Pakistan

The Real Inauguration Musical Travesty Wasn't Beyonce's Lip-Syncing

Who watched the inauguration a few days ago? That shit was pretty awesome. (We especially liked the part where Obama casually dropped a Stonewall reference into his speech, like he wasn't doing something of enormous significance. Nice one, dude). Of course, most of the post-inauguration blog chatter ... More >>

"Zero Dark Thirty:" The Long, Dark Night

Muslim Hunting: David Horowitz's Antagonistic Career

Mormons: A Shallow Yet Helpful Guide to See If You Should Hate Them or Not

I Heart Abbottabad Keychains, Mugs, Neckties Now Available on Amazon.com

The guy who made this tie deserves a reward.​Did the CIA miss something? News reports have cited unnamed intelligence officials saying that they've only recently stumbled upon rumors that Osama bin Laden had been holed up in a luxury residence in Abbottabad, Pakistan, and not -- as had been assume ... More >>

Osama bin Laden vs. Michael Jackson: Whose Death Got More Twitter Chatter?

Left Image: PhilipRood.com"//Flickr | Right image: Kecko/Flickr​Like many people around the world, we learned about the death of Osama bin Laden not from a newspaper or TV, but from social networking sites, specifically Twitter. Standing in a long line for a movie, the news slowly rippled up and ... More >>

Arthouse movie listings for January 19-25, 2010

Arthouse movie listings for January 5-11, 2010

Fool's Gold puts Hebrew words over Muslim music. Everybody dances.

Film Showtimes for the week of September 15-21, 2010

The Many Faces of Dr. Syed

A phony dermatologist misdiagnosed patients and stuck them with needles. It took four years for the medical board to figure it out.

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Report Confirms: SF Weekly Found Bin Laden in October 2001

He's on the right...​For shoppers wishing to give America the gift of national security, consider sending your favorite Pentagon staffer an SF Weekly. No offense to Jane's Defence Weekly, but a Senate Foreign Relations Committee report released Monday suggests the publication you're now reading pr ... More >>

Exporting the Dead

Every year, the corpses of hundreds of immigrants are flown from San Francisco to their home countries.

Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World

Leaving no gimmick unturned, that Super Size Me guy goes searching for Public Enemy No. 1.

Spurlock Spelunks

The Way He Lives Now

As Daniel Day-Lewis' fourth film in a decade arrives in theaters, the movies' most enigmatic leading man reveals the method behind his onscreen madness

The Gift of Reading

Still have people to buy for? Consider these books as last-minute stocking stuffers.

Moolah for Mullahs

All aboard the '80s way-back machine for Mike Nichols' good-time Charlie

Coming Soon

The summer season always brings out the worst in Hollywood, but there are also gems to be found

Killer Reads

Troubled Water

Deepa Mehta completes her trilogy amid outrage from Hindu fundamentalists

Who's Laughing?

Albert Brooks looks for comedy and comes up empty

The Identity Makers

In the age of terror, are the people who make fake identification documents for the Hispanic community noble public servants -- or national security risks?

Student of Concern

Will we be more secure -- or just less competitive -- if the government forces hundreds of thousands of international science students to get export licenses simply to look through a microscope?

How to Secede From Jesusland, Without Really Fighting

A plan to split California from the United States. And it's serious. Maybe.

Reps Etc.

From Bad to Worse

An Afghan girl faces the terror of life under the Taliban

Wake Up

Two Berkeley exhibitions follow Buddhism around the world

Reps Etc.

Reps Etc.

Total Future Awareness

The Defense Department hires a New Economy futurist to help fight terror. Don't you feel safer already?

alt.war

Traditional media mislead the public about the war in Iraq as a media revolution makes traditional media increasingly irrelevant

Letters to the Editor

Week of November 6, 2002

Mail Man

Tamim Ansary, author of a famous post-9/11 e-mail, reads from his poignant new memoir about reconciling his Aghan and American heritage

Angels in Afghanistan

A controversial, uneven, and eerily timely production at the Berkeley Rep

The Rabbi Who Would Save the World

Michael Lerner has won many followers with his ideas for world peace. But if all he is preaching is the Golden Rule, why is he so controversial?

Wise Bird

Men may want to take cover when Krissy Keefer, feminist survivor, dances

The Call of Afghanistan

Young Afghan-American professionals pledge to return to their homeland to rebuild a war-ravaged nation

Spice of Life

Al Hamra

Playing by Ear

Bruce Ackley and the art of listening

Night Crawler

Building a Better Bomb

While condemning India for its nuclear testing, the U.S. government quietly funnels billions to research programs aimed at creating an ever-more-virulent nuclear arsenal

Sex, Drugs, Rock 'n' Roll. Korea.

The 41st San Francisco International Film Festival

Words + Guitar (+ Beats + Skronk)

What mattered and what splattered in pop, 1997