Meryl Streep

"Hope Springs": Rom-Com Doesn't Practice Tolerance It Preaches

Arthouse Movie Listings June 13-19, 2012

The 84th Academy Awards: a Timeline

​ People plan parties around this stuff, so we assume you probably watched too. But just in case you didn't, here's a timeline of the 84th Academy Awards ceremony. They make it this long just to mess with us all, in case you didn't know...

Top of the Mark's "Magical Holiday Tea" for the Children of the One Percent

​What: Magical Holiday Tea Where: Top of the Mark When: Fri. and Sat., December 9 and 10, Fri. and Sat., December 16 and 17, 12:30-2 p.m. Cost: $48.00 The rundown: Want to take your kids to something they totally won't appreciate and spend tons of money while doing it? Good news! Top of the ... More >>

Arthouse movie listings for March 24-30, 2010

​What: Magical Holiday Tea Where: Top of the Mark When: Fri. and Sat., December 9 and 10, Fri. and Sat., December 16 and 17, 12:30-2 p.m. Cost: $48.00 The rundown: Want to take your kids to something they totally won't appreciate and spend tons of money while doing it? Good news! Top of the ... More >>

What To Do? Monday's Pick: Fantastic Mr. Fox at Red Vic

​Fantastic Mr. Fox @ Red Vic Working with his Life Aquatic co-writer (and The Squid and the Whale director), Noah Baumbach, Wes Anderson has added an existential layer to the protagonist of Roald Dahl's 1970 children's novel, Fantastic Mr. Fox. Onscreen, Mr. Fox (voiced by George Clooney) is no ... More >>

Fantastic Mr. Fox

​Fantastic Mr. Fox @ Red Vic Working with his Life Aquatic co-writer (and The Squid and the Whale director), Noah Baumbach, Wes Anderson has added an existential layer to the protagonist of Roald Dahl's 1970 children's novel, Fantastic Mr. Fox. Onscreen, Mr. Fox (voiced by George Clooney) is no ... More >>

Arthouse movie listings for March 10-16, 2010

​Fantastic Mr. Fox @ Red Vic Working with his Life Aquatic co-writer (and The Squid and the Whale director), Noah Baumbach, Wes Anderson has added an existential layer to the protagonist of Roald Dahl's 1970 children's novel, Fantastic Mr. Fox. Onscreen, Mr. Fox (voiced by George Clooney) is no ... More >>

Arthouse movie listings for March 3-9, 2010

​Fantastic Mr. Fox @ Red Vic Working with his Life Aquatic co-writer (and The Squid and the Whale director), Noah Baumbach, Wes Anderson has added an existential layer to the protagonist of Roald Dahl's 1970 children's novel, Fantastic Mr. Fox. Onscreen, Mr. Fox (voiced by George Clooney) is no ... More >>

It’s an Honor Just to Be Aggravated

​Fantastic Mr. Fox @ Red Vic Working with his Life Aquatic co-writer (and The Squid and the Whale director), Noah Baumbach, Wes Anderson has added an existential layer to the protagonist of Roald Dahl's 1970 children's novel, Fantastic Mr. Fox. Onscreen, Mr. Fox (voiced by George Clooney) is no ... More >>

Julia Mixing It Up with a Lot of Gay Guys in Tuxes at the Castro Tonight

S.F.G.M.C.Julia taking on fruitcake at a performance earlier this month.​So maybe Meryl Streep shouldn't lose sleep worrying that her performance in Julie & Julia is in danger of being eclipsed by an even more definitive Child. Still, when the S.F. Gay Men's Chorus hits the stage at the Castro ... More >>

It's Complicated : Nancy Meyers keeps making the same movie

S.F.G.M.C.Julia taking on fruitcake at a performance earlier this month.​So maybe Meryl Streep shouldn't lose sleep worrying that her performance in Julie & Julia is in danger of being eclipsed by an even more definitive Child. Still, when the S.F. Gay Men's Chorus hits the stage at the Castro ... More >>

Best Films of the Decade

S.F.G.M.C.Julia taking on fruitcake at a performance earlier this month.​So maybe Meryl Streep shouldn't lose sleep worrying that her performance in Julie & Julia is in danger of being eclipsed by an even more definitive Child. Still, when the S.F. Gay Men's Chorus hits the stage at the Castro ... More >>

Mr. Fox is a fantastic fit

S.F.G.M.C.Julia taking on fruitcake at a performance earlier this month.​So maybe Meryl Streep shouldn't lose sleep worrying that her performance in Julie & Julia is in danger of being eclipsed by an even more definitive Child. Still, when the S.F. Gay Men's Chorus hits the stage at the Castro ... More >>

Bay Links: Bike Saddles, Meryl Streep & Tequila

via BoingBoing​Bike saddles almost too nice to sit on. [BoingBoing] Senator Barbara Boxer has a piggy bank worth $6.3 million cash. [SFGate] Frank Chu hits up the Sanctuary City meeting. He. Is. Everywhere. [Sweet Melissa] Holy crap. They're remaking Red Dawn!!! [Burrito Justice] Ride along in an ... More >>

Harpoons and Harbingers

This fall, visual artists bite, reflect, and cannibalize.

For One Critic, Watching 'Julie & Julia' Launches an Intensely Personal Journey

Sony PicturesFlipping for Julia: Streep as the French food maven at the Cordon Bleu in Paris.​I was thrilled when I arrived at the Century last Friday, opening day of Julia & Julia, to see a long line outside the theater. San Francisco foodies, represent! Except when I found out they were wait ... More >>

We praise the Julia half of Julie & Julia

Sony PicturesFlipping for Julia: Streep as the French food maven at the Cordon Bleu in Paris.​I was thrilled when I arrived at the Century last Friday, opening day of Julia & Julia, to see a long line outside the theater. San Francisco foodies, represent! Except when I found out they were wait ... More >>

Summer of Salvation

The film snob's guide to the best cinema the season has to offer.

Harvard Beats Yale 29-29

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Requiem for a Heavyweight

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Arthouse movie listings for April 8-14, 2009

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Theater of War

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Theater of War

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Arthouse movie listings for March 18-24, 2009

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Harvard Beats Yale 29-29

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Doubt

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One-Scene Wonder

In Doubt, Viola Davis once again proves that there are no small parts.

Art House

In Doubt, Viola Davis once again proves that there are no small parts.

Thank You for the Music

But your movie's kinda drab. Mamma Mia! drains the fun out of ABBA.

Summer Grows Up

The season of big budget bangs uses its brain

Dark Matter

Opens Friday at the Lumiere.

Support Group

The year's best characters

Dull Roar

The odd upside of Robert Redford's terribly earnest, quite terrible war drama

Torture Flick Rendition' Makes Us Water-Bored

The odd upside of Robert Redford's terribly earnest, quite terrible war drama

Blah-Blah Sisterhood

Chick-flick genre to Evening: Why you gotta make us look bad?

Farce of a Champion

Chick-flick genre to Evening: Why you gotta make us look bad?

The Delightful Dud

Chick-flick genre to Evening: Why you gotta make us look bad?

Get Inside!

Your forecast of the summer's top movies

Lost in Translation

All talk and little action, The Interpreter doesn't even make sense

Sour Lemony

Jim Carrey's in fine form, but the rest of Snicket is less fortunate

Summer Camp

Demme's Candidate overhaul goes for the knowing giggle

Summer Film Previews

Demme's Candidate overhaul goes for the knowing giggle

Farrelly Mediocre

The idiots what brung you Dumb & Dumber ain't funny no more

Sour Hours

Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore, and Nicole Kidman reveal that it's sad to be sad

Reel World

Pamela Gray; AMC Theaters Closures; Film Festivals

Violins in Danger

Pamela Gray; AMC Theaters Closures; Film Festivals

Silver Mining

Digging for the genuine article at the Telluride Film Festival's 25th anniversary celebration

Reel World

Digging for the genuine article at the Telluride Film Festival's 25th anniversary celebration

Out of Iowa

The Bridges of Madison County drips with corn syrup