Chernobyl

The S.F. International Film Festival Stirs Up Ethical Dilemmas

Meet Heather Meader-McCausland, Whose Alaskan Photos Make SFO Less Depressing

Heather Meader-McCausland grew up in rural Alaska, 100 miles above the Arctic Circle, and in Sonoma County, Calif. She was born to Elaine and Fred Meader, the filmmakers who produced the Alaskan documentary "Year of the Caribou," so nobody was surprised when she picked up a camera. Her photo exhibit ... More >>

Cell Phone Industry Suing San Francisco For Your Good, Lawsuit Claims

techzblog.inHey, Mom! I want a rainbow in my brain, too! ​Lobbyists from the Cellular Telephone Industry Association are suing San Francisco over the Cell Phone Right-To-Know ordinance, claiming the city is not allowed to make decisions involving the wireless industry. But they're not doing th ... More >>

2010 Academy Award Nominated Shorts: Live Action

techzblog.inHey, Mom! I want a rainbow in my brain, too! ​Lobbyists from the Cellular Telephone Industry Association are suing San Francisco over the Cell Phone Right-To-Know ordinance, claiming the city is not allowed to make decisions involving the wireless industry. But they're not doing th ... More >>

Transit Train Wreck Turned Aside: Winners and Losers in Tentative BART Settlement

http://world.nycsubway.orgGuess who's still here?​If you rode BART to work this morning and came to the horrible realization that not only was your seat cold, but wet, too -- congratulations! You're still a winner. You can still go get a new pair of pants at Ross or Old Navy and get to work in les ... More >>

Underwater sirens stir local act Kitka to song

http://world.nycsubway.orgGuess who's still here?​If you rode BART to work this morning and came to the horrible realization that not only was your seat cold, but wet, too -- congratulations! You're still a winner. You can still go get a new pair of pants at Ross or Old Navy and get to work in les ... More >>

What Are You, Chicken?

http://world.nycsubway.orgGuess who's still here?​If you rode BART to work this morning and came to the horrible realization that not only was your seat cold, but wet, too -- congratulations! You're still a winner. You can still go get a new pair of pants at Ross or Old Navy and get to work in les ... More >>

Bizarre World Harmony

Gogol Bordello's mutant genre blowout

What Lies Beneath

Brain and stomach cancer. Asthma and bronchitis. Miscarriages and stillbirths. All are health problems suffered by residents of Midway Village. Why won’t authorities close it down?

Larger Than Life

Artist Anselm Kiefer makes books out of lead, clay, even semen

Misc. Reviews

Vice walks a short plank

Typhoon in a Teacup

Asian action movies don't get much less significant than this one

Repertory Film Listings

Asian action movies don't get much less significant than this one

A Bridge Too Far

Is it your fault that the seismic retrofit of the Bay Bridge will be years late, billions over budget, and uglier than ever? Maybe.

Reps Etc.

Is it your fault that the seismic retrofit of the Bay Bridge will be years late, billions over budget, and uglier than ever? Maybe.

Reps

Etc.

Is it your fault that the seismic retrofit of the Bay Bridge will be years late, billions over budget, and uglier than ever? Maybe.

Clown Without Borders

Why would a former S.F. stockbroker travel to war-torn countries and refugee camps just to make people laugh?

House of Tudor

Gogol Bordello's debauched Gypsy ferocities, and the Transcinema Festival's mind-altering new media

Bomb

Gogol Bordello's debauched Gypsy ferocities, and the Transcinema Festival's mind-altering new media

One World, Under Gorby

Gorbachev Foundation prez Jim Garrison has something special in mind for San Francisco in September, an international palaver at the Fairmont Hotel. After that, a seat for himself in the U.S. Senate. And then, who knows? Chancellor of the world?

Whirly Birds

The wind-power entrepreneurs at Kenetech have spent millionsin vain tosolve this avian mystery: Why have hundredsof raptors, including golden eagles, died alongside the windmills of Altamont Pass?