Norman Mailer

Slap Shots

Night+Day

Mamet's new film, Redbelt, showing at the SF International Film Fest

Wookiee Mistake

Oxbow's Eugene Robinson chokes rowdy concertgoers

So, how will he behave on his new book tour?

Like Herding Sheep

De Niro takes a loooong, sloooow look at the history of the CIA

I'll Have the Chicken

After reflecting on the excesses of the past year, we turn to low-cal takeout

Sweat Along With Russell

After reflecting on the excesses of the past year, we turn to low-cal takeout

Sweat Along With Russell

After reflecting on the excesses of the past year, we turn to low-cal takeout

For Love of Boonville

We find, sitting next to us, a petite and smiling Amy Tan, sadly without her legendary posse of yapping dogs

Protest Song

What Are Words For?

Reps Etc.

What Are Words For?

Reps Etc.

What Are Words For?

Reps Etc.

What Are Words For?

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

What Are Words For?

Sonny's Days

In which we meet a donkey, some crows, and Sonny Smith, who is not a folk singer

Picture Imperfect

Did photographer Diane Arbus exploit her subjects? Decide for yourself at her huge new exhibit

Reps Etc.

Did photographer Diane Arbus exploit her subjects? Decide for yourself at her huge new exhibit

Reps Etc.

Did photographer Diane Arbus exploit her subjects? Decide for yourself at her huge new exhibit

Contending With Life

Years after Evander Holyfield clocked him, boxer-turned-shoeshine-man Seamus McDonagh struggles to conquer his fears -- and to confront Holyfield

Dog Bites

Can Dog Bites achieve a creative breakthrough under the tutelage of a Sylvia Plath-lookin' chick?

Look Ahead

D.A. Pennebaker doesn't make history, but he's captured so much of it

Rock and a Hard Place

Music can free your soul, but can it spring the West Memphis Three?

Dream Weaver

Sandman author Neil Gaiman finds magic in the damnedest place

Reel World

Landscape Suicides; Captives; Naked Killer

Best Programmed Rep Cinema

The Roxie

Facial Hair

Salvador Dali Talks to the Animals & The Beard

The Romantic Egotist

After decades of being misunderstood, novelist and gay icon John Rechy is fighting back -- and making Hollywood take notice

Stage

After decades of being misunderstood, novelist and gay icon John Rechy is fighting back -- and making Hollywood take notice

Kooky Proles and Gucci Buddhism

A neo-noir, an Ur-neo-noir, and a black political satire color a pallid year of retreads, bogus events, and charity cases.

The Subject Is Rosi

A neo-noir, an Ur-neo-noir, and a black political satire color a pallid year of retreads, bogus events, and charity cases.

The Man Who Would Be Ali

A neo-noir, an Ur-neo-noir, and a black political satire color a pallid year of retreads, bogus events, and charity cases.

Second Time Around

A neo-noir, an Ur-neo-noir, and a black political satire color a pallid year of retreads, bogus events, and charity cases.

Slap Shots

A neo-noir, an Ur-neo-noir, and a black political satire color a pallid year of retreads, bogus events, and charity cases.

Recordings

A neo-noir, an Ur-neo-noir, and a black political satire color a pallid year of retreads, bogus events, and charity cases.

Slap Shots

A neo-noir, an Ur-neo-noir, and a black political satire color a pallid year of retreads, bogus events, and charity cases.

Night+Day

A neo-noir, an Ur-neo-noir, and a black political satire color a pallid year of retreads, bogus events, and charity cases.

Reel World

A neo-noir, an Ur-neo-noir, and a black political satire color a pallid year of retreads, bogus events, and charity cases.

July Book Events: Kevin Starr, Paul Krassner, Jaimal Yogis, and Alan Drew

A neo-noir, an Ur-neo-noir, and a black political satire color a pallid year of retreads, bogus events, and charity cases.

Grand Inquisitor

A neo-noir, an Ur-neo-noir, and a black political satire color a pallid year of retreads, bogus events, and charity cases.

Das Racist: Show Preview

A neo-noir, an Ur-neo-noir, and a black political satire color a pallid year of retreads, bogus events, and charity cases.

Bouncer Laments the Lack of Maniacs at Glen Park Station

A neo-noir, an Ur-neo-noir, and a black political satire color a pallid year of retreads, bogus events, and charity cases.

Bouncer: Why Psychopaths Make Good Bartenders

​From this week's Bouncer column: When you start to spend a lot of time with people who are on the autism spectrum, it becomes quite clear that we all have quirks, foibles, aspects, facets, and traits that could also be called "autistic" -- like the crushing need to make a lengthy list of sy ... More >>