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Two decades ago, an 11-year-old boy from the Bay Area was honored with an invitation most devout Catholics would envy. Mother Teresa of Calcutta, winner of the 1979 Nobel Peace...
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Conventional wisdom dictates that the Internet should be a magical musical wonderland where everyone can be a DJ. But when it comes to user-programmed online radio, the Web is...
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The renegade food-cart craze currently sweeping San Francisco depends on word of mouth for its very existence, which is why Twitter, everyone's favorite punchline, is so vital...
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After devoting his first two films as director, The 40-Year-Old Virgin and Knocked Up, to getting laid and having kids, respectively, Judd Apatow brings the circle of life to a...
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Jia Zhangke’s last feature, Still Life (2006), was set in Fengjie, an ancient river city flooded and rebuilt as part of China’s monumental Three Gorges Dam Project;...
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“Word,” a group show featuring artists who incorporate text into their work, is curated by Danielle Steel. If you’re thinking, “The airport-book lady knows...
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We were starting to think Absolute Beginners was the cinema version of our childhood imaginary friend. The Julien Temple–directed 1986 rock musical stars David Bowie and...
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When you think about the possible food metaphors for veteran punk rock singers, "hot caramel sauce" might not be the first one you grab for. But when you hear Country Club, the...
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Although it seems like whoring is all anybody talks about anymore, sex work sensationalism from breathless mainstream media begs for a clear-eyed literary antidote here and...
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As sweet boutique neighborhoods go, the Valencia Corridor is — how to put it gently? — the best one. The point is arguable, of course, we’re just stating an...
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Every distance runner reaches a point, after all the sweating and breathing and the sweating and breathing, in which he or she thinks, Shouldn’t I be getting an award for...
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Once a staple of Japanese cinema, the samurai film — like the Western in this country — has fallen out of style. The Age of the Bailout doesn't allow much room for an...
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Molly Ringwald is 41 and has three kids. Let that sink in for a second. The winsome waif who exploded as a teen icon in the mid-'80s — and made the cover of Time — is...
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The Brian Jonestown Massacre was like the Yardbirds or Bluesbreakers of the late '90s. Not only did all three bands play burly psychedelic rock, but they also served as a kind...
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As a rule, Internet sensations rarely find success in the real world, because our standards, online, are pathetic. It’s not our fault: We’re enchanted by new...
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It’s percolating. Downtown’s old, old brick temple to money is gathering steam, preparing itself to be viewed, like Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard, readying itself...
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Four courses is too much, unless one of them is ... coffee? At "Theater You Can Eat," The People's Theatre company invades a Bolivian/raw food restaurant, and presents a slate...
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Imagine Motörhead’s Lemmy with a talk show. Now imagine him as a drug-addled, sex-obsessed puppet named Red Orbach who takes pleasure in humiliating his very popular...
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After the Dustbowl, America needed John Steinbeck to give starvation and deprivation human faces to ponder. But as America’s nationwide hunger faded from living memory,...
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Pablo Trapero’s unpretentious prison drama wasn’t exceptional enough to win the Palme d’Or at last year’s Cannes, but what’s downright neglectful is...
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