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The Summer Movie Rises: Twenty Films to Watch Out For

Sony Hacks: Here's Why It's Gone All Wrong

Just your average hacker​It's hard to sympathize with any of the people involved in the security breaches of Sony's computer systems -- and that includes the victims, or some of them anyway. First, of course, are the hackers themselves. This might be totally illogical, given the damage they've don ... More >>

"Orlando" Returns: Sally Potter and Tilda Swinton interview

Just your average hacker​It's hard to sympathize with any of the people involved in the security breaches of Sony's computer systems -- and that includes the victims, or some of them anyway. First, of course, are the hackers themselves. This might be totally illogical, given the damage they've don ... More >>

Warriors Sold -- But Not to Larry Ellison

Meet the new boss, Joe Lacob​Billionaire Oracle CEO Larry Ellison's quest to buy his favorite basketball team has been stuffed. The long-awaited sale of the Golden State Warriors was announced today, for a record $450 million -- but the winning bidder was Joseph Lacob, a part-owner of the Boston C ... More >>

On Coco Before Chanel: Chanel hagiography is so last season

Meet the new boss, Joe Lacob​Billionaire Oracle CEO Larry Ellison's quest to buy his favorite basketball team has been stuffed. The long-awaited sale of the Golden State Warriors was announced today, for a record $450 million -- but the winning bidder was Joseph Lacob, a part-owner of the Boston C ... More >>

For One Critic, Watching 'Julie & Julia' Launches an Intensely Personal Journey

Sony PicturesFlipping for Julia: Streep as the French food maven at the Cordon Bleu in Paris.​I was thrilled when I arrived at the Century last Friday, opening day of Julia & Julia, to see a long line outside the theater. San Francisco foodies, represent! Except when I found out they were wait ... More >>

Ice in the Veins

Sony PicturesFlipping for Julia: Streep as the French food maven at the Cordon Bleu in Paris.​I was thrilled when I arrived at the Century last Friday, opening day of Julia & Julia, to see a long line outside the theater. San Francisco foodies, represent! Except when I found out they were wait ... More >>

The Sound of One Audience Member Clapping

Resourceful indie filmmakers are finding new ways of getting their movies into theaters. But will anybody come?

Hard-Knock Life

Frozen River may lay it on a bit thick, but Melissa Leo nails the role of a struggling single mom.

You and Your Fantasies

Frozen River may lay it on a bit thick, but Melissa Leo nails the role of a struggling single mom.

The Price Is Wrong

Freedomland turns a rich, complex book into a poor, simple movie

Digging in the Dirt

Freedomland turns a rich, complex book into a poor, simple movie

Asia Minor

Memoirs of a Geisha views Japan through Western eyes

From Major to Minor

Why the best films of 2004 look like indies but aren't

Reps Etc.

Why the best films of 2004 look like indies but aren't

Reps Etc.

Why the best films of 2004 look like indies but aren't

Accounted For

Josh Kornbluth leaves us helpless with laughter and pleasantly lost

Think Different

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

Persistent Visions

This season's cinema demands attention

Art of the Scare

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

Flame On

Out of financial and creative bankruptcy, Marvel Comics is mighty once more

Reel World

Capitalizing on last year's success at Sundance, two S.F. filmmakers take on a new project with Doonesburycreator Garry Trudeau.

Reel World

S.F. International Film Festival; Quills Web site censorship

Emotion in Motion

With Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Ang Lee reinvents the martial arts movie for the art house crowd

Tracking Angles

As Groove introduces itself to an E-anxious mass audience, the real thrill is in its home-grown music

Reel World

As Groove introduces itself to an E-anxious mass audience, the real thrill is in its home-grown music

Riff Raff

As Groove introduces itself to an E-anxious mass audience, the real thrill is in its home-grown music

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

Reel World

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

Reel World

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