2009

    First of all, Up is not a movie about a cranky old coot who, with the help of a roly-poly Boy Scout, finds his inner child during a series of magical adventures experienced...

23. Film

    Lars von Trier's Antichrist can't save this year's Cannes

    By J. Hoberman

    Published: May 27, 2009

    CANNES, France — It's been a blood-soaked first week at the Cannes Film Festival — at least onscreen. Six festivals ago, Lars von Trier galvanized a mediocre...

24. Film

    Cannes 2009: This time, it's visceral

    By J. Hoberman

    Published: May 27, 2009

    CANNES, France — Memorable for its in-your-face sensationalism, the 62nd Cannes Film Festival opened with the 3-D computer animation Up, saving the "Yours" for the final...

25. Film

    It's hard to stay mad at surprise Oscar winner Departures

    By Ella Taylor

    Published: May 27, 2009

    The stately Japanese movie Departures comes into theaters trailing some justified ill will for having trounced the critical favorite, Israel's Waltz With Bashir, for Best...

26. Arthouse

    Arthouse movie listings for May 27-June 2, 2009

    Compiled By Michael Leaverton and Hiya Swanhuyser

    Published: May 27, 2009

    To submit a listing, e-mail film@sfweekly.com. Artists' Television Access. Free Form Film Series: Culture Crash: Experimental film and video. Thu., May 28, 8 p.m....

27. Stage

    Amy Freed's comedy is far from spectacular in You, Nero

    By Chloe Veltman

    Published: May 27, 2009

    Over the years I've been blogging about the arts, I've never been showered with more feedback than I received for a post I wrote about Susan Boyle a few weeks ago. Following...

28. Stagecap

    Wreckage

    By Chris Jensen

    Published: May 27, 2009

    Two siblings find themselves alone on a strange beach, then embark on a gender-bending odyssey — it's a premise that worked beautifully for Shakespeare in Twelfth Night....

29. Stagecap

    Fukú Americanus

    By Nathaniel Eaton

    Published: May 27, 2009

    After finding great success bringing Dave Eggers' novel You Shall Know Our Velocity to the stage (Sacrament, 2004), the Mission's Campo Santo is tackling Junot Díaz'...

30. Encore

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    Our critics weigh in on local theater

    By Nathaniel Eaton, Michael Leaverton and Hiya Swanhuyser

    Published: May 27, 2009

    The In-Betweens. Dark Porch Theatre was formed as a dance-and-movement–based company in Portland, Oregon, and then moved to the Bay Area to focus on acting. This explains...