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Symbiotic Scores

"Lourdes": Miracles can happen?

Dog Showdown Slated for Thursday at Grace Cathedral. Will the Angels Weep?

San Francisco's iconic Grace Cathedral was a setting for the last film of the great Alfred Hitchcock, 1976's Family Plot, which featured wealthy eccentrics, a villainous jeweler, and a phony spiritualist in a topsy-turvy suspense plot. Following in this tradition, the cathedral atop Nob Hill tomorro ... More >>

What To Do? Tonight's Pick: Jonathan Lethem

​"Jonathan Lethem's last two novels -- 2003's Fortress of Solitude and 2007's You Don't Love Me Yet -- steered away from the sci-fi leanings of his early work. The talking kangaroos, post-apocalyptic telepaths, and alien hermaphrodites were replaced by flying children and mysteriously endowed song ... More >>

Lethem Drops Chronic

​"Jonathan Lethem's last two novels -- 2003's Fortress of Solitude and 2007's You Don't Love Me Yet -- steered away from the sci-fi leanings of his early work. The talking kangaroos, post-apocalyptic telepaths, and alien hermaphrodites were replaced by flying children and mysteriously endowed song ... More >>

Photographic Memory

​"Jonathan Lethem's last two novels -- 2003's Fortress of Solitude and 2007's You Don't Love Me Yet -- steered away from the sci-fi leanings of his early work. The talking kangaroos, post-apocalyptic telepaths, and alien hermaphrodites were replaced by flying children and mysteriously endowed song ... More >>

Happy Hundredth, John's Grill

John's Grill celebrated its hundredth birthday a few weeks ago, and as a longtime fan of Old San Francisco and the works of Dashiell Hammett, I made sure to help observe the occasion. Hammett figures into the equation because at one point in his magnum opus, "The Maltese Falcon," gumshoe Sam Spade ... More >>

Hungarian Rhapsody

John's Grill celebrated its hundredth birthday a few weeks ago, and as a longtime fan of Old San Francisco and the works of Dashiell Hammett, I made sure to help observe the occasion. Hammett figures into the equation because at one point in his magnum opus, "The Maltese Falcon," gumshoe Sam Spade ... More >>

Butter

John's Grill celebrated its hundredth birthday a few weeks ago, and as a longtime fan of Old San Francisco and the works of Dashiell Hammett, I made sure to help observe the occasion. Hammett figures into the equation because at one point in his magnum opus, "The Maltese Falcon," gumshoe Sam Spade ... More >>

Settling Scores

John's Grill celebrated its hundredth birthday a few weeks ago, and as a longtime fan of Old San Francisco and the works of Dashiell Hammett, I made sure to help observe the occasion. Hammett figures into the equation because at one point in his magnum opus, "The Maltese Falcon," gumshoe Sam Spade ... More >>

Grave Undertaking

When the story calls for some dark dramatics, why not take advantage?

Repertory Film Listings

When the story calls for some dark dramatics, why not take advantage?

Repertory Film Listings

Repertory Film Listings

Peeping Bomb

With Hitchcock in its rear window, bland voyeur thriller does its best not to perturb(ia)

Repertory Film Listings

With Hitchcock in its rear window, bland voyeur thriller does its best not to perturb(ia)

Our top DVD picks for the week of February 6:

With Hitchcock in its rear window, bland voyeur thriller does its best not to perturb(ia)

Repertory Film Listings

Repertory Film Listings

Repertory Film Listings

Repertory Film Listings

Repertory Film Listings

Repertory Film Listings

"Imperfect" Is Right

Boring game play mars Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects.

Visiting Vertigo

Hitchcock scholar mans a bike

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Hitchcock scholar mans a bike

Top Five Spots Made Famous in the Movies

Hitchcock scholar mans a bike

Reps Etc.

Hitchcock scholar mans a bike

Stop and Go

Red Lights has its moments, but not nearly enough of them

Reps Etc.

Red Lights has its moments, but not nearly enough of them

Shops and Gifts

Red Lights has its moments, but not nearly enough of them

Reps Etc.

Red Lights has its moments, but not nearly enough of them

Reps Etc.

Red Lights has its moments, but not nearly enough of them

The Chosen

The new director of the S.F. Jewish Film Festival, a new book on Hitchcock's S.F. filming days, and L.A.'s silent movie king comes to town

Reps Etc.

The new director of the S.F. Jewish Film Festival, a new book on Hitchcock's S.F. filming days, and L.A.'s silent movie king comes to town

Reps Etc.

The new director of the S.F. Jewish Film Festival, a new book on Hitchcock's S.F. filming days, and L.A.'s silent movie king comes to town

Reps Etc.

The new director of the S.F. Jewish Film Festival, a new book on Hitchcock's S.F. filming days, and L.A.'s silent movie king comes to town

Best Vertigo Tour

Mission Dolores

Troubles With Harry

The spirit of Hitchcock pops up in a deft French thriller

Broken and Battered

How the twist ending left M. Night Shyamalan twisting in the breeze

Mission Implausible

How the twist ending left M. Night Shyamalan twisting in the breeze

And Now, On With the Show: SFIFF Week 2

How the twist ending left M. Night Shyamalan twisting in the breeze

Side Dish

How the twist ending left M. Night Shyamalan twisting in the breeze

Reel World

How the twist ending left M. Night Shyamalan twisting in the breeze

Reel World

How the twist ending left M. Night Shyamalan twisting in the breeze

Slap Shots

How the twist ending left M. Night Shyamalan twisting in the breeze

Bombs Away

The Pigeon Lady of Noe Valley has neighbors diving for cover

Night+Day

The Pigeon Lady of Noe Valley has neighbors diving for cover

Dish

The Pigeon Lady of Noe Valley has neighbors diving for cover