James Franco

"This is the End": The Apatow Boys Will Fart Us Unto That Endless Night

Summer Movie Preview: The Blockbusters and Arthouse Films that Love on San Francisco and/or Smash It

Where Monsters Love to Tread: The City Certainly Lends Itself to Picturesque Disaster, Doesn't It?

"The Iceman": The Cliche of the Cold-Hearted Hitman

"Spring Breakers": This is What America Gets

"Oz the Great and Powerful": The Trickster Learns Real Magic

Peter Acworth, CEO of Kink.com, Arrested for Cocaine Possession

Peter Acworth, CEO of our neighborhood BDSM porn production company Kink.com, was arrested Feb. 1 on charges of cocaine possession and delaying arrest. Police visited the Armory, Kink.com's Mission District fortress, after a video surfaced on Facebook depicting Acworth and others firing guns in the ... More >>

"Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present": The Naked Gaze

Sigur Rós' Valtari: We Imagine What Scenes the Soundtrack Kings' New Album Will Set

We've read interviews with music supervisors -- those folks responsible for selecting, negotiating, and placing music in television programs, movies, and commercials -- where the questions centered on topics such as licensing agreements, working relationships with filmmakers, and general inspiration ... More >>

Double Dutch Dog, Vegan M&Ms and Whale Trainer Barbie!

​ Hey you aspiring vegan TV stars and sandwich lovers! Head over to Ike's SFSU this afternoon to get super famous! Well, vegan famous. It's similar to being regular famous, but only vegans care. You get to keep your dignity, though (overrated). Now I'd like to talk about a topic very near a ... More >>

"Eames: The Architect and the Painter": Detailed Doc Leaves Artist's Personal Life Left Unexamined

What Is James Franco Having Sex With?

James Franco, newsmaker​Boy are we glad we read the paper today! In Thursday's Examiner newsmakers section, enigmatic James Franco is revealed as having produced subpar amateur porn in his younger days -- a bad decision that preceded his bad decision to host the Oscars in a glazed monotone. Consid ... More >>

"Rise of the Planet of the Apes": Origin Story Shines When Apes Are Onscreen, Falters with Humans

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

"Your Highness": D&D Nerds Get Their Own Stoner Comedy

Rock, Meet Hard Place

Sundance dominated by cults and the uncertain future

Week in Gay: Ted Haggard is Bisexual and Anderson Cooper has a 'Companion'

Coming after cousin Geri​This edition of The Week in Gay is a potpourri (either a miscellaneous collection of stories or a mixture of dried flowers and spices) of four categories - plus an extra special bonus!Included are updates on the repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell, the latest stories from San F ... More >>

New Year Brings Us The Same Ol' Gay Hot Potato: Marriage

Bring In The Gays​Where did we leave off?  In December, a (sort of) repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell was passed by the Senate and signed by the President. I predicted a long, slow and agonizing death of the policy while John McCain lamented the end of DADT saying that soldiers will lose their l ... More >>

Rock, Meet Hard Place

The Year in Gay, 2010 Edition

What a year it was​Who Will Be The Uppity Fag Of The Year?Let's face it -- this was a messy, messy year for the gays. Much of the news was good, ultimately, but shit dragged on! There were three major federal trials (four, technically -- but two were sorta merged in Massachusetts), promises ... More >>

Moviegoers Faint During '127 Hours' Showing At Embarcadero Cinemas

Perhaps James Franco is concerned for the audience members who passed out watching him act​I wish I could tell you how Danny Boyle's 127 Hours ends. The first hour and a half are riveting: James Franco is looking gorgeous even as he's slowly dying, his hand pinned under a boulder in a Utah canyon. ... More >>

Rock, Meet Hard Place

"127 Hours": James Franco saws his arm off in Danny Boyle's new thriller

James Franco's short fiction shows promise, but little else

James Franco's writing debut casts his native Palo Alto as a cold.

James Franco's "Palo Alto" is a cold, empty place — except for the weed

Toronto Film Festival 2010 roundup

"Howl": Longtime doc filmmakers tackle Ginsberg's poem

Don't Ask Don't Tell Told Off

​The Week In GayLate yesterday, another radical hippie judge in California ruled that queers are protected by the U.S. Constitution. A lawsuit against the military ban on gay service members, Don't Ask Don't Tell, was ruled to be a violation of the First Amendment rights of gay people. The suit wa ... More >>

"I'm Still Here": Joaquin Phoenix implodes — we think

Fall Arts: A few books of local interest

The Week in Gay: Prop 8 Trial Slam Dunk! Elton is worse than we thought! San Francisco attacked by bad gay films!

In the movies​Last night the Frameline34 film festival celebrated opening night with a premiere at the Castro Theater followed by booze and wine and liquor and drinks and dancing out in the avenues. Of course, not all of the films are bad...some of them have promise. Closing night features Jame ... More >>

(100) Days of Summer Movies

Bad marriage: Lowbrow and chemistry-free in "Date Night"

SFuture Shock: Bold predictions for the coming year

10 Things to Do This Weekend for Under $10

James Franco, live and at the Castro on Sunday​Thirteen is a very lucky number, and we've always seen Friday the 13th as the night to press that luck--rather than the night you get sliced up by a serial killer at a summer camp. Anyway, here's this week's lucky list for cheap bastards everywhere. B ... More >>

Arthouse movie listings for November 11-17, 2009

Franco Goes Hollyweird

'Milk'ing The James Franco Interview

(James Franco as Harvey Milk's partner, Scott Smith, in Milk)Man, Terry Gross really kisses ass when she interviews celebrities sometimes. Between the Fresh Air interview with Stephen Colbert last week and James Franco last night, my ears are getting cavities from all the sugary gushing she did with ... More >>

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True Bromance

Rogen and Franco, on the run and madly in love in Pineapple Express.

Summer Grows Up

The season of big budget bangs uses its brain

LastNight: Freaks and Geeks Reunion Q&A at Cobb's Comedy Club

The Name Said It All

Spider Bites

Overstuffed plot, empty action ruins Spidey's run

Rocky Waters

Annapolis salutes all the classic boxing clichés

Romeo in the Rough

Tristan & Isolde's clumsy romance may make you crave Shakespeare

Unknown Soldiers

The Great Raid's compelling story never comes to life

Run, Do Not Crawl

Spider-Man swings in this touching, thrilling, superior sequel