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Martine Leveque moved to the U.S. from Haiti in 1983 and eventually established a Hollywood career writing subtitles in Italian and French for English-language movies. When...
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Now in its ninth year, the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival is a beloved San Francisco tradition: a free open-air celebration of American roots music in the broadest sense...
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The Civic Center deli known as Larkin Express was the ideal of those who love to find the hidden little restaurants of the city. It was a grungy lunch place that featured...
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The ushers at a packed screening of Michael Moore's latest movie, Capitalism: A Love Story, came proudly decked out in T-shirts bearing slogans like "Make Love, Not...
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How we view the relationship between traditional and new media should forever be changed by Danish filmmaker Anders Ostergaard's terrific documentary about a loosely organized...
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Born in Lima, the child of Polish Jewish refugees, Heddy Honigmann studied film in Rome, lives in Amsterdam, and has made documentaries in Paris, Rio, and New Jersey. With the...
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For those (like this critic) who missed singer-songwriter Stew’s Tony-winning, autobiographical rock musical during its runs at the Public Theater and on Broadway, Spike...
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We’re film nerds; we love the illegal film called Los Angeles Plays Itself, which uses unauthorized clips from nearly every major motion picture that features the city....
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Crotch holes are probably the number one male sewing dilemma. A lot of other stuff, you can take it to the lady at the dry cleaner's, she’ll do it. But will you take her...
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San Francisco wants Market Street to cool it. First, the city forced eastbound cars to abandon all hope and turn right, making adjacent Mission Street the highway to hell. The...
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During a recent experimental film screening, we tried to count experimental film clichés. We failed: There are way too many. Nudity, oceans, and apartment bathrooms are...
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Tokyo’s MONO is one of those “ya gotta see 'em live” bands. Sure, the instrumental quartet’s recordings are lovely, filled with long tracks of glistening...
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With all the emphasis placed on political relations between the “Arab world” and the United States, there isn’t enough emphasis put on the kaleidoscopic...
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Back in the mid-'90s, bands weren't supposed to dig '70s hard-rock groups like Grand Funk Railroad or Blue Öyster Cult. This was before the White Stripes, before...
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At Open Studios, walk into the hives, the factories, the crucibles: the places of art invention. At this opening weekend, in the Mission District and its surrounding valleys...
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For decades, neurologists have been prescribing music for diseases like Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s. There’s no doubt that Rupa Marya, a practicing physician at...
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The all-ages West Coast Kings and Queens Chess Tournament aims to be more than just a game. With its chess tutorials, martial arts exhibitions, and discussion sessions in...
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In the 19th century, Grand Guignol terror plays used to shock people — props from the butcher shop took care of that. Although the work is tame compared to current...
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Amy Tan’s characters are so formulaic, she makes Dan Brown look like William Burroughs. Pow! Tan better get used to it: She’s the guest of honor at Litquake’s...
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Embroidery consists stitching in small segments, obsessively building piece by piece into a work that blossoms into a cohesive, even elegant, hunk of software. Flip a piece...
