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Raymond Chandler

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2012

    The Best of SXSW Music: Saturday 3/17/2012

    So, we come to it: the end of all things. Four days of madness, Doritos, Skrillex and finally, St. Patrick's Day. Before we bid SXSW 2012 farewell, allow us to share our favorite moments from SXSW day four. Later, we'll let you know which shows weren't so hot. Find our favorites below, and if there ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2011

    Iggy Pop on Making Kill City, Life in '70s Los Angeles, and the Jim Jarmusch Stooges Doc

    Earlier this year, before Iggy Pop was aware that he'd broken his foot during a Stooges show in Romania, he had a delightful, cuss-filled conversation with us from his home in the Cayman Islands. Afterward, when Pop found out that his foot was seriously busted, the band rescheduled its S.F. dates to ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 21, 2011

    Horror in a Fedora

    Earlier this year, before Iggy Pop was aware that he'd broken his foot during a Stooges show in Romania, he had a delightful, cuss-filled conversation with us from his home in the Cayman Islands. Afterward, when Pop found out that his foot was seriously busted, the band rescheduled its S.F. dates to ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 23, 2011

    They Don't Look the Part

    Earlier this year, before Iggy Pop was aware that he'd broken his foot during a Stooges show in Romania, he had a delightful, cuss-filled conversation with us from his home in the Cayman Islands. Afterward, when Pop found out that his foot was seriously busted, the band rescheduled its S.F. dates to ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 26, 2011

    Sam Spade in a Chariot

    Earlier this year, before Iggy Pop was aware that he'd broken his foot during a Stooges show in Romania, he had a delightful, cuss-filled conversation with us from his home in the Cayman Islands. Afterward, when Pop found out that his foot was seriously busted, the band rescheduled its S.F. dates to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2009

    Fend Off Scurvy (and Sobriety) with the Classic Gimlet

    Megatrond/FlickrThe gimlet: cool, refreshing, and bold.Midway through Raymond Chandler's magnum opus The Long Goodbye, erudite narrator-gumshoe Philip Marlowe samples his very first gimlet. "With the lime juice it had a sort of pale greenish yellowish misty look," he says of this restorative elixir, ... More >>

  • Dining

    August 13, 2008

    Secret Places

    A few modest ethnic eateries that are worth checking out.

  • Film

    October 17, 2007

    Beantown Boys Make Good

    The Brothers Affleck come through with a complex, sophisticated Boston crime drama

  • Film

    January 25, 2006

    Repertory Film Listings

    The Brothers Affleck come through with a complex, sophisticated Boston crime drama

  • Culture

    August 31, 2005

    Sin City

    Two new books on San Francisco noir tell vastly different stories

  • Film

    January 19, 2005

    Reps Etc.

    Two new books on San Francisco noir tell vastly different stories

  • Film

    March 3, 2004

    Reps Etc.

    Two new books on San Francisco noir tell vastly different stories

  • Film

    September 3, 2003

    Reps Etc.

    Two new books on San Francisco noir tell vastly different stories

  • Calendar

    August 27, 2003

    Mystery Date

    Noir's new neighborhood

  • Film

    May 29, 2002

    Reps Etc.

    Noir's new neighborhood

  • Dining

    January 3, 2001

    Taking the Cure

    Los Jarritos

  • Culture

    October 11, 2000

    "Look! I Made This!"

    Robert Altman wants your attention, if not your affection

  • Dining

    September 13, 2000

    The Long Hello

    Emma revives the grand North Beach tradition of family-style dining

  • Dining

    April 5, 2000

    South Pacific Trip

    Emma revives the grand North Beach tradition of family-style dining

  • News

    April 5, 2000

    The Romantic Egotist

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

  • Dining

    October 13, 1999

    Back to the Future

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

  • Film

    October 22, 1997

    Darkness Visible

    From Welles' Touch of Evil to Lang's Ministry of Fear, the Castro fetes noir with 14 Universal classics

  • Film

    September 10, 1997

    City of Angles

    How Curtis Hanson brought James Ellroy's epic crime novel L.A. Confidential to the screen

  • Culture

    July 2, 1997

    Stage

    How Curtis Hanson brought James Ellroy's epic crime novel L.A. Confidential to the screen

  • Film

    December 4, 1996

    Second Time Around

    How Curtis Hanson brought James Ellroy's epic crime novel L.A. Confidential to the screen

  • Music

    August 7, 1996

    Recordings

    How Curtis Hanson brought James Ellroy's epic crime novel L.A. Confidential to the screen

  • Culture

    March 13, 1996

    Wordplay

    Dark Rapture explores language without involving us dramatically; Slavs! eavesdrops on a nation involved in a deeply searching dialogue

  • Calendar

    August 9, 1995

    Night+Day

    Dark Rapture explores language without involving us dramatically; Slavs! eavesdrops on a nation involved in a deeply searching dialogue

  • Music

    March 29, 1995

    Opiate for the Masses

    Morphine's moody, sax-flavored sound plays like the soundtrack to a dime-store novel

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