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"We Have a Pope": Fearful New Pope Questions Catholicism

"All Things Shining": How Greek philosophers can bring back wonder

Or, The Whale Returns Home to the Independent

​Or, The Whale Chris Pureka Wednesday, November 17 @ The Independent Better than: Watching more dead whales wash up on Bay Area shores If you think about it, San Francisco's Or, The Whale is one of the most audaciously named bands this side of !!! and Various. There's the literary reference, for ... More >>

On Eve of Opening, Bocanova Chef Buzzing About Pan-American Concept

CUESARick Hackett: Making an ambitious leap to Oakland.​After working for well over two years on his soon-to-launch dream restaurant with wife and partner Meredith Melville -- the first that's wholly their own, after years of working at Chez Panisse, Postrio, Bay Wolf, Oliveto, and, for the pa ... More >>

Noise Pop Preview: Quick Picks

CUESARick Hackett: Making an ambitious leap to Oakland.​After working for well over two years on his soon-to-launch dream restaurant with wife and partner Meredith Melville -- the first that's wholly their own, after years of working at Chez Panisse, Postrio, Bay Wolf, Oliveto, and, for the pa ... More >>

John Woo, Robert Palmer, and Jake Gyllenhaal: SF Weekly DVD Reviews

CUESARick Hackett: Making an ambitious leap to Oakland.​After working for well over two years on his soon-to-launch dream restaurant with wife and partner Meredith Melville -- the first that's wholly their own, after years of working at Chez Panisse, Postrio, Bay Wolf, Oliveto, and, for the pa ... More >>

Chow Time Again

CUESARick Hackett: Making an ambitious leap to Oakland.​After working for well over two years on his soon-to-launch dream restaurant with wife and partner Meredith Melville -- the first that's wholly their own, after years of working at Chez Panisse, Postrio, Bay Wolf, Oliveto, and, for the pa ... More >>

Killer Reads

CUESARick Hackett: Making an ambitious leap to Oakland.​After working for well over two years on his soon-to-launch dream restaurant with wife and partner Meredith Melville -- the first that's wholly their own, after years of working at Chez Panisse, Postrio, Bay Wolf, Oliveto, and, for the pa ... More >>

Apocalypse Now

A sharp, revelatory multimedia show casts a blinding light on the tragic events of today

Mortal Combat

A French master's WWII classic emerges from the vaults

The Schreiber Theory: A Radical Rewrite of American Film History

A former Chron editor's first book is provocative and entertaining

Musical Theater

A striking performance

Running Around San Francisco for an Education

Visiting the low-profile (and captivatingly curious) National Film Preservation Foundation

Reps Etc.

Visiting the low-profile (and captivatingly curious) National Film Preservation Foundation

Reps Etc.

Visiting the low-profile (and captivatingly curious) National Film Preservation Foundation

Reel World

Woody Allen ponders a career move after making his new film

SF Weekly Wammies 2000

Your choices of the top local bands

Cinema Paradiso

The 43rd San Francisco International Film Festival

White Wedding

The 43rd San Francisco International Film Festival

Thar She Bows

Performance artist Laurie Anderson puts a modern musical spin on a classic American novel

The Jammer's the Thing

The artistic scope of fin de siecle roller derby makes Beckett's drama seem transparent

Second Time Around

The artistic scope of fin de siecle roller derby makes Beckett's drama seem transparent

Second Time Around

The artistic scope of fin de siecle roller derby makes Beckett's drama seem transparent

Night+Day

The artistic scope of fin de siecle roller derby makes Beckett's drama seem transparent

Booked Up

A tower of tomes on Mission Street

Desperately Seeking Salvation

Hal Hartley's Amateur finds redemption in amnesia and the barrel of a gun