Mary Poppins

The Year in Film: Top 10 Movies of 2012

The Beasts Take Berkeley: Animal-Sized Desires Roar in Two New Plays

To Spit or Not to Spit? What to Do at Wine Tastings

Have you ever been the only sober friend in a group of drunks? Those of us who make, sell, and write about wine can feel like that at big public wine tastings, since many of the consumers who come to these events seem to take them a bit too far. Considering that both ZAP and the Golden Glass (ticket ... More >>

The Eight Most Memorable Pop Culture References on Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

The rap game -- well, any game -- could use more people with the ambition of the RZA and the ability to make good on it. The man born Robert Diggs is more than an MC, a producer, and an actor. His resume also includes "DICTATOR" in big, bold letters: When the Wu-Tang Clan was just a bunch of young b ... More >>

Von Trapped

The rap game -- well, any game -- could use more people with the ambition of the RZA and the ability to make good on it. The man born Robert Diggs is more than an MC, a producer, and an actor. His resume also includes "DICTATOR" in big, bold letters: When the Wu-Tang Clan was just a bunch of young b ... More >>

Britney and Rihanna Debut New Videos -- and Anti-English Sentiments

​This week, both Rihanna and Britney Spears debuted gritty videos for their latest singles. In Rihanna's "We Found Love", we see the singer exploring sex, drugs, and horrible apartments. In Britney's "Criminal," we see her slapped in the face by a dude, shot at by cops, and naked in a shower with ... More >>

Cyclists Need Air Horns, Not Bells, to Clear Crowds on Golden Gate Bridge

Move over, Large Marge​Cyclists commuting between San Francisco and Marin County face another three months of frustration as crews complete seismic work that's closed the bike path on the west edge of the Golden Gate Bridge. Rather than speed to their destinations, cyclists must now inch through p ... More >>

BOSF 2011: Castro Theatre Sing-Alongs: Karaoke for the Whole Audience

Move over, Large Marge​Cyclists commuting between San Francisco and Marin County face another three months of frustration as crews complete seismic work that's closed the bike path on the west edge of the Golden Gate Bridge. Rather than speed to their destinations, cyclists must now inch through p ... More >>

Arthouse Movie Listings for March 30-April 5, 2011

Move over, Large Marge​Cyclists commuting between San Francisco and Marin County face another three months of frustration as crews complete seismic work that's closed the bike path on the west edge of the Golden Gate Bridge. Rather than speed to their destinations, cyclists must now inch through p ... More >>

Britain's Daily Mail Rips Off SF Weekly Cover Story

SF Weekly's U visa story, for all your churnalism needs.​Browsing our Google alerts this morning, we came across an eerily familiar story about U visas -- "The 'crime visa': How 18,000 illegal immigrants got legal status by being the victim of crime." Oh, wait: This was actually our cover article ... More >>

Arthouse movie listings for March 16-22, 2011

SF Weekly's U visa story, for all your churnalism needs.​Browsing our Google alerts this morning, we came across an eerily familiar story about U visas -- "The 'crime visa': How 18,000 illegal immigrants got legal status by being the victim of crime." Oh, wait: This was actually our cover article ... More >>

Arthouse Movie Listings for March 9-15, 2011

SF Weekly's U visa story, for all your churnalism needs.​Browsing our Google alerts this morning, we came across an eerily familiar story about U visas -- "The 'crime visa': How 18,000 illegal immigrants got legal status by being the victim of crime." Oh, wait: This was actually our cover article ... More >>

How the Happy Meal ban explains San Francisco

SF Weekly's U visa story, for all your churnalism needs.​Browsing our Google alerts this morning, we came across an eerily familiar story about U visas -- "The 'crime visa': How 18,000 illegal immigrants got legal status by being the victim of crime." Oh, wait: This was actually our cover article ... More >>

Top Chef: Just Desserts, Week 8: Mary Poppins Kicks Ass on Oprah

Don't mess with Mary.​Last night's Top Chef: Just Desserts wasn't all flowers and tea parties, though it appeared to be. The Quickfire Challenge was to create an edible bouquet, with guest judge Shinmin Li of shuttered I Dream of Cake in North Beach. Zac offered a warning: "She's very pretty b ... More >>

Arthouse movie listings for September 9-15, 2009

Don't mess with Mary.​Last night's Top Chef: Just Desserts wasn't all flowers and tea parties, though it appeared to be. The Quickfire Challenge was to create an edible bouquet, with guest judge Shinmin Li of shuttered I Dream of Cake in North Beach. Zac offered a warning: "She's very pretty b ... More >>

Arthouse movie listings for September 2-8, 2009

Don't mess with Mary.​Last night's Top Chef: Just Desserts wasn't all flowers and tea parties, though it appeared to be. The Quickfire Challenge was to create an edible bouquet, with guest judge Shinmin Li of shuttered I Dream of Cake in North Beach. Zac offered a warning: "She's very pretty b ... More >>

The recession is hurting A.C.T. and others

Don't mess with Mary.​Last night's Top Chef: Just Desserts wasn't all flowers and tea parties, though it appeared to be. The Quickfire Challenge was to create an edible bouquet, with guest judge Shinmin Li of shuttered I Dream of Cake in North Beach. Zac offered a warning: "She's very pretty b ... More >>

Somewhere Over the Date Line

Welcome to Baz Luhrmann's not-quite-marvelous land of Oz.

A Fistful of Knowledge

The History Boys is intelligent and clever (but not dumb).

Don't Open It! Don't Open It!

The History Boys is intelligent and clever (but not dumb).

Absurdistan

The next wave of post-9/11 political films trades sobriety for satire.

The Lodger

Grown-Ups (Slumberland)

America Cannes

Art imitates life as U.S. directors command this year's fest, with only China rivaling for celluloid domination.

Miss Congeniality

Beatrix Potter gets an extreme makeover

Pause & Effect

A truly universal remote leads to Sandler's best movie in years

Repertory Film Listings

A truly universal remote leads to Sandler's best movie in years

Repertory Film Listings

A truly universal remote leads to Sandler's best movie in years

Heavenly Hag

Emma Thompson's Nanny McPhee becomes a thing of beauty.

Swift Kick

Elijah Wood as a soccer thug in Britain? Not bloody likely.

Reps Etc.

Elijah Wood as a soccer thug in Britain? Not bloody likely.

The World on a String

As the San Francisco Conservatory of Music moves to fancy new digs, its students struggle with a shrinking professional marketplace.

The Country at Steak

Meat therapy at the best little steakhouse in San Francisco

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Meat therapy at the best little steakhouse in San Francisco

Side Dish

Doin' Lunch, Open Wide, In a Pinch, A Spoonful of Sugar

Night + Day

Doin' Lunch, Open Wide, In a Pinch, A Spoonful of Sugar