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The Yes Men Fix the World is a cheerful quest for social justice The Yes Men Fix the World is a cheerful quest for social justice
The antiglobalist performance guys who call themselves the Yes Men are masters of forging corporate rhetoric and media protocols. The most recent... More>>
By J. Hoberman
Published: October 28, 2009
Just in time for Halloween, small-screen thrills Just in time for Halloween, small-screen thrills
Apart from the stray slasher flick, Halloween is traditionally a dead spot on the Hollywood calendar. This week's big release? The Michael... More>>
By Brian Miller
Published: October 28, 2009
Arthouse movie listings for October 28-November 3, 2009
To submit a listing, e-mail film@sfweekly.com. Artists' Television Access. "Subjective Sanity": Presentation of the Free Form Film Festival.... More>>
Compiled By Michael Leaverton and Hiya Swanhuyser
Published: October 28, 2009
Cirque du Freak tries to get in on the vampire trend and fails Cirque du Freak tries to get in on the vampire trend and fails
Like the ominous fingernail moon early on in Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant, the bloodsucker trend is again in a waxing phase thanks to... More>>
By Aaron Hillis
Published: October 21, 2009
Lars von Trier's Antichrist puts characters, and audience, through the wringer Lars von Trier's Antichrist puts characters, and audience, through the wringer
Lars von Trier's doggedly outrageous, fearsomely ambitious two-hander is so desperate to make you feel something — if only a terrible... More>>
By J. Hoberman
Published: October 21, 2009
Arthouse movie listings for October 21-27, 2009
To submit a listing, e-mail film@sfweekly.com. Artists' Television Access. "Distribution Workshop/Panel Discussion": Experts help experimental... More>>
Compiled By Michael Leaverton and Hiya Swanhuyser
Published: October 21, 2009
Jonze's Wild Things more like Mild Things Jonze's Wild Things more like Mild Things
Directed by Spike Jonze from a 400-word children's picture book first published in 1963, Where the Wild Things Are may be the toughest adaptation... More>>
By J. Hoberman
Published: October 14, 2009
An Education and its star, Carey Mulligan, get good marks An Education and its star, Carey Mulligan, get good marks
The title is a double entendre in An Education, the film version of British journalist Lynn Barber's memoir about the crash course she received... More>>
By Scott Foundas
Published: October 14, 2009
Arthouse movie listings for October 14-20, 2009 Arthouse movie listings for October 14-20, 2009
To submit a listing, e-mail film@sfweekly.com. Artists' Television Access. "An Evening of Electroacoustic Audiovisual Improvisations": Film and... More>>
Compiled By Michael Leaverton and Hiya Swanhuyser
Published: October 14, 2009
Are the Coen brothers self-hating or just everyone hating? Are the Coen brothers self-hating or just everyone hating?
The Yiddish shtetl shtick that opens Joel and Ethan Coen's new movie — a Jewish peasant stumbles on an old Hasid who may or may not be a... More>>
By Ella Taylor
Published: October 07, 2009
Arthouse movie listings for October 7-13, 2009
To submit a listing, e-mail film@sfweekly.com. Artists' Television Access. The Land Speaks Arabic: Talk by Richard Becker; film by Marse... More>>
Compiled By Michael Leaverton and Hiya Swanhuyser
Published: October 07, 2009
Michael Moore sells the same old schtick in Capitalism: A Love Story Michael Moore sells the same old schtick in Capitalism: A Love Story
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... More>>
By Ella Taylor
Published: September 30, 2009
Ricky Gervais can only get so far, or so funny, with The Invention of Lying Ricky Gervais can only get so far, or so funny, with The Invention of Lying
The Invention of Lying's plot hook sounds like a pile-up of Jim Carrey–Tom Shadyac concept comedies. The assumption is that there isn't... More>>
By Nick Pinkerton
Published: September 30, 2009
On Coco Before Chanel: Chanel hagiography is so last season On Coco Before Chanel: Chanel hagiography is so last season
Anne Fontaine's Coco Before Chanel gives us Belle Époque Coco, opening in 1893 with a grim scene of the 10-year-old waif and her sister... More>>
By Melissa Anderson
Published: September 30, 2009
Arthouse movie listings for September 23-29, 2009
To submit a listing, e-mail film@sfweekly.com. Artists' Television Access. The Revolution Will Not Be Televised: Produced by Rod Stoneman, in... More>>
Compiled By Michael Leaverton and Hiya Swanhuyser
Published: September 30, 2009
Masterful documentary Crude details the toxic battle between big oil and natives in Ecuador Masterful documentary Crude details the toxic battle between big oil and natives in Ecuador
Water, water everywhere, but not a drop to drink. Why? Because it's thick with sludge. Moving briskly through a stranger-than-fiction, serpentine... More>>
By Scott Foundas
Published: September 23, 2009
Arthouse movie listings for September 23-29, 2009 Arthouse movie listings for September 23-29, 2009
To submit a listing, e-mail film@sfweekly.com. 111 Minna Gallery. Survival Strength Starting Over: Documentary about Hurricane Katrina; benefit... More>>
Compiled By Michael Leaverton and Hiya Swanhuyser
Published: September 23, 2009
The Informant! gets cute with massive corporate scandal and blows the story The Informant! gets cute with massive corporate scandal and blows the story
As evidenced by The Informant!, it's a hell of a tricky thing turning real-life pulp into floss sugar. The story of Archer Daniels Midland... More>>
By Robert Wilonsky
Published: September 16, 2009
More harmonious than tumultuous, Bright Star is an ode to John Keats' great love affair More harmonious than tumultuous, Bright Star is an ode to John Keats' great love affair
Set in the bucolic suburbs of early-19th-century London, as fresh and dewy as a newly mowed lawn, Jane Campion's Bright Star recounts the love... More>>
By J. Hoberman
Published: September 16, 2009
Arthouse movie listings for September 9-15, 2009
To submit a listing, e-mail film@sfweekly.com. Artists' Television Access. Open Screening: Open-mike-style salon for film and video. Thu., Sept.... More>>
By Michael Leaverton and Hiya Swanhuyser
Published: September 16, 2009
The September Issue captures Vogue's lioness at her peak The September Issue captures Vogue's lioness at her peak
When, in the early '00s, I worked as a freelancer for a publication two floors below Vogue — this was pre–Devil Wears Prada —... More>>
By Melissa Anderson
Published: September 09, 2009
Arthouse movie listings for September 9-15, 2009 Arthouse movie listings for September 9-15, 2009
To submit a listing, e-mail film@sfweekly.com. Artists' Television Access. Fever Night: Jordan Harris and Andrew Schrader's acid-trip horror... More>>
Compiled By Michael Leaverton and Hiya Swanhuyser
Published: September 09, 2009
Shane Acker creates an animated postapocalyptic hellscape in 9 Shane Acker creates an animated postapocalyptic hellscape in 9
Early in Shane Acker's computer-animated debut feature 9, a diminutive anthropomorphic whatsit with wooden hands, copper fingers, and the titular... More>>
By Scott Foundas
Published: September 09, 2009
Mike Judge goes back to work with Extract Mike Judge goes back to work with Extract
Mike Judge began writing the screenplay for Extract not long after Office Space opened and closed in a matter of weeks in the late winter of... More>>
By Robert Wilonsky
Published: September 02, 2009
Arthouse movie listings for September 2-8, 2009
To submit a listing, e-mail film@sfweekly.com. Artists' Television Access. Saltwater Sunday Salon: The folks behind the Saltwater film host... More>>
Compiled By Michael Leaverton and Hiya Swanhuyser
Published: September 02, 2009
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