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C'mon, Everypony -- Let's Explore My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic Together

As I've hinted at once or twice on the Exhibitionist, I'm a huge My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic fan. Though it doesn't unseat the oft-mentioned Mystery Science Theater 3000 as my all-time favorite, it's my top currently running scripted show and is likely to remain so until Breaking Bad returns ... More >>

King of the Nerds Is Looking for Bay Area Geeks

​When television producers say they're looking for the biggest nerds out there for a new reality show, it's hard to tell whether it's one of those laughing-with-you or laughing-at-you situations.But it sounds like the people behind King of the Nerds mean no disrespect by the nerds they hope w ... More >>

Robyn Celebrates 'Dykes and Trannies' at the Warfield

Joseph SchellRobyn at the Warfield last night.​Robyn Maluca November 23, 2010 @ The Warfield Better than: Dancing on your own. So we know that Robyn is obsessed with robots, but it might be time to consider the possibility that she actually is one. Last night at the Warfield, the Swedish lass d ... More >>

Arthouse movie listings for June 2-8, 2010

Joseph SchellRobyn at the Warfield last night.​Robyn Maluca November 23, 2010 @ The Warfield Better than: Dancing on your own. So we know that Robyn is obsessed with robots, but it might be time to consider the possibility that she actually is one. Last night at the Warfield, the Swedish lass d ... More >>

Reel Gone: Berkeley's Reel Video to Close

Reel Video, where you could obtain this movie or 99,999 others, is kaput​Reel Video, the beloved, warehouse-sized Berkeley store where customers could always count on great popcorn -- and terrible movies being played by the staff -- is on its last reel. Employees at the 13-year-old store were rece ... More >>

Hopelessly Devoted

Reel Video, where you could obtain this movie or 99,999 others, is kaput​Reel Video, the beloved, warehouse-sized Berkeley store where customers could always count on great popcorn -- and terrible movies being played by the staff -- is on its last reel. Employees at the 13-year-old store were rece ... More >>

Monday Morning Hangover: Beam Me Up Some Hair of the Dog

San Franciscan's love an excuse to get into costume, and this weekend was a bonanza for fantasy fans. This weekend the Star Trek Convention rolled into town and dedicated  fans of the show donned their best Bridge-worthy uniforms and Klingon foreheads. Fans were especially pumped for the captai ... More >>

Supe Confronts Unions, Runaway Health Spending With ... MATH!

​In San Francisco politics, brazenly picking a fight with powerful labor unions is the equivalent of wandering into Yom Kippur services while wearing an outfit entirely made of bacon -- with shellfish for the buttons. And yet, Supervisor Sean Elsbernd has done just that. At today's final board mee ... More >>

The best of the Bay Area's "costume rock"

​In San Francisco politics, brazenly picking a fight with powerful labor unions is the equivalent of wandering into Yom Kippur services while wearing an outfit entirely made of bacon -- with shellfish for the buttons. And yet, Supervisor Sean Elsbernd has done just that. At today's final board mee ... More >>

'Text-a-Tip' Program Drags SFPD Into 21st Century. SFPD Web Site? Still Vintage 1994.

The SFPD Web Page induces nostalgia for the 1990s​When Police Chief George Gascon today announces San Francisco cops will soon have the ability to engage in real-time text message conversations with people who have witnessed -- or are witnessing -- a crime, it will be more than a technologically u ... More >>

Arthouse movie listings for July 15-21, 2009

The SFPD Web Page induces nostalgia for the 1990s​When Police Chief George Gascon today announces San Francisco cops will soon have the ability to engage in real-time text message conversations with people who have witnessed -- or are witnessing -- a crime, it will be more than a technologically u ... More >>

Arthouse movie listings for March 4-10, 2009

The SFPD Web Page induces nostalgia for the 1990s​When Police Chief George Gascon today announces San Francisco cops will soon have the ability to engage in real-time text message conversations with people who have witnessed -- or are witnessing -- a crime, it will be more than a technologically u ... More >>

Millennium Albatross

The Force is weak with the long-delayed Fanboys.

The Clickable Clit: "What We Can Learn from Reading Erotic Fan Fiction"

The Force is weak with the long-delayed Fanboys.

Our top DVD picks scheduled for release this week:

The Force is weak with the long-delayed Fanboys.

Repertory Film Listing

The Force is weak with the long-delayed Fanboys.

Our top DVD picks scheduled for release this week:

The Force is weak with the long-delayed Fanboys.

This weekend... Captured! By Robots at Bottom of the Hill

The Force is weak with the long-delayed Fanboys.

Her One Little Secret

The Force is weak with the long-delayed Fanboys.

Same Old Story

Sequels, prequels, and threequels in 2007

Writing His Future

Vulcan, the erstwhile king of spray can art, wants to leave the streets behind without losing his soul

I Was an Online Mother, Part 3

Vulcan, the erstwhile king of spray can art, wants to leave the streets behind without losing his soul

Off your Gourd and into the StereoLab: A little bit country and a little bit rock 'n' electro

Vulcan, the erstwhile king of spray can art, wants to leave the streets behind without losing his soul

Fire Flies

The fourth Harry Potter rushes through its paces

Pink Pulp

Investigating lesbian novels of the 1950s

Color Bland

South Korea's first anime feature is beautiful, but not much more

Thunder Rolls

A '60s British TV series gets an extreme makeover

Round One!

Get KO'd at the Cow Palace

Silly Humans, Matrix Is for Kids!

Revolutions runs a playful joy ride through a nifty vision of hell

Funk Soul Brothers

Harold Ray doesn't exist. But he and his band are one of S.F.'s best live acts.

Champagne Tastes

Not to be too Ayn Rand-y about it, but Dog Bites loves all the new luxury high-rises downtown

Listen Up

The guilty pleasure of audio books

The Young Girl and the Sea

In Whale Rider, a Maori lass confronts her heritage and destiny

Five Best San Francisco Movies

In Whale Rider, a Maori lass confronts her heritage and destiny

Dragon Ballsy

Beastly flamers make a man of Christian Bale in Reign of Fire

Session Obsession

Brad Anderson reinvents the haunted-house movie to great effect with Session 9

Everyday People

Replicator's neophytes make noisy rock -- with just the right amount of art mixed in

Dog Bites

Soylent Green Is People!; Nightclub Jitters

Space Craft

Jodi Lomask’s Capacitor takes dance to the stars

Dog Bites

Ken, Ken, Ken; Hey Hey! Ho Ho! Boring Clothes Have Got to Go!; This Week in Lavish Dot-Com Parties

Upscale Down-Home

Ken, Ken, Ken; Hey Hey! Ho Ho! Boring Clothes Have Got to Go!; This Week in Lavish Dot-Com Parties

Thai Breaker

Ken, Ken, Ken; Hey Hey! Ho Ho! Boring Clothes Have Got to Go!; This Week in Lavish Dot-Com Parties

Night Crawler

Ken, Ken, Ken; Hey Hey! Ho Ho! Boring Clothes Have Got to Go!; This Week in Lavish Dot-Com Parties

Night Crawler

Ken, Ken, Ken; Hey Hey! Ho Ho! Boring Clothes Have Got to Go!; This Week in Lavish Dot-Com Parties

Night Crawler

Ken, Ken, Ken; Hey Hey! Ho Ho! Boring Clothes Have Got to Go!; This Week in Lavish Dot-Com Parties

Gothic Fun House

The City of Lost Children is a dark paradise of visual wonders -- but not much else

California Sweet

La Paloma, a newcomer to the Castro's restaurant scene, sugarcoats its strong themes