Robert De Niro

Tourists Live It Up While Poor San Franciscans Take Stay-Cations

Friday Night: Meat Beat Manifesto at the Independent

Last Night: Meat Beat ManifestoThe IndependentDecember 5, 2008Review by Tamara Palmer, Photos by Tim PrattBetter than:  Concerts that take place in one dimensionDownload: The unreleased Meat Beat Manifesto song "Bush of Lies"At the nerve center of Meat Beat Manifesto is its creator and vision p ... More >>

TiVo Alert: Dysfunctional Family Re-Opens Fancy-Schmancy Restaurant

By Meredith Brody You may have noticed that there's precious little new stuff to watch during the holidays - a period which The New York Times describes as "a profound holiday slumber of repeats and musical specials." But we can't even find any musical specials, and are reduced to re-watching A Co ... More >>

Night Crawler

By Meredith Brody You may have noticed that there's precious little new stuff to watch during the holidays - a period which The New York Times describes as "a profound holiday slumber of repeats and musical specials." But we can't even find any musical specials, and are reduced to re-watching A Co ... More >>

Shaken, stirred, and slow at Beretta

By Meredith Brody You may have noticed that there's precious little new stuff to watch during the holidays - a period which The New York Times describes as "a profound holiday slumber of repeats and musical specials." But we can't even find any musical specials, and are reduced to re-watching A Co ... More >>

Fall Theater Events

By Meredith Brody You may have noticed that there's precious little new stuff to watch during the holidays - a period which The New York Times describes as "a profound holiday slumber of repeats and musical specials." But we can't even find any musical specials, and are reduced to re-watching A Co ... More >>

Arthouse

By Meredith Brody You may have noticed that there's precious little new stuff to watch during the holidays - a period which The New York Times describes as "a profound holiday slumber of repeats and musical specials." But we can't even find any musical specials, and are reduced to re-watching A Co ... More >>

Art House

By Meredith Brody You may have noticed that there's precious little new stuff to watch during the holidays - a period which The New York Times describes as "a profound holiday slumber of repeats and musical specials." But we can't even find any musical specials, and are reduced to re-watching A Co ... More >>

Arthouse Picks for the Week of April 9-15

Dueling divas and Dr. Strangelove.

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

Hello, sophomore slump: Dito Montiel's Fighting lacks punch (among other things)

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

Keeping the Meter Running

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

Dream Cleaver

Matthew Vaughn hacks at Neil Gaiman's fantasy wonderland

The Big Valley

Matthew Vaughn hacks at Neil Gaiman's fantasy wonderland

Like Herding Sheep

De Niro takes a loooong, sloooow look at the history of the CIA

Focking Wonderful

Streisand and Hoffman save a family -- and a movie, too

Floundering

Cruel, vapid, and unfunny, this Shark bites

Bill Thrills

A week of Murray mania

Triumph of the Will

With the dough he spent on this film, he could have bought a BMW

Reps Etc.

Commentary by Gregg Rickman

Reps Etc.

Commentary by Gregg Rickman

Reps Etc.

Commentary by Gregg Rickman

Reel World

Filmjunkie Underground Film Festival; First Person Plural

Naval Gazing

Men of Honor lays it on thick, but not intolerably so

The Bit Player

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

Return of the Indie

S.F. IndieFest

Enough Already

Christmas cinema for cynics

Blue in the Face

Christmas cinema for cynics

The Full Lenny

Christmas cinema for cynics

The Mobster and the Shrink

Christmas cinema for cynics

The Hoodlum Priest

Christmas cinema for cynics

Second Time Around

Christmas cinema for cynics

Kooky Proles and Gucci Buddhism

A neo-noir, an Ur-neo-noir, and a black political satire color a pallid year of retreads, bogus events, and charity cases.

The Albanian Candidate

A neo-noir, an Ur-neo-noir, and a black political satire color a pallid year of retreads, bogus events, and charity cases.

Night+Day

A neo-noir, an Ur-neo-noir, and a black political satire color a pallid year of retreads, bogus events, and charity cases.

Slap Shots

A neo-noir, an Ur-neo-noir, and a black political satire color a pallid year of retreads, bogus events, and charity cases.

Retrofitting Red Riding Hood

A neo-noir, an Ur-neo-noir, and a black political satire color a pallid year of retreads, bogus events, and charity cases.

Night+Day

A neo-noir, an Ur-neo-noir, and a black political satire color a pallid year of retreads, bogus events, and charity cases.

Snake Eyes

Vegas meets GoodFellas in Martin Scorsese's faux-epix Casino

Meet the parent: De Niro hits a low in Everybody's Fine

Vegas meets GoodFellas in Martin Scorsese's faux-epix Casino

Cabbies cry foul over plan to sell medallions

Vegas meets GoodFellas in Martin Scorsese's faux-epix Casino

White Nationalist Group To Protest 'Machete' Movie With Machetes This Weekend

Whitey, beware? ​A group of white nationalists will protest the new Robert Rodriguez movie Machete  -- which depicts a Mexican renegade attempting to assassinate an anti-immigrant senator played by Robert DeNiro -- at Bay Area cinemas this week. This gets even more interesting: The protesters ... More >>

"Stone": Edward Norton talks about his new criminal buddy pic with Robert De Niro

Whitey, beware? ​A group of white nationalists will protest the new Robert Rodriguez movie Machete  -- which depicts a Mexican renegade attempting to assassinate an anti-immigrant senator played by Robert DeNiro -- at Bay Area cinemas this week. This gets even more interesting: The protesters ... More >>

SF Weekly Letters

Whitey, beware? ​A group of white nationalists will protest the new Robert Rodriguez movie Machete  -- which depicts a Mexican renegade attempting to assassinate an anti-immigrant senator played by Robert DeNiro -- at Bay Area cinemas this week. This gets even more interesting: The protesters ... More >>

Saturday Night: Deerhunter Unveils Ghostly Art-Pop at Slim's

Cherrell Johnston​DeerhunterReal EstateOctober 30, 2010@ Slim'sBetter than: Dressing up as Christopher Walken and/or Robert DeNiro from The Deer Hunter for Halloween and making Russian roulette references in front of strangers. There's a certain ghoulishness, something otherworldly and ghostl ... More >>

The Top 5 Most Absurdly Entertaining Songs About Actors

Seen any good movies lately? You probably have. We haven't, though. Because we've been too busy this week laughing our own faces off at a variety of songs about the stars of stage and screen. Here's a countdown of our favorites. Behold! A bunch of stuff we'd almost forgotten about! 5. Bananarama, " ... More >>

"Little Fockers": Ben Stiller's franchise has seen better days

Seen any good movies lately? You probably have. We haven't, though. Because we've been too busy this week laughing our own faces off at a variety of songs about the stars of stage and screen. Here's a countdown of our favorites. Behold! A bunch of stuff we'd almost forgotten about! 5. Bananarama, " ... More >>

You Talkin’ to Me?

Seen any good movies lately? You probably have. We haven't, though. Because we've been too busy this week laughing our own faces off at a variety of songs about the stars of stage and screen. Here's a countdown of our favorites. Behold! A bunch of stuff we'd almost forgotten about! 5. Bananarama, " ... More >>

Bam! by the Bay: Emeril Checks Out S.F. in Debut of New Show

Cooking ChannelEmeril Lagasse chats with Buena Vista Cafe's Robert Freeman.​The original bam!-tastic O.G. Food Network veteran, Emeril, just debuted a new show, The Originals with Emeril, on its sister Cooking Channel network. Last night's show may have been a premiere, but there was nothing n ... More >>

Epic Betrayal

Cooking ChannelEmeril Lagasse chats with Buena Vista Cafe's Robert Freeman.​The original bam!-tastic O.G. Food Network veteran, Emeril, just debuted a new show, The Originals with Emeril, on its sister Cooking Channel network. Last night's show may have been a premiere, but there was nothing n ... More >>