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  • The Green Zone

    By J. Hoberman

    Better late than never — a bang-bang pulse-pounder predicated on the Bush administration's deliberate fabrication of WMDs in Iraq. Paul... More >>

  • The Art of the Steal

    By Melissa Anderson

    Henri Matisse called the Barnes Foundation "the only sane place to see art in America." But the clamor over moving one of the world's foremost... More >>

  • Arthouse movie listings for March 10-16, 2010

    Compiled By Michael Leaverton and Hiya Swanhuyser

    To submit a listing, e-mail film@sfweekly.com. Artists' Television Access. Slingshot Hip-Hop: Jackie Reem Salloum's film about Palestinian... More >>

  • Brooklyn's Finest

    By Robert Wilonsky

    All that remains of Antoine Fuqua's Training Day is Denzel Washington's Oscar-winning performance, his baddest and best. The rest of the movie? A... More >>

  • A Prophet

    By Rob Nelson

    Agreeing at the insistence of a Corsican mob boss to suck and then slash a fellow inmate, newly jailed Malik El Djebena (Tahar Rahim) —... More >>

  • The Academy Awards' most outrageous moments

    By Melissa Anderson

    After a protracted, numbing awards season, this Sunday's Oscar broadcast promises the drama of two ex-spouses battling for Best Picture and Best... More >>

  • Alice in Wonderland

    By J. Hoberman

    Walt Disney mulled an adaptation of Alice in Wonderland for decades before producing an animated feature in 1951, although by all accounts, he... More >>

  • Arthouse movie listings for March 3-9, 2010

    Compiled By Michael Leaverton and Hiya Swanhuyser

    To submit a listing, e-mail film@sfweekly.com. Artists' Television Access. Cinemas, Heaviness: Other Cinema's experimental rarities. Sat., March... More >>

  • Cop Out

    By Karina Longworth

    Cop Out establishes its movie lineage right away, with a slow-motion toe-to-head tilt up, set to the Beastie Boys' "No Sleep 'Til Brooklyn," of... More >>

  • Red Riding Trilogy

    By Nick Pinkerton

    Now a 305-minute triptych film, Red Riding originated in the novels of Ossett-bred David Peace, written in Tokyo and published between 1999 and... More >>

  • Arthouse movie listings for February 24-March 2, 2010

    Compiled By Michael Leaverton and Hiya Swanhuyser

    To submit a listing, e-mail film@sfweekly.com. Artists' Television Access. Zeitgeist Addendum: Peter Joseph's documentary on international... More >>

  • Shutter Island

    By Nick Pinkerton

    Martin Scorsese's Shutter Island, a florid art shocker Paramount welcomed into the world with the strained enthusiasm of a mutant baby's parents,... More >>

  • Arthouse movie listings for February 17-23, 2010

    Compiled By Michael Leaverton and Hiya Swanhuyser

    To submit a listing, e-mail film@sfweekly.com. Castro Theatre. The Meaning of Life and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen: Terry Gilliam double... More >>

  • Valentine's Day

    By Karina Longworth

    In Pretty Woman, director Garry Marshall's personal cinematic high score, the opening credits close (and the closing credits open) with the voice... More >>

  • Arthouse movie listings for February 10-16, 2010

    Compiled By Michael Leaverton and Hiya Swanhuyser

    To submit a listing, e-mail film@sfweekly.com. Artists' Television Access. The Black Rock: Kevin Epps' documentary on the African-American... More >>

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<i>The Green Zone</i>: Mission finally accomplished The Green Zone: Mission finally accomplished
By J. Hoberman

Better late than never — a bang-bang pulse-pounder predicated on the Bush administration's deliberate fabrication of WMDs in Iraq. Paul Greengrass' expertly assembled Green Zone has evidently been parked for… More >>

Barnes and Ignobles Barnes and Ignobles
By Melissa Anderson

Henri Matisse called the Barnes Foundation "the only sane place to see art in America." But the clamor over moving one of the world's foremost collections of Impressionist, post-Impressionist, and… More >>

Arthouse movie listings for March 10-16, 2010
Compiled By Michael Leaverton and Hiya Swanhuyser

To submit a listing, e-mail film@sfweekly.com. Artists' Television Access. Slingshot Hip-Hop: Jackie Reem Salloum's film about Palestinian musicians. Thu., March 11, 7:30 p.m. $6. "In Search of Lorine Niedecker: Film and… More >>

A sleepy follow-up to <i>Training Day</i>, <i>Brooklyn's Finest</i>  cops out A sleepy follow-up to Training Day, Brooklyn's Finest cops out
By Robert Wilonsky

All that remains of Antoine Fuqua's Training Day is Denzel Washington's Oscar-winning performance, his baddest and best. The rest of the movie? A blustering stumble toward parody — an overwrought,… More >>

Jacques Audiard, the "French Scorsese," arrives stateside with <i>A Prophet</i> Jacques Audiard, the "French Scorsese," arrives stateside with A Prophet
By Rob Nelson

Agreeing at the insistence of a Corsican mob boss to suck and then slash a fellow inmate, newly jailed Malik El Djebena (Tahar Rahim) — poor, illiterate, a "dirty Arab"… More >>

Oscar Wild: The Academy Awards bring the crazy Oscar Wild: The Academy Awards bring the crazy
By Melissa Anderson

After a protracted, numbing awards season, this Sunday's Oscar broadcast promises the drama of two ex-spouses battling for Best Picture and Best Director. But will Kathryn Bigelow versus James Cameron… More >>

Alice in Chains Alice in Chains
By J. Hoberman

Walt Disney mulled an adaptation of Alice in Wonderland for decades before producing an animated feature in 1951, although by all accounts, he didn't much care for the prim little… More >>

Arthouse movie listings for March 3-9, 2010
Compiled By Michael Leaverton and Hiya Swanhuyser

To submit a listing, e-mail film@sfweekly.com. Artists' Television Access. Cinemas, Heaviness: Other Cinema's experimental rarities. Sat., March 6, 8:30 p.m. $9.99. Vimeo Offline: Comic Web shorts. Sun., March 7, 8 p.m.… More >>

Kevin Smith's <i>Cop Out</i>: So crazy, it just might work Kevin Smith's Cop Out: So crazy, it just might work
By Karina Longworth

Cop Out establishes its movie lineage right away, with a slow-motion toe-to-head tilt up, set to the Beastie Boys' "No Sleep 'Til Brooklyn," of black-cop/white-cop buddies Paul and Jimmy swaggering… More >>

Four books, three films, and one very rotten Yorkshire in <i>Red Riding</i> Four books, three films, and one very rotten Yorkshire in Red Riding
By Nick Pinkerton

Now a 305-minute triptych film, Red Riding originated in the novels of Ossett-bred David Peace, written in Tokyo and published between 1999 and 2002. Looking back without nostalgia to the… More >>

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