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Ratataouille -- delighting in digital cuisine

Ratataouille -- delighting in digital cuisine

Spend NYE with Patton Oswalt

You know that Patton Oswalt is one of our best current stand-up comics, right? If not, your only exposure to the man might just be limited to Pixar's Ratatouille or a few episodes of King of Queens. If you haven't been privy to his live act yet, you're missing out on jokes about how Republicans love ... More >>

Reel World

You know that Patton Oswalt is one of our best current stand-up comics, right? If not, your only exposure to the man might just be limited to Pixar's Ratatouille or a few episodes of King of Queens. If you haven't been privy to his live act yet, you're missing out on jokes about how Republicans love ... More >>

Who Sees Short Shorts?

You know that Patton Oswalt is one of our best current stand-up comics, right? If not, your only exposure to the man might just be limited to Pixar's Ratatouille or a few episodes of King of Queens. If you haven't been privy to his live act yet, you're missing out on jokes about how Republicans love ... More >>

2009 Academy Award–Nominated Shorts

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Swiss Engineering

You know that Patton Oswalt is one of our best current stand-up comics, right? If not, your only exposure to the man might just be limited to Pixar's Ratatouille or a few episodes of King of Queens. If you haven't been privy to his live act yet, you're missing out on jokes about how Republicans love ... More >>

Flight of the Monkeys

You know that Patton Oswalt is one of our best current stand-up comics, right? If not, your only exposure to the man might just be limited to Pixar's Ratatouille or a few episodes of King of Queens. If you haven't been privy to his live act yet, you're missing out on jokes about how Republicans love ... More >>

Pants on Fire

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Our top DVD picks scheduled for release this week:

You know that Patton Oswalt is one of our best current stand-up comics, right? If not, your only exposure to the man might just be limited to Pixar's Ratatouille or a few episodes of King of Queens. If you haven't been privy to his live act yet, you're missing out on jokes about how Republicans love ... More >>

Long Live the Colonel

You know that Patton Oswalt is one of our best current stand-up comics, right? If not, your only exposure to the man might just be limited to Pixar's Ratatouille or a few episodes of King of Queens. If you haven't been privy to his live act yet, you're missing out on jokes about how Republicans love ... More >>

Look! It’s Super Comics Guy!

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Bay Area Filmmakers

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Future Imperfect

Renaissance is black and white and a little dead all over

Kickin' the Tires

Pixar's latest is no lemon, but it does have that used-Cars smell

Disney, Reanimated

The merger between Disney and the Bay Area's Pixar will likely redraw the lines of the animation world, for better or for worse. Find out where you stand!

The Little Animation Company That COULD

After struggling uphill in the difficult yet potentially profitable world of computer animation films, Wild Brain is on the cusp of success

Big Fun, Even Small

New releases available this week

Animal Crackers

In Madagascar, the wild things romp, then roam

Talkin' 'Bot Love

Like Big Fish for little kids, Robots works hard to please everyone

Super, Ordinary

These heroes may be Incredibles, but they're also normal

The Dreamlife of Angels

The year ahead in local film

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

The year in local film, plus the passing of a cinematic champion

The Kid Connection

Family Fest's 411

Tripped Out

The road rules in Berkeley

Think Different

Could it be that this year's crop of summer movies actually requires a brain cell or two?

Amores Perros

A deportation scare gives Mexican filmmaker Carlos Bolado new insight into the film he's shooting in the Mission

Art of the Scare

How two Bay Area animators hope to revolutionize Saturday-morning TV

Keeper of the Flame

It was a bad year for local independent movie theaters

Reel World

Opening Dates for Megamovies; Julian Schnabel

Reel World

Field of Dreams, Fear Strikes Out, Angels in the Outfield

See How They Run

Field of Dreams, Fear Strikes Out, Angels in the Outfield

Night Crawler

Life Can Be a Beach

Reel World

Broadcast News, Big Wednesday, and The Straight Story

Making a Mountain Out of an Anthill

Broadcast News, Big Wednesday, and The Straight Story

Week 2 of the 41st S.F. International Film Festival

Broadcast News, Big Wednesday, and The Straight Story

Building the Perfect Beast

As the movie industry contemplates a new age of computer-generated features, Berkeley's Phil Tippett fights to keep the art of special effects honest, messy, and true

Summer of Salvation

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

Up soars in entirely unexpected ways

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

Up

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

Oh, Heathcliff!

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

Repertory Film Listing

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

Fenton's Creamery is Hosting an UP Party

Pixar​One of the most endearing aspects of Pixar's incredibly charming digital 3D flick UP is how Oakland ice cream institution Fenton's Creamery (4226 Piedmont at Entrada, Oakland) is one of the chief draws back to land for the balloon-flying main characters, a place of great sentimental importan ... More >>

Single-Cel Organisms

Pixar​One of the most endearing aspects of Pixar's incredibly charming digital 3D flick UP is how Oakland ice cream institution Fenton's Creamery (4226 Piedmont at Entrada, Oakland) is one of the chief draws back to land for the balloon-flying main characters, a place of great sentimental importan ... More >>

Ponyo

Pixar​One of the most endearing aspects of Pixar's incredibly charming digital 3D flick UP is how Oakland ice cream institution Fenton's Creamery (4226 Piedmont at Entrada, Oakland) is one of the chief draws back to land for the balloon-flying main characters, a place of great sentimental importan ... More >>

"Toy Story 3": Pixar's juggernaut turns morose

Pixar​One of the most endearing aspects of Pixar's incredibly charming digital 3D flick UP is how Oakland ice cream institution Fenton's Creamery (4226 Piedmont at Entrada, Oakland) is one of the chief draws back to land for the balloon-flying main characters, a place of great sentimental importan ... More >>

"Despicable Me"

Childish, funny, 3-D delights.

Film Showtimes for the week of October 6-12, 2010

Childish, funny, 3-D delights.

Thao and Mirah Perform at Bay Area Girls Rock Camp Benefit This Friday

Future Thaos and Mirahs?​You may not know Chixx Mixx or Poison Apple Pie by name, but they're bands formed by Bay Area tween and teen girls, and they don't sound like what you might be picturing. As much as we all would like to think gender divides do not exist, it's the sad and simple truth ... More >>

Showcasing Oscar-Nominated Short Films 2011

Future Thaos and Mirahs?​You may not know Chixx Mixx or Poison Apple Pie by name, but they're bands formed by Bay Area tween and teen girls, and they don't sound like what you might be picturing. As much as we all would like to think gender divides do not exist, it's the sad and simple truth ... More >>