Ben Affleck

Arthouse Movie Listings for April 17-23, 2013

"To the Wonder": Terrence Malick's Beautiful Pondering

Top 10 Songs From This Year's Oscar-Nominated Movies That Don't Suck

By CORY SKLAR It's Oscar season again, which means close to nothing to music nerds. Most of the time, of course, the Oscars bring very little to the table in terms of great music. Sure, they have their Best Original Song and Best Score categories. And sure, sometimes Three 6 Mafia, Trent Reznor, or ... More >>

Arthouse Movie Listings January 9-15, 2013

The Year in Film: 10 Movies to Watch in 2013

"Argo": Ben Affleck Asks Us to Love Hollywood Again

TIFF Report: A Glimpse of This Year's Most Bracing Films

How To Be in Your Boyfriend or Girlfriend's Music Video (Without Looking Like an Idiot)

JiveBritney Spears and boyfriend Jason Trawick in the new "Criminal" video​We've all been there. You're at home, doing the dishes or washing the dog, and in swans your famous partner and demands that you be in their latest music video. Nightmare, eh? We understand that this is a really common prob ... More >>

Dennis Herrera Implies Homosexuality Is a Choice; Upsets Gays

Weighing the gay vote​The gay-friendly, Dennis Herrera, San Francisco's city attorney who last year filed a lawsuit challenging the state's ban on gay marriage, "accidentally" referred to homosexuality as a sexual preference rather than an orientation. In other words, he made it sound like being g ... More >>

"The Company Men": Pity for the emasculated executive

Mario Elie, Dana Stubblefield: Bad Day For Former Bay Area Athletes

​Three's a trend -- and, as any outside shooter with his foot on the line knows all too well, two ain't three. Still, Thursday was a bad day for two former Bay Area superstars whose names remind local fans of better days. Former Golden State Warrior Mario Elie, currently an assistant coach with th ... More >>

“The Town”: Ben Affleck is a bank robber seeking redemption

Political thriller State of Play is adrenaline for a dying industry: ours.

Also Playing

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Also Playing

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Also Playing

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Coronado

Heroes and Zeroes at Sundance '08

Morgan Spurlock makes us look bad, plus (separate!) films on baseball and steroids shine.

It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s Parking in the Handicapped Spot!

Down in the Valley

Past Action Hero

Even with the Mac kid at his side, John McClane is just ... old

What Garry Didn't Know

Repertory Film Listings

Detective Comics

Showbiz noir investigates TV Superman's real-life tragedy

Dreams of Syndication

Bet on Black

Glory Road relives the season college hoops smashed the color barrier

"Imperfect" Is Right

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

Special Ed

Young teens become super-empowered in Sky High

U.S.A.-holes

Team America takes no prisoners and spares no swear words

Bouncer

Find out what dancers at "The Crib" thought of last week's debates

Stander Delivers

Thomas Jane, as folk hero, robs banks and steals a movie

Mother Courage

Hanif Kureishi's new drama is like life, sharpened to its finest points

Jersey Gurgle

Kevin Smith is Silent Bob? Dude, my butt he is.

Farrelly Mediocre

The idiots what brung you Dumb & Dumber ain't funny no more

Hasta la Vista, Baby!

Are Gavin and Kimberly doomed? Their future subjects voice their opinions.

Love-In

Free Bard in the park

Think Different

Could it be that this year's crop of summer movies actually requires a brain cell or two?

A Sainted Devil

Happy 108th birthday to the late Rudolph Valentino, screen lover extraordinaire

Reps Etc.

Rising Sun

Philip Kaufman directs Ashley Judd in a new thriller set in San Francisco

New Yakkers

Edward Burns' Sidewalks does more talking than walking

White Dopes on Dope

Jay and Silent Bob tells the ultimate inside joke, without a punch line

Master of the Games

In God He Trusts

Y1981

As We Like It

Reel World

Advertisement for Itself

One of Us Stinks

Female Trouble