Charlie Chaplin

"Mr Popper's Penguins": Jim Carrey Mugs Endlessly in Dull Kids' Romp

Arthouse movie listings for March 16-22, 2011

Zen and the Art of Humor

All Shook Down Festival: Janelle Monae Has Officially Got It Going On

Taylor FriedmanJanelle Monae​ It's official. Janelle Monae is amazing. The wacky, crazy-cool dance moves; the even wackier black cape she drapes over herself; and her anything-but-wacky, unbelievable pipes. She comes from some other world that only she inhabits, where people with high-collared, r ... More >>

May Literary Events

Taylor FriedmanJanelle Monae​ It's official. Janelle Monae is amazing. The wacky, crazy-cool dance moves; the even wackier black cape she drapes over herself; and her anything-but-wacky, unbelievable pipes. She comes from some other world that only she inhabits, where people with high-collared, r ... More >>

Arthouse movie listings for the week of April 14-April 20, 2010

Taylor FriedmanJanelle Monae​ It's official. Janelle Monae is amazing. The wacky, crazy-cool dance moves; the even wackier black cape she drapes over herself; and her anything-but-wacky, unbelievable pipes. She comes from some other world that only she inhabits, where people with high-collared, r ... More >>

Art House

Taylor FriedmanJanelle Monae​ It's official. Janelle Monae is amazing. The wacky, crazy-cool dance moves; the even wackier black cape she drapes over herself; and her anything-but-wacky, unbelievable pipes. She comes from some other world that only she inhabits, where people with high-collared, r ... More >>

Apocalypse Whatever

Ben Stiller's Hollywood sendup lacks firepower.

Robots in Love

WALL-E blasts off to the future by boldly going where every sci-fi movie's gone before. And that's a good thing.

The Terrible Infant Speaks

Harmony Korine talks about his new movie Mister Lonely and coming home.

Art House

Harmony Korine talks about his new movie Mister Lonely and coming home.

Repertory Film Listing

Harmony Korine talks about his new movie Mister Lonely and coming home.

Like a Complete Unknown

Harmony Korine talks about his new movie Mister Lonely and coming home.

Repertory Film Listing

Harmony Korine talks about his new movie Mister Lonely and coming home.

34th Telluride Film Festival Day Two: Greil Marcus and writing with one eye

Harmony Korine talks about his new movie Mister Lonely and coming home.

Repertory Film Listings

Commentary by Gregg Rickman

Repertory Film Listings

Commentary by Gregg Rickman

Repertory Film Listings

Commentary by Gregg Rickman

Repertory Film Listings

Commentary by Gregg Rickman

Wearing It Well

CanStage's wordless version of The Overcoat explores the soul of a dreamer in a workaday world

Reps Etc.

CanStage's wordless version of The Overcoat explores the soul of a dreamer in a workaday world

The Whole Equation: A History of Hollywood

It's not a history, per se, but a messy and fanciful long-take

Reps Etc.

It's not a history, per se, but a messy and fanciful long-take

Feast of the Senses

The films may have been silent, but the food spoke volumes

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The films may have been silent, but the food spoke volumes

This Train Is Your Train

There's a romance to railroad travel, especially when the destination is a special, spirited mountain town called Truckee.

Playing on Fear

Spielberg and Hanks spawn a daring new genre: the post-9/11 comedy

Reps Etc.

Spielberg and Hanks spawn a daring new genre: the post-9/11 comedy

Reps Etc.

Spielberg and Hanks spawn a daring new genre: the post-9/11 comedy

Reps Etc.

Spielberg and Hanks spawn a daring new genre: the post-9/11 comedy

Reps Etc.

Spielberg and Hanks spawn a daring new genre: the post-9/11 comedy

Reps Etc.

Spielberg and Hanks spawn a daring new genre: the post-9/11 comedy

Secret Rivera

Four decades after it was rescued from a storage shed, Diego Rivera's magnificent City College mural remains a hidden treasure

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Four decades after it was rescued from a storage shed, Diego Rivera's magnificent City College mural remains a hidden treasure

Reps Etc.

Commentary by Gregg Rickman

Reps Etc.

Commentary by Gregg Rickman

Reps Etc.

Commentary by Gregg Rickman

Silent Night

A retrospective of silent film faves at the Castro Theatre includes Charlie Chaplin's first appearance as the Little Tramp in Kid Auto Races at Venice

Beyond Bozo

A little levity can soothe tragic times, and San Francisco's Clown Conservatory has a new generation of entertainers eager to provide it

Drag King

Actor-comic Eddie Izzard just wants to be loved

Tears of a Clown

With The Mission Is Not Impossible, local composer and instrument builder Peter Whitehead feels a neighborhood's pain

Stage

Not Dead Yet

By Michael Scott Moore

Send in the Clowns!

Not Dead Yet

By Michael Scott Moore

Night + Day

Not Dead Yet

By Michael Scott Moore

Stage

Not Dead Yet

By Michael Scott Moore

Hear This

Not Dead Yet

By Michael Scott Moore

Master Mime

Not Dead Yet

By Michael Scott Moore

Second Time Around

Not Dead Yet

By Michael Scott Moore

Up Tempo

All in the Timing delivers on its sit-back-and-laugh terms