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James Beard Finalists Announced Today: Here Are the Locals

​Today, the James Beard Foundation announces the finalists for both its restaurant, book, and journalism awards, often called the "Oscars" of the food world. (Semifinalists for the 2012 restaurant awards were announced on February 21). The foundation is tweeting out the results as we type, so SFoo ... More >>

The 84th Academy Awards: a Timeline

​ People plan parties around this stuff, so we assume you probably watched too. But just in case you didn't, here's a timeline of the 84th Academy Awards ceremony. They make it this long just to mess with us all, in case you didn't know...

Shrimp is Killing Everything, Babycakes is Coming to San Francisco, & Vegan Caramel Invades the Oscars

​ •Let's lead with the most important news: I'm totally at the Oscars! Actually, it's even better than the Oscars because that's just some wack-ass, rigged, masturbatory television program. I'm at the Oscar Swag Bag Lounge, where celebrities come to get hella free shit for being rich. I know, it ... More >>

Dress Up and Watch the Oscars at Two S.F. Neighborhood Theaters

It's the time of year when Hollywood shines the spotlight on itself, and the Balboa and the Roxie theaters bring the red carpet to San Francisco on Sunday evening by showing the Academy Awards telecast on the big screen. Writer and performer Reed Kirk Rahlmann returns to the Balboa this year as mast ... More >>

Arthouse Movie Listings February 22-28, 2012

It's the time of year when Hollywood shines the spotlight on itself, and the Balboa and the Roxie theaters bring the red carpet to San Francisco on Sunday evening by showing the Academy Awards telecast on the big screen. Writer and performer Reed Kirk Rahlmann returns to the Balboa this year as mast ... More >>

The Top 10 Worst Film Performances By Musicians

By DAVE GIL DE RUBIO Rock star, singer-songwriter, producer, interior designer -- now we should add thespian to the many creative hats sported by Lenny Kravitz, who performs tonight (Feb. 14) at the Fox Theater in Oakland. In keeping with the family business -- his mom was the late Roxie Roker, a.k ... More >>

Five Songs That Should Have Been Nominated For an Oscar This Year

​Really, Academy? Only two nominations for Best Original Song this year? And they're both from children's movies? Because there were so many songs on your shortlist (39, to precise), and because only songs that score an average of 8.5 out of 10 from your voters can get nominated, you basically jus ... More >>

The 13 Worst Songs to Listen to While High

In the world of random audio hallucination, there's the shit and then there's, well, shit. While I own some terrible stoner tunes, mere good taste, as everyone knows, goes for little in a world of thin walls, car audio, American Idol, and an ongoing '90s revival. Drunk or sober, bent or straight, l ... More >>

Tough Guys and Long Legs

In the world of random audio hallucination, there's the shit and then there's, well, shit. While I own some terrible stoner tunes, mere good taste, as everyone knows, goes for little in a world of thin walls, car audio, American Idol, and an ongoing '90s revival. Drunk or sober, bent or straight, l ... More >>

Good Food Awards Brings a Beer Garden to the Ferry Building

The Good Food Awards is kind of like the Oscars, only a touch less glamorous and a lot more focused on cured meat and pickles. This weekend, awards will be given out in categories such as charcuterie, cheese, coffee, and chocolate. If you ask us, those are a lot more exciting than Best Costume Desig ... More >>

This Weekend's World Veg Fest is Guaranteed Bananas!

Tamara PalmerOCD Sweet's Caramel 'Not' Corn for your face.​What: 12th Annual World Vegetarian Festival Where: San Francisco County Fair Building When: Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 1 & 2, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Cost: $8 suggested donation The rundown: Gather round, ye hippies and bleeding hearts, it's ... More >>

Refuge in Refuse

Tamara PalmerOCD Sweet's Caramel 'Not' Corn for your face.​What: 12th Annual World Vegetarian Festival Where: San Francisco County Fair Building When: Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 1 & 2, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Cost: $8 suggested donation The rundown: Gather round, ye hippies and bleeding hearts, it's ... More >>

Glee to Get Its Own Music Awards Show; Suicide Rate Likely to Increase

Yesterday, Perez Hilton announced (in his usual fawning, sycophantic way) that this year -- on May 31, to be precise -- there will be a Glee music awards show. We now officially feel like the cast of that show is so damn ubiquitous, its members might as well be breaking into our homes at night and ... More >>

Oscars 2011: The Academy Goes for Safe Nominations

Yesterday, Perez Hilton announced (in his usual fawning, sycophantic way) that this year -- on May 31, to be precise -- there will be a Glee music awards show. We now officially feel like the cast of that show is so damn ubiquitous, its members might as well be breaking into our homes at night and ... More >>

Idol Worship

Yesterday, Perez Hilton announced (in his usual fawning, sycophantic way) that this year -- on May 31, to be precise -- there will be a Glee music awards show. We now officially feel like the cast of that show is so damn ubiquitous, its members might as well be breaking into our homes at night and ... More >>

"The Eagle": A Neophyte Roman General Leads a Boy's Adventure

Yesterday, Perez Hilton announced (in his usual fawning, sycophantic way) that this year -- on May 31, to be precise -- there will be a Glee music awards show. We now officially feel like the cast of that show is so damn ubiquitous, its members might as well be breaking into our homes at night and ... More >>

Showcasing Oscar-Nominated Short Films 2011

Yesterday, Perez Hilton announced (in his usual fawning, sycophantic way) that this year -- on May 31, to be precise -- there will be a Glee music awards show. We now officially feel like the cast of that show is so damn ubiquitous, its members might as well be breaking into our homes at night and ... More >>

Sundance dominated by cults and the uncertain future

Yesterday, Perez Hilton announced (in his usual fawning, sycophantic way) that this year -- on May 31, to be precise -- there will be a Glee music awards show. We now officially feel like the cast of that show is so damn ubiquitous, its members might as well be breaking into our homes at night and ... More >>

(100) Days of Summer Movies

Yesterday, Perez Hilton announced (in his usual fawning, sycophantic way) that this year -- on May 31, to be precise -- there will be a Glee music awards show. We now officially feel like the cast of that show is so damn ubiquitous, its members might as well be breaking into our homes at night and ... More >>

What To Do? Tales From Terror Town at Mezzanine

Set photo from "The Violent Kind"​Tales From Terror Town @ Mezzanine Horror is all too often dissed as a low-rent genre, but talented directors from Roman Polanski to Francis Ford Coppola to Sam Raimi have entered the film biz through that dark door. This particularly ambitious threesome escaped ... More >>

Horror Business

Set photo from "The Violent Kind"​Tales From Terror Town @ Mezzanine Horror is all too often dissed as a low-rent genre, but talented directors from Roman Polanski to Francis Ford Coppola to Sam Raimi have entered the film biz through that dark door. This particularly ambitious threesome escaped ... More >>

Oscar Wild: The Academy Awards bring the crazy

Set photo from "The Violent Kind"​Tales From Terror Town @ Mezzanine Horror is all too often dissed as a low-rent genre, but talented directors from Roman Polanski to Francis Ford Coppola to Sam Raimi have entered the film biz through that dark door. This particularly ambitious threesome escaped ... More >>

It’s an Honor Just to Be Aggravated

Set photo from "The Violent Kind"​Tales From Terror Town @ Mezzanine Horror is all too often dissed as a low-rent genre, but talented directors from Roman Polanski to Francis Ford Coppola to Sam Raimi have entered the film biz through that dark door. This particularly ambitious threesome escaped ... More >>

2010 Academy Award Nominated Shorts: Live Action

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Police and Thieves

Set photo from "The Violent Kind"​Tales From Terror Town @ Mezzanine Horror is all too often dissed as a low-rent genre, but talented directors from Roman Polanski to Francis Ford Coppola to Sam Raimi have entered the film biz through that dark door. This particularly ambitious threesome escaped ... More >>

Cunning Linguists

Set photo from "The Violent Kind"​Tales From Terror Town @ Mezzanine Horror is all too often dissed as a low-rent genre, but talented directors from Roman Polanski to Francis Ford Coppola to Sam Raimi have entered the film biz through that dark door. This particularly ambitious threesome escaped ... More >>

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

Set photo from "The Violent Kind"​Tales From Terror Town @ Mezzanine Horror is all too often dissed as a low-rent genre, but talented directors from Roman Polanski to Francis Ford Coppola to Sam Raimi have entered the film biz through that dark door. This particularly ambitious threesome escaped ... More >>

Moving the Dead

Set photo from "The Violent Kind"​Tales From Terror Town @ Mezzanine Horror is all too often dissed as a low-rent genre, but talented directors from Roman Polanski to Francis Ford Coppola to Sam Raimi have entered the film biz through that dark door. This particularly ambitious threesome escaped ... More >>

Star Power

Set photo from "The Violent Kind"​Tales From Terror Town @ Mezzanine Horror is all too often dissed as a low-rent genre, but talented directors from Roman Polanski to Francis Ford Coppola to Sam Raimi have entered the film biz through that dark door. This particularly ambitious threesome escaped ... More >>

The Elusive Happy Ending

Set photo from "The Violent Kind"​Tales From Terror Town @ Mezzanine Horror is all too often dissed as a low-rent genre, but talented directors from Roman Polanski to Francis Ford Coppola to Sam Raimi have entered the film biz through that dark door. This particularly ambitious threesome escaped ... More >>

Creativity Explored 25th Anniversary At Foreign Cinema

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You Should Explore Your Own

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Up Yours

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2007 Academy Award Nominated Short Films at Embarcadero Center Cinema - Today's Calendar Pick

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Good Luck, Philippe!

Set photo from "The Violent Kind"​Tales From Terror Town @ Mezzanine Horror is all too often dissed as a low-rent genre, but talented directors from Roman Polanski to Francis Ford Coppola to Sam Raimi have entered the film biz through that dark door. This particularly ambitious threesome escaped ... More >>

Saint Nic

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Harvey Milk Biopic to be filmed in SF, Mayor's Office Announces

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Small Packages

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Repertory Film Listings

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The Wrong Side

A seminal anti-war documentary exposes the horrors of the United States' presence in Vietnam

Reps Etc.

A seminal anti-war documentary exposes the horrors of the United States' presence in Vietnam

Tranny Get Your Fun

Colorful parties, curious panel discussions, and lots and lots of movies

Movie Meals

A strategy for eating near the San Francisco International Film Festival

Best Place to See a Movie and Drink Beer

The Parkway Theater

Best Movie Memorabilia

Show Biz

Up the Academy

The Oscar telecast has, for a decade, been Gil Cates' golden moment

Reel World

Freedom on My Mind and Never Fear

Big Night

Freedom on My Mind and Never Fear

Night+Day

Freedom on My Mind and Never Fear