Jack Black

Mos Def and Jack Black Remake Rush Hour 2 in Be Kind Rewind

The Weekend Hitlist: 6/6 - 6/8

Behold: Prop 8 - The Musical

If ever a topic deserved the high-kicking, earnest treatment of a school musical, well, um, homophobia probably isn't it. Except that this is awesome. Margaret Cho, Jack Black, Andy Richter and others skewer Prop 8 with songs, dancing, and the key to all good musicals -- emotive hand gestures. H ... More >>

Mom-and-Pop Record Stores Not Exactly Cheering Virgin's Demise

The Virgin megastore died? Drag. The plaintive statements from city officials when the Virgin megastore announced it was closing shop seemed slightly un-San Francisco. Isn't this the city that hates big box stores with such a vengeance that they're blocked from taking root by anti-corporate ... More >>

Be Green

The Virgin megastore died? Drag. The plaintive statements from city officials when the Virgin megastore announced it was closing shop seemed slightly un-San Francisco. Isn't this the city that hates big box stores with such a vengeance that they're blocked from taking root by anti-corporate ... More >>

A Bad Case of Loving You

The Virgin megastore died? Drag. The plaintive statements from city officials when the Virgin megastore announced it was closing shop seemed slightly un-San Francisco. Isn't this the city that hates big box stores with such a vengeance that they're blocked from taking root by anti-corporate ... More >>

Apocalypse Whatever

Ben Stiller's Hollywood sendup lacks firepower.

Art House

Ben Stiller's Hollywood sendup lacks firepower.

Summer Grows Up

The season of big budget bangs uses its brain

Not Taylor-Made

Owen Wilson is a bad fit for an ass-kicking bodyguard.

American Gangster: Unrated Extended Edition Among This Week's DVD Releases

Owen Wilson is a bad fit for an ass-kicking bodyguard.

Be Kind, Rewind Not Worth Renting

Owen Wilson is a bad fit for an ass-kicking bodyguard.

Hock the Line

Sending up the biopic, Walk Hard sells cheap laughs, lame cameos, and lifeless Cox

Walk Hard: The first biopic to address bad tripping with the Beatles and slicing your sibling in half

Sending up the biopic, Walk Hard sells cheap laughs, lame cameos, and lifeless Cox

I Do Adore: Women Photographers

Sending up the biopic, Walk Hard sells cheap laughs, lame cameos, and lifeless Cox

The Fears of a Clown: MC Frontalot Gets Trapped in Unfunny Nerdspeak

Sending up the biopic, Walk Hard sells cheap laughs, lame cameos, and lifeless Cox

Weed Killer

Sending up the biopic, Walk Hard sells cheap laughs, lame cameos, and lifeless Cox

Woman's Glib

The awful truth about Nancy Meyers

One Toke Wonder

Tenacious D gets the band back together, and ... and ... and?

Repertory Film Listings

Tenacious D gets the band back together, and ... and ... and?

Unreal Estate

Cartoon kids poke around Spielberg's Monster House

Tenacious Trainwrecks and punk rock Spit-wads

Cartoon kids poke around Spielberg's Monster House

Tortilla Flat

Nacho's funnier than Napoleon, which isn't sayin' much

Swindled Art

Nacho's funnier than Napoleon, which isn't sayin' much

Holiday Gift Guide

Nacho's funnier than Napoleon, which isn't sayin' much

Reps Etc.

Nacho's funnier than Napoleon, which isn't sayin' much

Aliens Beware!

Infiltrator takes in NASA Space Camp for kids. As an adult. To save the planet.

Bad Education

Kids at Paul Green's rock school are learning some serious riffs, but at what price?

Best Local Magazine

Kids at Paul Green's rock school are learning some serious riffs, but at what price?

Clem Snide

End of Love

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

End of Love

Not So Inviting

Why do people get so worked up about what's written on an envelope?

The Dreamlife of Angels

The year ahead in local film

A Fan's Notes

Ideas that were forgotten but not gone in 2003

Dead Meadow

Shivering King and Others

Pump It Up

Shivering King and Others

Test My Balls of Fury

Answer all correctly and win a Def Leppard album

Tenacious D the Sunday Night Headliner for Outside Lands

​Tenacious D have been announced as the Sunday night replacement act for the Outside Lands festival. The final spot for the August 30 concert was supposed to go to the Beastie Boys--but, as many of you'll recall, that group had to cancel all shows when Adam "MCA" Yauch was diagnosed with cancer a ... More >>

Chron Disses, Praises Outside Lands

"Richmond then divulges that she herself has used Porta Potties at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass..."

Outside Lands Picks Part 1: Five Ways to a Fitter You

"Richmond then divulges that she herself has used Porta Potties at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass..."

Outside Lands, Day 3: Tenacious D, M.I.A, Ween, The Avett Brothers

Christopher Victorio​Outside Lands Day Three: Tenacious D, M.I.A, Ween, The Avett Brothers Golden Gate Park August 30, 2009 Better Than: Being warm.The fog that began showing up in wisps over Dave Matthews Band on Saturday night turned into a typical freezing summer in San Francisco day by Sunday ... More >>

It's a Funny World You People Live In

Christopher Victorio​Outside Lands Day Three: Tenacious D, M.I.A, Ween, The Avett Brothers Golden Gate Park August 30, 2009 Better Than: Being warm.The fog that began showing up in wisps over Dave Matthews Band on Saturday night turned into a typical freezing summer in San Francisco day by Sunday ... More >>

2010 Academy Award Nominated Shorts: Live Action

Christopher Victorio​Outside Lands Day Three: Tenacious D, M.I.A, Ween, The Avett Brothers Golden Gate Park August 30, 2009 Better Than: Being warm.The fog that began showing up in wisps over Dave Matthews Band on Saturday night turned into a typical freezing summer in San Francisco day by Sunday ... 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 >>

Saturday Night: Pinback Sorts Through the Chaos at Bottom of the Hill

Beardo!: Pinback at Bottom of the Hill on Saturday night.​Pinback JP Incorporated January 1, 2011 @ Bottom of the HillBetter than: Not distracting one's self from a seething hangover. Sometimes it sounds like Pinback's Rob Crow and Armistead Burwell Smith IV are singing completely different songs ... More >>

"The Green Hornet": Seth Rogen's superhero can't save this movie

Beardo!: Pinback at Bottom of the Hill on Saturday night.​Pinback JP Incorporated January 1, 2011 @ Bottom of the HillBetter than: Not distracting one's self from a seething hangover. Sometimes it sounds like Pinback's Rob Crow and Armistead Burwell Smith IV are singing completely different songs ... More >>

SF Winter Music Fest: Four Shows Worth Catching at This Year's Festival

Bite, a band to check out at this year's Winter Music Fest​San Francisco's Indiefest has bcome one of the city's most notable film events each year. Starting last year, IndieFest added Winter Music Fest, a lineup of solid local groups, to the proceedings for a musical accompaniment to the film lin ... More >>

At EAT and Vinyl, Pop-Up Restaurants Settle Down

Bite, a band to check out at this year's Winter Music Fest​San Francisco's Indiefest has bcome one of the city's most notable film events each year. Starting last year, IndieFest added Winter Music Fest, a lineup of solid local groups, to the proceedings for a musical accompaniment to the film lin ... More >>

Early Summer Movie Guide: What to See, When to See It

Bite, a band to check out at this year's Winter Music Fest​San Francisco's Indiefest has bcome one of the city's most notable film events each year. Starting last year, IndieFest added Winter Music Fest, a lineup of solid local groups, to the proceedings for a musical accompaniment to the film lin ... More >>

"The Big Year": Star-Studden Comedy Fails to Take Flight

Bite, a band to check out at this year's Winter Music Fest​San Francisco's Indiefest has bcome one of the city's most notable film events each year. Starting last year, IndieFest added Winter Music Fest, a lineup of solid local groups, to the proceedings for a musical accompaniment to the film lin ... More >>