Edward Hopper

The Ice Cream Bar: Old-Fashioned Soda Fountain Goes Modern

Bouncer Finds Solace in a Sea of Misery at Twin Peaks Tavern

From this week's Bouncer column: The Twin Peaks is soothing. It is soothing from the outside, where the amber-lit patrons look like San Francisco's answer to Edward Hopper's Nighthawks. It is soothing from the inside, where older men huddle around tables and talk about neighborhood gossip. If I am ... More >>

Finding Solace in a Sea of Misery at Twin Peaks

From this week's Bouncer column: The Twin Peaks is soothing. It is soothing from the outside, where the amber-lit patrons look like San Francisco's answer to Edward Hopper's Nighthawks. It is soothing from the inside, where older men huddle around tables and talk about neighborhood gossip. If I am ... More >>

The Missing Person

From this week's Bouncer column: The Twin Peaks is soothing. It is soothing from the outside, where the amber-lit patrons look like San Francisco's answer to Edward Hopper's Nighthawks. It is soothing from the inside, where older men huddle around tables and talk about neighborhood gossip. If I am ... More >>

A Lighter Shade

From this week's Bouncer column: The Twin Peaks is soothing. It is soothing from the outside, where the amber-lit patrons look like San Francisco's answer to Edward Hopper's Nighthawks. It is soothing from the inside, where older men huddle around tables and talk about neighborhood gossip. If I am ... More >>

Spin Cycle: San Franciscan’s Fascination with the Ennui of the Laundromat Leads to Laundry Runs on Four Continents (and Yuba City)

From this week's Bouncer column: The Twin Peaks is soothing. It is soothing from the outside, where the amber-lit patrons look like San Francisco's answer to Edward Hopper's Nighthawks. It is soothing from the inside, where older men huddle around tables and talk about neighborhood gossip. If I am ... More >>

Bouncer Sees The Three Stages of Relationships at Pilsner Inn

From this week's Bouncer column: The Twin Peaks is soothing. It is soothing from the outside, where the amber-lit patrons look like San Francisco's answer to Edward Hopper's Nighthawks. It is soothing from the inside, where older men huddle around tables and talk about neighborhood gossip. If I am ... More >>

Philip Glass Spotted at Yuet Lee Before Appomatoxx Debut

From this week's Bouncer column: The Twin Peaks is soothing. It is soothing from the outside, where the amber-lit patrons look like San Francisco's answer to Edward Hopper's Nighthawks. It is soothing from the inside, where older men huddle around tables and talk about neighborhood gossip. If I am ... More >>

America Cannes

Art imitates life as U.S. directors command this year's fest, with only China rivaling for celluloid domination.

Singing for Your Supper

A Mexican balladeer makes a handsome subject for a film that goes nowhere

Behind Enemy Lines

Letters sees WWII from Japanese POV, as Eastwood continues to chip away at the hero myth

Clap Your Hands, Say "Ole!"

The gypsy heart of "Lamento"

Film Arts' Finals

Where the indies rule

Five Best 24-Hour Restaurants

Where the indies rule

The Asian Collection

On exhibit: Vietnamese, Cambodian, Korean, and Chinese restaurants

Five Best Places to Grab a Post-Midnight Snack

On exhibit: Vietnamese, Cambodian, Korean, and Chinese restaurants

Kiss Me, Deadly!

On exhibit: Vietnamese, Cambodian, Korean, and Chinese restaurants

Catch the Moon

West Side Story shines brilliantly as a model of musical theater

Bolinas? Baloney!

The effort of one small town to remain untouched by time has bred enmity and disaffection as surely as it has produced anything else