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Arthouse Movie Listings March 28-April 3, 2012

Biden: Drug Legalization "Worth Discussing" Btut There's "No Possibility" Of US Support

​Joe Biden's a reasonable guy. When presidents of Latin American nations suggest drug legalization as a solution to the drug-fueled violence wreaking havoc on their land, the Vice President will listen... long enough to dismiss the idea out of hand.The leaders of Costa Rica, Guatemala, El Salvador ... More >>

Documentary of a Downfall

​Joe Biden's a reasonable guy. When presidents of Latin American nations suggest drug legalization as a solution to the drug-fueled violence wreaking havoc on their land, the Vice President will listen... long enough to dismiss the idea out of hand.The leaders of Costa Rica, Guatemala, El Salvador ... More >>

With Stefano Restaurant, Guatemalan Pizza Becomes a New Anti-Fusion Meme in San Francisco

​Joe Biden's a reasonable guy. When presidents of Latin American nations suggest drug legalization as a solution to the drug-fueled violence wreaking havoc on their land, the Vice President will listen... long enough to dismiss the idea out of hand.The leaders of Costa Rica, Guatemala, El Salvador ... More >>

Los Dios de la Cine

​Joe Biden's a reasonable guy. When presidents of Latin American nations suggest drug legalization as a solution to the drug-fueled violence wreaking havoc on their land, the Vice President will listen... long enough to dismiss the idea out of hand.The leaders of Costa Rica, Guatemala, El Salvador ... More >>

Luisa Argueta, DREAM Act Eligible Teen, Asks Sen. Feinstein to Stop Deportation

Luisa Argueta, center, and her mother, Brenda Gutierrez​Update, 5:30 p.m.: A Feinstein spokesperson says, "Senator Feinstein's office recently received information about the case and is currently reviewing the matter."Original post:A 19-year-old Antioch resident eligible for the DREAM Act is askin ... More >>

The Making of a MS-13 Gangster

How does this happen?​The youngest of the 24 accused Mara Salvatrucha gangsters operating in the Bay Area are barely 20 years old. They were still minors -- or had just turned 18 -- when they were arrested in 2008 during the Opeation Devil Horns gang take down. Since then, they have been indicted ... More >>

Few Deportable Inmates Are from San Francisco

Mexicans top the list, but the Soviets aren't so far behind. ​Yesterday, we told you about California being a national leader when it comes to the number of criminal aliens incarcerated in our state prisons. It turns out that very few of those criminal aliens hail from San Francisco. Criminal alie ... More >>

Mission Importers Not Playing Chicken With Pollo Campero

Good enough to import​This week, the city's Planning Commission will be considering the application of Pollo Campero, the beloved Guatemalan fried chicken chain to take over the space of the old Payless ShoeSource on Mission Street.Our sister blog, SFoodie, has written before about the underground ... More >>

No 76: Chicken Pepian at San Miguel

Jonathan KauffmanSan Miguel Restaurant's pepian.​SFoodie's countdown of the 92 best things to eat and drink in San Francisco, 2011 edition. Dishes labeled "pipian/pepian" usually indicates a stew flavored with ground pumpkin seeds, but the pepian at San Miguel Restaurant in the Outer Mission ... More >>

Grinding Justice: Operation Streamline Costs Millions, Tramples the Constitution, Treats Migrants Like Cattle, and Doesnít Work

Jonathan KauffmanSan Miguel Restaurant's pepian.​SFoodie's countdown of the 92 best things to eat and drink in San Francisco, 2011 edition. Dishes labeled "pipian/pepian" usually indicates a stew flavored with ground pumpkin seeds, but the pepian at San Miguel Restaurant in the Outer Mission ... More >>

"Red": Helen Mirren and Bruce Willis are comedic trained killers

Jonathan KauffmanSan Miguel Restaurant's pepian.​SFoodie's countdown of the 92 best things to eat and drink in San Francisco, 2011 edition. Dishes labeled "pipian/pepian" usually indicates a stew flavored with ground pumpkin seeds, but the pepian at San Miguel Restaurant in the Outer Mission ... More >>

Held Captive

Coyotes who smuggle immigrants torture and extort their victims, helped by out government's failure to enact immigration reform.

An Immigrant's Heart

To survive the ordeal of escaping Guatemala, Julia needed a big Heart. But not this big.

Stung

Men don’t have to agree to sex in order to get busted in a prostitution sting. They just have to seem interested.

Don't Sound Like a Tool: How to Pronounce Coffee Regions

​Don't Sound Like a Tool is SFoodie's series of audio pronunciation guides to sort-of-common-but-not-obvious words we keep encountering on wine lists and menus. No more shame, no more pointing, no more godawful imitations of a language you don't speak.Five years ago, when buying coffee all you ... More >>

Q&A w/ Tenacious D and Trainwreck's John Konesky

​John Konesky is satanically good at playing guitar. He's even played the anti-Christ in past Tenacious D tours with Jack Black and Kyle Gass. Currently, he's gigging with Gass's other band, Trainwreck, whose debut full-length, The Wreckoning, came out last year. The group has an over the to ... More >>

San Francisco to Vote on Boycott of State of Arizona

If Supervisor David Campos has his way, Arizona and San Francisco won't be on speaking terms​Supervisor David Campos this morning confirmed that he will tomorrow introduce emergency legislation calling for a San Francisco boycott of Arizona in response to that state's controversial new immigration ... More >>

Hot Cross Buns: Class vs. Tradition

Sandbox Bakery (left), Dianda's (right).​You have two days left before Good Friday to source your annual hot cross bun breakfast. I went looking this week, and came across rworange's 2009 Bay Area hot cross bun ranking on Chowhound, the kind of obsessive act that validates the existence of the Int ... More >>

Mad Moshe

Sandbox Bakery (left), Dianda's (right).​You have two days left before Good Friday to source your annual hot cross bun breakfast. I went looking this week, and came across rworange's 2009 Bay Area hot cross bun ranking on Chowhound, the kind of obsessive act that validates the existence of the Int ... More >>

Nine Restaurants to Vie for Top Honors at 'Fiesta Del Tamal'

marieclaire.com​CAMINOS-Pathways Learning Center, which offers computer literacy and workforce development programs to promote digital inclusion for Latina women, will host a daylong ode to tamales with Fiesta del Tamal. Attendees will get to sample varying regional styles of tamale from nine diff ... More >>

Sanctuary Sellout

Before: S.F. coddled undocumented teen criminals. After: S.F. punishes undocumented teens who commit crimes (and some who don't, too).

Music Awards Program Guide

Before: S.F. coddled undocumented teen criminals. After: S.F. punishes undocumented teens who commit crimes (and some who don't, too).

Santero summons orishas to the club scene

Before: S.F. coddled undocumented teen criminals. After: S.F. punishes undocumented teens who commit crimes (and some who don't, too).

Short-story master Catherine Brady doesn't need to write no stinkin' novel

Before: S.F. coddled undocumented teen criminals. After: S.F. punishes undocumented teens who commit crimes (and some who don't, too).

Roasting the four new S.F. supervisors at Temple

Before: S.F. coddled undocumented teen criminals. After: S.F. punishes undocumented teens who commit crimes (and some who don't, too).

Political Satire, Like Prostitution, is Being Ruined By Amateurs

THIS is how you make fun of progressive supervisors! I have a message for the four new Supervisors: Hello. My name is Benjamin. And my job is to say much, much, funnier things about you than anybody did last night. Last night, of course, was the "Roasted Supes" party, which is a vaguely cle ... More >>

Feast and Famine

THIS is how you make fun of progressive supervisors! I have a message for the four new Supervisors: Hello. My name is Benjamin. And my job is to say much, much, funnier things about you than anybody did last night. Last night, of course, was the "Roasted Supes" party, which is a vaguely cle ... More >>

Epidemic of Violence Against SF Day Laborers

THIS is how you make fun of progressive supervisors! I have a message for the four new Supervisors: Hello. My name is Benjamin. And my job is to say much, much, funnier things about you than anybody did last night. Last night, of course, was the "Roasted Supes" party, which is a vaguely cle ... More >>

Repertory Film Listings

THIS is how you make fun of progressive supervisors! I have a message for the four new Supervisors: Hello. My name is Benjamin. And my job is to say much, much, funnier things about you than anybody did last night. Last night, of course, was the "Roasted Supes" party, which is a vaguely cle ... More >>

It's Maya Pleasure

This Yucatecan kitchen has a magic touch

Repertory Film Listings

Repertory Film Listings

Repertory Film Listings

Repertory Film Listings

Bounty Hunted

A man who pursued illegal immigrants for deportation found himself handcuffed by the feds and accused of impersonating a federal agent

Also Showing

A man who pursued illegal immigrants for deportation found himself handcuffed by the feds and accused of impersonating a federal agent

Repertory Film Listings

A man who pursued illegal immigrants for deportation found himself handcuffed by the feds and accused of impersonating a federal agent

Western Confusion

With the help of foreign consulates, Western Union poses as a quasi-governmental banking service and rakes in millions from immigrants

Repertory Film Listings

With the help of foreign consulates, Western Union poses as a quasi-governmental banking service and rakes in millions from immigrants

Our guide to readings, spoken word, and other literary events

With the help of foreign consulates, Western Union poses as a quasi-governmental banking service and rakes in millions from immigrants

Our critics weigh in on local exhibits

With the help of foreign consulates, Western Union poses as a quasi-governmental banking service and rakes in millions from immigrants

Film Arts' Finals

Where the indies rule

Reps Etc.

Where the indies rule

Reps Etc.

Where the indies rule

Phoning Home

The Phone Booth: a place where hipsters, gay dudes, vegans, and music columnists can all get along

Artbeat

The Phone Booth: a place where hipsters, gay dudes, vegans, and music columnists can all get along

Reps Etc.

The Phone Booth: a place where hipsters, gay dudes, vegans, and music columnists can all get along

Journey to the Center of BART

BART officials scare the shit out of us; local rock legend Paul Kantner says S.F. tap water tastes like shit

Reps Etc.

BART officials scare the shit out of us; local rock legend Paul Kantner says S.F. tap water tastes like shit

Night+Day

BART officials scare the shit out of us; local rock legend Paul Kantner says S.F. tap water tastes like shit

Night+Day

BART officials scare the shit out of us; local rock legend Paul Kantner says S.F. tap water tastes like shit