Central Park

On Comics: Page Diving

Theater of War

Theater of War

Slap Shots

Love and Death and Brotherhood

The Brothers McMullen relocates Woody Allen's ethos to an East Coast Irish clan

The Meaning of Life

Without Monty Python's help, Cornel West and crew take on the big question.

Baby Dee: A Little Buzz in a Big Bee Costume

Without Monty Python's help, Cornel West and crew take on the big question.

4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days Director Cristian Mungiu Interview

Without Monty Python's help, Cornel West and crew take on the big question.

Disaster Ahead

Cloverfield is a big dumb monster movie about nothing

What a Toad

Fairy-tale land and the real world collide to no good end in Enchanted

Paul Van Dyk: hardest working Berliner in showbiz

Fairy-tale land and the real world collide to no good end in Enchanted

Erin go bragh ya bloomin' phonies!

Fairy-tale land and the real world collide to no good end in Enchanted

Knit of Time

Fairy-tale land and the real world collide to no good end in Enchanted

Monkey Shines

Peter Jackson's King Kong earns its crown.

Monkey Business

Peter Jackson spares no expense for a Kong that's just too long

Big Fun, Even Small

New releases available this week

Bouncer

Where well-heeled snobs go when they need watering

Sand Man

Leaving his art in San Francisco

Resolved: To Enjoy San Francisco

Some ways to make the best of the best city in the world, year-round

Worlds Collide

The Park Chalet is like a filmmaker's fantasy of S.F. come to life

Icky, Icky, Icky

Nicole Kidman falls in love with a 10-year-old boy ... sorry, her dead husband

In Memoriam

A dance for the dead

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

A dance for the dead

Picture Imperfect

Did photographer Diane Arbus exploit her subjects? Decide for yourself at her huge new exhibit

Contending With Life

Years after Evander Holyfield clocked him, boxer-turned-shoeshine-man Seamus McDonagh struggles to conquer his fears -- and to confront Holyfield

GIFTS

DVDs | Music DVDs | CDs | Books

Taking Wing

Cal Shakes uses an appropriately light touch with Chekhov's "comedy"

Praying to the Egyptian God of Half-Naked Violinists

Chock full of nuts

Down to the Pond in Ships

At the San Francisco Model Yacht Club, sailors answer the call of the sea on a very small scale

Law & Disorder

As one of TV's best and best-loved series launches a new spin-off, its creator grapples with the aftershocks of terror

American Beauty

Photographer Joel Sternfeld captures the diverse lives of strangers in his cross-country travels

Best Way to Rekindle Your Love Affair With San Francisco

Take a Trip to New York

Saccharine Overdose

Stuart Little

Stage

Stuart Little

Night & Day

Stuart Little

New World Disorder

Tom Ze's restless experimentalism has earned him adoration from music's cognoscenti everywhere -- except in his native Brazil

Jonathan Demme's First Talking Heads Interview

Tom Ze's restless experimentalism has earned him adoration from music's cognoscenti everywhere -- except in his native Brazil

Stage

Tom Ze's restless experimentalism has earned him adoration from music's cognoscenti everywhere -- except in his native Brazil

Night + Day

Tom Ze's restless experimentalism has earned him adoration from music's cognoscenti everywhere -- except in his native Brazil

Letters

Tom Ze's restless experimentalism has earned him adoration from music's cognoscenti everywhere -- except in his native Brazil

Damn

Tom Ze's restless experimentalism has earned him adoration from music's cognoscenti everywhere -- except in his native Brazil

A Couple of Clowns

Tom Ze's restless experimentalism has earned him adoration from music's cognoscenti everywhere -- except in his native Brazil

Night+Day

Tom Ze's restless experimentalism has earned him adoration from music's cognoscenti everywhere -- except in his native Brazil

Story Hour

Out There The Business

Rich Man's Burden

Out There The Business

Be a Clown -- If You Must

New Pickle Circus hams it up in Jump Cuts! Take Two; Weslia Whitfield sings a mesmerizing evening

Psycho Thriller

Cruising looks back at the doomed ecstasy of the gay playgrounds in late-1970s Manhattan

Experience Afrofunk: Sila Drops New Album

EKAphotographyElectable: Sila performs with the AFE at Stern Grove San Francisco's favorite Kenyan Afro-groovester, Victor Sila, has just released Black President, his second album with the Afrofunk Experience. I'll admit to being a bit biased--Sila is a friend of mine, and I wrote his bio--but I r ... More >>

'Lucky Dog' Races Through BART Tunnels

Black poodle 1, BART 0​A black, 10-pound poodle managed to bring BART to its knees this morning, as it ran wild through the tunnels, snarled rush hour service, and, so far as anyone can tell, got away clean. The animal exited the train at Lake Merritt Station around 7:30 a.m., then decided to take ... More >>

Fresh Eats: Our weekly roundup of SFoodie news

Black poodle 1, BART 0​A black, 10-pound poodle managed to bring BART to its knees this morning, as it ran wild through the tunnels, snarled rush hour service, and, so far as anyone can tell, got away clean. The animal exited the train at Lake Merritt Station around 7:30 a.m., then decided to take ... More >>