Pauline Kael

The Sky Keeps Falling!: A Short History of the Death of Cinema

"Wake in Fright": The Wickedest Walkabout Returns, Lurid as Ever

J.J. Abrams' Star Trek is proof that a franchise can live long and prosper

Year of the Ram

Mickey Rourke climbs back in the ring with The Wrestler.

Sad Sack Extraordinaire

Jason Segel uses his balls to great effect in Forgetting Sarah Marshall.

What a Toad

Fairy-tale land and the real world collide to no good end in Enchanted

Keeping the Meter Running

Fairy-tale land and the real world collide to no good end in Enchanted

The Popcorn King

Rush Hour 3 director Brett Ratner has been called a fauxteur, a womanizer and, worse, over budget. Why you should take him seriously anyway.

Coming soon: The New Roxie

What happens when an artsy film guy who has gone way into debt hooks up with a school that doesn't know how to run a nonprofit theater? We hope it has a happy ending.

Monkey Business

Peter Jackson spares no expense for a Kong that's just too long

Broke, But Not Broken

With Cinderella Man, Ron Howard finally scores a knockout

Just for Me

How a breakfast and lunch place became a habit

Reps Etc.

How a breakfast and lunch place became a habit

Shops and Gifts

How a breakfast and lunch place became a habit

Best Local Film Critic

David Thomson

Moore, and Less

Julianne is radiant, but Todd Haynes' 1950s homage seems pointless

Heir Story

Who could ever replace Sydney Goldstein? Interviewing the interview queen of City Arts & Lectures.

Reps Etc.

Film Reps List for 12-05-2001

All Hail Kael

A film series remembers the uncompromising New Yorker critic Pauline Kael

Just a Bowl Full of Sugar

Whether you love or hate the original, Sing-A-Long Sound of Music has found its proper home

The Bit Player

Vincent D'Onofrio may be the best actor of his generation, but who would notice?

Sermon on the Mount

Vincent D'Onofrio may be the best actor of his generation, but who would notice?

Zoom Lens

Vincent D'Onofrio may be the best actor of his generation, but who would notice?

Retouching Evil

Using detailed instructions from Orson Welles, film editor and sound designer Walter Murch has remade "the best B-movie ever" -- Welles' Touch of Evil

Sinatra: The Voice, the Spark, the Image

Using detailed instructions from Orson Welles, film editor and sound designer Walter Murch has remade "the best B-movie ever" -- Welles' Touch of Evil

Second Time Around

Using detailed instructions from Orson Welles, film editor and sound designer Walter Murch has remade "the best B-movie ever" -- Welles' Touch of Evil

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

The 41st San Francisco International Film Festival

A Couple of Clowns

The 41st San Francisco International Film Festival

The Amazing Disappearing Human

The 41st San Francisco International Film Festival

Behind the Scenes

The 41st San Francisco International Film Festival

Retrofitting Red Riding Hood

The 41st San Francisco International Film Festival

Johnny Gets His Gun

Jim Jarmusch's Dead Man lies on the frontiers of tedium

Night+Day

Jim Jarmusch's Dead Man lies on the frontiers of tedium

Night+Day

Jim Jarmusch's Dead Man lies on the frontiers of tedium

Slap Shots

Jim Jarmusch's Dead Man lies on the frontiers of tedium

The Professor of Punk

From the book Lipstick Traces to his new The Dustbin of History, Eat Bay critic Greil Marcus has revealed the secret history of pop culture

Night+Day

From the book Lipstick Traces to his new The Dustbin of History, Eat Bay critic Greil Marcus has revealed the secret history of pop culture

Night+Day

From the book Lipstick Traces to his new The Dustbin of History, Eat Bay critic Greil Marcus has revealed the secret history of pop culture