Guantanamo Bay

Negative Approach Brings the Punks Out to Great American Music Hall, 2/9/13

Negative ApproachBad AnticsGuantanamo DogpileGreat American Music HallFeb. 9, 2013Better than: Anything else you can buy for $5As the last chord of the song rang out, John Brannon's grimace took center stage. The front man of pioneering Detroit hardcore outfit Negative Approach stood still, looking ... More >>

Stoners For Obama: Conservatives, Marijuana Activists Blast "Harold and Kumar" Video

Be honest: With whom would you rather knock back a cold one or pull a few tubes of your favorite Choom -- Barack Obama or Mitt Romney?Neither, clearly. The portrayal of George W. Bush as an "Alabama Kush"-puffing commander in chief in "Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay" is hands-down the m ... More >>

"Trishna": Michael Winterbottom Takes Hardy's "Tess" to Mumbai

SF Weekly Letters

The 13 Worst Songs to Listen to While High

In the world of random audio hallucination, there's the shit and then there's, well, shit. While I own some terrible stoner tunes, mere good taste, as everyone knows, goes for little in a world of thin walls, car audio, American Idol, and an ongoing '90s revival. Drunk or sober, bent or straight, l ... More >>

The Religious Reasons Against Solitary Confinement: A Q&A with Rev. Richard Killmer

​Prisoners across California -- and even other states -- went on a three-week hunger strike last month, protesting the prolonged solitary confinement for inmates, and a they resumed a second strike again last week. Reverend Richard Killmer, the executive director of the National Religious Campaign ... More >>

Sandow Birk: "American Qur'an," and Al Farrow: "Reliquaries"

Does Berkeley Hate America?

​It pains us, Dear Reader, to ask the question. We like Berkeley. It has nice fruit trees and bright college students. But ask we must, because the Berkeley City Council has given us no choice.I mean, come on. When you schedule votes on two resolutions -- one supporting alleged Wikileaker Bradley ... More >>

51st State: A Roving Taste of American Regional Food Downtown

51st StateThe truck parks weekdays in three downtown locations.​The 51st state: Would that be Puerto Rico? Gitmo? According to Francesca Salcido, the 51st state is a state of food. Salcido and partners Nathan Smith and Daniel Gutierrez rolled out their downtown mobile eatery two weeks ago. S ... More >>

"The Oath": Ghosts of 9/11 with two of bin Laden's own

Tortured: Coming to grips with the War on Terror

John Yoo Protests Planned For Berkeley Law School Graduation

Torture? Or graduation night beer-funneling?​Protesters are planning to attend graduation ceremonies this Friday at UC Berkeley's Boalt Hall School of Law to voice their displeasure at the continued presence of Bush Administration torturer's apprentice John Yoo on the law school's faculty.In a pre ... More >>

The Week in Gay: George Rekers, Another Secretly Queer Homophobe

Rekers: I hired him to carry my luggage, not be my man-whore!​ Unbelievable! Dr. George Rekers, a guy whose entire career was based on the notion that gay people don't have to be gay, is a closeted gay snorkeler. Surprise! With each passing day the story continued to grow increasingly so ... More >>

After Health Care Victory, Hipster Lobby Targets Immigration, Jobs, Lack of Beer Fridges

Where are the beer refrigerators?​Following Sunday's passage of a historic health care bill letting brakeless track-bike riders stay on their parents' health insurance until age 26, America's hipster lobby now turns to legislative battles in areas such as immigration, climate change, financial reg ... More >>

Doggy Bag: Lovin' It, Gitmo Style

John McNab/FlickrThe Mickey D's at Guantanamo Bay: That's razor wire, not some PlayPlace encounter zone.​Our favorite morsel from the blogs. A tweet turned us on to this report about an ad for workers at the Gitmo McDonald's, from Carol Rosenberg of McClatchy Newspapers: "Out of work and will ... More >>

District 9

Alien invasion as apartheid metaphor? It works in District 9

Supes' Resolution Links Arrest of Alleged Cop-Killers to Iraq Torture Scandals

Sgt. John V. YoungIf leftist supervisors sought to show the world that their sympathy for a group of alleged cop-killers in San Francisco was more than a zany political stunt, they have done themselves no favors with a new resolution that links the men's arrest to the Bush Administration, Gua ... More >>

Peace Breaks Out! Fasting Pro-Union Workers Come In From the Cold at Dianne Feinstein's Office

At Guantanamo, hunger strikes don't end earlyThis just in from the San Francisco Labor Council: Apparently a group of workers have broken off their fast at Sen. Dianne Feinstein's local office on Post Street. The workers' hunger strike was the latest in a series of local events and rallies organized ... More >>

Hard Truth Soldiers Tour Takes Over SF, Major American Cities

dead prezGenerally, when ASD receives a press release boasting about a show with "arguably the strongest lineup of socially-aware, hardcore hip-hop talent in recent memory," we just shrug it off as pure hyperbole (and yes, to paraphrase Harry Allen, we normally don't believe the hyperbole). But holy ... More >>

Sound and Fury: Parsing the DCCC's Immigration Stance

What happens when the shouting's over?San Francisco's powerful Democratic County Central Committee (DCCC) made headlines last week when, after heated debate, it passed a resolution assailing Mayor Gavin Newsom's take on the sanctuary city policy -- a decades-old commitment by local public officials ... More >>

Guantánamo's Last Days

America prepares to shutter the infamous prison camp, and more jihad looms.

Absurdistan

The next wave of post-9/11 political films trades sobriety for satire.

Let's Go to Prison

Harold and Kumar get shipped to Gitmo in this forced act two.

SF's Most Maddening Final Four

Art House

Art House

Patterns of Abuse

A methodical look at how and why we torture in Taxi to the Dark Side

SF Ghettos Re-Zoned for More Booze? It's: SFGovernmentInAction!!!

Mighty Heart, Mightier Spotlight

Angelina Jolie kidnaps Daniel Pearl's movie

Coming Soon

The summer season always brings out the worst in Hollywood, but there are also gems to be found

Whale Watchers

We offer tips for returning lost whales to the ocean the next time they get lost in the delta

We Aren't the World

How the Americans fared at Cannes.

No sex, no drugs, and Shields & Yarnell. It must be hell.

Unchained Melody

Music and poetry, not plot, create A Place to Stand's emotional impact

Letters to the Editor

Week of 2-7-07

Don't Believe the Hype

Despite a nonexistent marketing campaign, Cuarón's latest is not to be missed

Repertory Film Listings

To Hell and Back

Michael Winterbottom puts a face — and a hood — on the suffering at Guantanamo

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Political Puppets

Napkins, chopsticks, and teapots bring a Japanese internment camp to life

Slow Falling Bird

A passionate portrayal of life in an immigrant detention center

Don't Fence Me In

One Window looks beautiful and makes us think, but its emotions fail to stick

Encore

Our critics weigh in on local theater

Play as Weapon

Discussing Guantánamo in terms of its theatrical merits is beside the point

Celestial Seasonings

The human, political message of One Big Lie gets lost amid the divine fun. And we're glad.

How Free?

A drama whose time is now

Not About Nightingales

This Tennessee Williams production packs a punch, but it's too loud

Cinema Paradiso

The sprawling International Latino Film Festival covers a lot of ground

Uncle Sam Needs You to Be a Suspected Terrorist

Wise-ass humor is the best way to fight the Bush administration's anti-terror excesses. And, hey, wise-ass humor is what we do best.