Marlon Brando

Night Day: Calendar Picks for 5/22

Happy Hundredth, John's Grill

John's Grill celebrated its hundredth birthday a few weeks ago, and as a longtime fan of Old San Francisco and the works of Dashiell Hammett, I made sure to help observe the occasion. Hammett figures into the equation because at one point in his magnum opus, "The Maltese Falcon," gumshoe Sam Spade ... More >>

George Michael refuses to play the polite pop star

John's Grill celebrated its hundredth birthday a few weeks ago, and as a longtime fan of Old San Francisco and the works of Dashiell Hammett, I made sure to help observe the occasion. Hammett figures into the equation because at one point in his magnum opus, "The Maltese Falcon," gumshoe Sam Spade ... More >>

If ... Only

John's Grill celebrated its hundredth birthday a few weeks ago, and as a longtime fan of Old San Francisco and the works of Dashiell Hammett, I made sure to help observe the occasion. Hammett figures into the equation because at one point in his magnum opus, "The Maltese Falcon," gumshoe Sam Spade ... More >>

The Wilder One

John's Grill celebrated its hundredth birthday a few weeks ago, and as a longtime fan of Old San Francisco and the works of Dashiell Hammett, I made sure to help observe the occasion. Hammett figures into the equation because at one point in his magnum opus, "The Maltese Falcon," gumshoe Sam Spade ... More >>

A Streetcar Named Desire

Stella and Stanley highlight this American classic

Extra! Read All About It

Stella and Stanley highlight this American classic

Smells Like Victory

Stella and Stanley highlight this American classic

Mob Hit Misses

The Godfather game isn't personal. It's strictly business.

Reps Etc.

The Godfather game isn't personal. It's strictly business.

A Moon for the Miscast

Eugene O'Neill's emotionally powerful drama lacks its misbegotten heroine

Wheelchair Bounds

Disabled friends forge a happy life in Rory O'Shea Was Here

Reps Etc.

Disabled friends forge a happy life in Rory O'Shea Was Here

Reps Etc.

Disabled friends forge a happy life in Rory O'Shea Was Here

Reps Etc.

Disabled friends forge a happy life in Rory O'Shea Was Here

Reps Etc.

Disabled friends forge a happy life in Rory O'Shea Was Here

Reps Etc.

Disabled friends forge a happy life in Rory O'Shea Was Here

Reps Etc.

Disabled friends forge a happy life in Rory O'Shea Was Here

Reps Etc.

Disabled friends forge a happy life in Rory O'Shea Was Here

Reps Etc.

Disabled friends forge a happy life in Rory O'Shea Was Here

Reps Etc.

Disabled friends forge a happy life in Rory O'Shea Was Here

Reps Etc.

Disabled friends forge a happy life in Rory O'Shea Was Here

Reps Etc.

Disabled friends forge a happy life in Rory O'Shea Was Here

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Disabled friends forge a happy life in Rory O'Shea Was Here

Reps Etc.

Disabled friends forge a happy life in Rory O'Shea Was Here

Reps Etc.

Disabled friends forge a happy life in Rory O'Shea Was Here

Triumph of the Will

With the dough he spent on this film, he could have bought a BMW

Elaine Stritch at Liberty

The once hard-drinking actress not only gossips and confesses but also sings, magnificently

Sweet Liberty

Elaine Stritch bares all

Bad Boys

Causeless rebels, in a Tennessee Williams play you've never seen before

Reps Etc.

Causeless rebels, in a Tennessee Williams play you've never seen before

Playing God

Francis Ford Coppola re-creates his Vietnam phantasmagoria

Lumet Lite

The Yards borrows liberally from its predecessors, but that may not be a bad thing

Here's Looking at You

The Yards borrows liberally from its predecessors, but that may not be a bad thing

The House of Tudor

The Yards borrows liberally from its predecessors, but that may not be a bad thing

Second Time Around

The Yards borrows liberally from its predecessors, but that may not be a bad thing

Killer's Choice

The Yards borrows liberally from its predecessors, but that may not be a bad thing

Beastly

The Yards borrows liberally from its predecessors, but that may not be a bad thing

Recordings

The Yards borrows liberally from its predecessors, but that may not be a bad thing

Sex and Death

Brando inhabits a man hellbent on his own destruction in Last Tango in Paris

Thank you, Godfather

Brando inhabits a man hellbent on his own destruction in Last Tango in Paris

Don’t You Forget About Me

Brando inhabits a man hellbent on his own destruction in Last Tango in Paris

Lethem Drops Chronic

Brando inhabits a man hellbent on his own destruction in Last Tango in Paris

Hopped Up

Brando inhabits a man hellbent on his own destruction in Last Tango in Paris

Bouncer: At Mr. Bing's, talking about reality TV

Brando inhabits a man hellbent on his own destruction in Last Tango in Paris

Muni Stabber Caught on Film

Smile! You're on Muni camera! ​A strange case in which a Muni passenger, stabbed three times, coolly asked to borrow a cell phone to report the incident -- and the alleged stabber sauntered off the bus without the driver ever being the wiser that a crime had taken place -- was purportedly caught o ... More >>

The Five Weirdest Movie Performances By Rock Musicians

Putting rock musicians in movies has been a catchpenny ploy since about fifteen minutes after rock music began to hit nationwide in the mid-1950s. The crusty-nosed brats buying all the records were, after all, the very same unruly vermin clogging American drive-ins every weekend. At first, acts were ... More >>

Stream of Unconscioussness

Putting rock musicians in movies has been a catchpenny ploy since about fifteen minutes after rock music began to hit nationwide in the mid-1950s. The crusty-nosed brats buying all the records were, after all, the very same unruly vermin clogging American drive-ins every weekend. At first, acts were ... More >>

Vietnamese Thursday Pop-Up Will Deliver Food by Bicycle

Phil CarterKatie Kwan, left, and Valerie Luu​If you were in Saigon Ho Chi Minh City any time until about a decade ago, chances are you got food delivered by bicycle. The Vietnamese pop-up Rice Paper Scissors will bring Saigon nostalgia to the lower Haight and Fillmore every Thursday night, sta ... More >>

Wake Up and Reflect

Phil CarterKatie Kwan, left, and Valerie Luu​If you were in Saigon Ho Chi Minh City any time until about a decade ago, chances are you got food delivered by bicycle. The Vietnamese pop-up Rice Paper Scissors will bring Saigon nostalgia to the lower Haight and Fillmore every Thursday night, sta ... More >>