L. Frank Baum

Blizzard of Oz

Arthouse movie listings for April 8-14, 2009

Reading Rainbow

There's nothing like a bad book adaptation to turn kids on to the written word.

Visual Arts Picks

There's nothing like a bad book adaptation to turn kids on to the written word.

Pull Back the Curtain

There's nothing like a bad book adaptation to turn kids on to the written word.

Flight of the Monkeys

There's nothing like a bad book adaptation to turn kids on to the written word.

Mighty Avenger

Robert Downey Jr.'s Iron Man is a thing to marvel.

The Cult of Oz

Robert Downey Jr.'s Iron Man is a thing to marvel.

Cat People

The charming Duma is more than a simple boy-and-his-cheetah tale

Cameron Crowing

The charming Duma is more than a simple boy-and-his-cheetah tale

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

The charming Duma is more than a simple boy-and-his-cheetah tale

It's Not Easy Being Green

A struggle for witching dominance is a brilliant idea, but as a play it lacks substance

Alice Unchained

In Spirited Away, Hayao Miyazaki soars through the looking glass

REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World

In Spirited Away, Hayao Miyazaki soars through the looking glass

Unspun

In Spirited Away, Hayao Miyazaki soars through the looking glass

The President of Oz

In Spirited Away, Hayao Miyazaki soars through the looking glass

Next Stop: Oz. There's No Place Like Muni, There's No Place Like Muni...

Joe EskenaziNo Toto, though...​ While riding tornadoes over the rainbow is the preferred route to Oz, it turns out the Muni train is ever so slightly more reliable. And, as we've documented numerous times in the past, they'll even take your little dog, too. Our eye-catching Dorothy Gale stepped on ... More >>