Budapest

The 12th Annual San Francisco Silent Film Festival: Day three

Recordings

Hungarian Rhapsody

Pollution Absolution

A company is dumping questionable materials into the ocean so that you can buy forgiveness in the form of carbon credits

S.F. International Film Fest

The festival offers lots to choose from in its second week. A guide to the good, the bad, and the so-so.

Love Shack

Find excellent New England seafood in a little place on Market

Beauty Amid the Horror

Fateless paints a stunning portrait of a Jewish teen's death camp survival

Pure Bull

The Matador helps Pierce Brosnan shatter his Bond mold

Remote Controlled

Will a new generation of curbside sensors end our parking problems -- or help the government monitor our every move?

Underground Hit

The subways of Budapest provide a rich setting for Kontroll

Film Capsule Reviews

The subways of Budapest provide a rich setting for Kontroll

Speak to Me

You don't need to know Chinese to enjoy a tasty chive dumpling

Talking With Angels

A Hungarian athlete's efforts to save Jews during WWII – and the spirits who helped her

Reps Etc.

A Hungarian athlete's efforts to save Jews during WWII – and the spirits who helped her

Reps Etc.

A Hungarian athlete's efforts to save Jews during WWII – and the spirits who helped her

Reps Etc.

A Hungarian athlete's efforts to save Jews during WWII – and the spirits who helped her

Reps Etc.

A Hungarian athlete's efforts to save Jews during WWII – and the spirits who helped her

Insane Clown Posse

Opera, fun? Golden Gate Opera takes the stuffing out of I Pagliacci

Eye Spy

The man behind the lens

Reps Etc.

The man behind the lens

Reps Etc.

The man behind the lens

Readings and Eatings

Literary events lead us to the perfect neighborhood restaurant

Letters to the Editor

Week of January 1, 2003

Expatriate Games

Arthur Phillips reads from his debut novel, Prague, a tale of four Americans searching for adventure in Eastern Europe

American Without Tears

Éva Gardos delivers an autobiographical culture clash in her debut feature, An American Rhapsody

I Married an Angel

42nd Street Moon's staging is a small-scale gem

Hear This

Garrick Ohlsson and the San Francisco Symphony perform Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 2

The Cyberpostman Always Writes Twice

Garrick Ohlsson and the San Francisco Symphony perform Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 2

Zoom Lens

Garrick Ohlsson and the San Francisco Symphony perform Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 2

Riff Raff

Garrick Ohlsson and the San Francisco Symphony perform Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 2

Hear This

Garrick Ohlsson and the San Francisco Symphony perform Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 2

Stage

Garrick Ohlsson and the San Francisco Symphony perform Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 2

Sometimes You Eat the Bear

Garrick Ohlsson and the San Francisco Symphony perform Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 2

Andre the Giant

Garrick Ohlsson and the San Francisco Symphony perform Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 2

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