Peter Jackson

"Blancanieves": Snow White and the Seven Bullfighters

"West of Memphis": A Twenty-Year Ordeal

The Real Fantastic: Of Dungeons and Day Jobs

"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey": Slouching Toward Erebor

"Hello I Must Be Going": Melanie Lynskey's Low-Key Greatness

Feast of Words Potluck Goes Underground with a Buddhist Nun

SomArts/FlickrNovember's Feast of Words.​This month's installment of Feast of Words: A Literary Potluck features the guest cheffery of Peter Jackson, proprietor of Canvas Underground and "member of the Ghetto Gourmet guerilla dining network," and guest storytelling by Faith Adiele, author of C ... More >>

Ten films to watch for in 2011

10 Things to Do This Weekend For Under $10

Ashley HarrellSantacon, 2008​Talking about how goddamn cold is in in San Francisco is free, but that got old on Tuesday. Now it's Friday and you need other ideas for how to entertain yourself and your buddies on the cheap. Here's our list of recommendations below. Mi Ami w/ Inca Ore, Jozef Van W ... More >>

Devolution

Alien invasion as apartheid metaphor? It works in District 9

10 Must See Panels at Comic-Con 2009

San Diego's Comic-Con has easily become the pop culture lodestar of this generation and 2009's panel line up will not disappoint the nerd pilgrims who've made the long journey to Southern California's geek mecca. Below you'll find our list of 10 panels that should not be missed by any self-respectin ... More >>

Hey, Watch the Suit!

Heaven can wait: Drag Me to Hell is much more fun.

Summer of Salvation

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

Devil May Care

Big Red returns in a mindless, revved-up Hellboy sequel.

Guillermo del Toro to Direct 'The Hobbit'

January Movies To Watch - 'Cassandra’s Dream' and What the TIFF Told Me

Legend Has It

That old 'last man on Earth' setup? It really works.

Repertory Film Listings

Bob Shaye's New Line

Movie mogul taps into his inner child

Repertory Film Listings

The Short Goodbye

Hero With a Thousand Faces

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion earns our highest score.

Kid Stuff for Parents

Presenting Group Hug 2006, a free mix-CD offered as consolation for everything wrong in the world

Monkey Business

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

Love the Sin

Homewreckers on DVD

G'Dead, Mate

Zombies rise again, this time from Down Under

The Icelander Cometh

For a few years, Emiliana Torrini wasn't sure she'd ever make music again. Then the phone started ringing.

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Dead Good

Shaun of the Dead revives the zombie comedy with a U.K. twist

Days of Future Passed

Sky Captain zooms back to a tomorrow that never was

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George of the Bungle

Michael Moore goes Bushwacking in Fahrenheit 9/11

Monster Smash

Van Helsing explodes monster movie legends with hip upgrades

City Hall

We hope Gavin Newsom follows through on promises to shake up the Film Commission

Upper Middle Earth

The Return of the King marks a zenith in cinematic potential

SF Weekly Music Awards 2003

Americana DJ/Selector/Turntablist Electronic/Electro Hard Rock/

Metal Hip Hop/Rap Jazz Latin/

International Lifestyle Music New Genre/Beyond Pop Punk Rock/Indie Rock Soul/Funk/ R&B

If music be the brandy of the damned, then we're drunk off our asses

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Orc Chops

The action's much meatier in Jackson's second Rings film

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Letters to the Editor

Ring Master; Salt in the Wound; S.F.: 237, N.Y.: 1

Talkin' Tolkien

Who has the right to write about the lord of the Ring's fictional tongues?

Rings of Fire

The daunting journey of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings to the big screen.

Films for a Tired and Cynical Age

Second Time Around

Reel World