In the last few short years, San Francisco Giants fans have been treated to every experience they could have ever hoped to have. Last night, however, was a new one. If you ever dreamed of watching a nigh-impossible comeback capped during a torrential rainstorm -- well, there you go. Last night' ... More >>
Despite having an accomplished resume as an actor, writer, and producer, Jeffrey Ross is fine with the fact that many people recognize him as the dude from those legendary Comedy Central roasts. In fact, he hopes it will soon parlay into a regular series for the channel. He's taking it one step furt ... More >>
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
Dueling divas and Dr. Strangelove.
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
Matthew Vaughn hacks at Neil Gaiman's fantasy wonderland
De Niro takes a loooong, sloooow look at the history of the CIA
Streisand and Hoffman save a family -- and a movie, too
Cruel, vapid, and unfunny, this Shark bites
A week of Murray mania
With the dough he spent on this film, he could have bought a BMW
Commentary by Gregg Rickman
Filmjunkie Underground Film Festival; First Person Plural
Men of Honor lays it on thick, but not intolerably so
S.F. IndieFest
Christmas cinema for cynics
A neo-noir, an Ur-neo-noir, and a black political satire color a pallid year of retreads, bogus events, and charity cases.
Vegas meets GoodFellas in Martin Scorsese's faux-epix Casino
