Syria

Public Influence: The Immortalization of an Anonymous Death

Hiss Golden Messenger Make Ambient Americana from the Dark Side

MC Taylor and Scott Hirsch fronted San Francisco's The Court and Spark, a well regarded, if enigmatic, band that confounded critics with a blend of rock, country, and ambient instrumental textures. When the band ran its course, Taylor moved to North Carolina to attend the University of North Carolin ... More >>

Are People Finally Getting Bored with the Tech-Blog Circle Jerk?

At this point, I have to believe that all the people in the Pando Daily-TechCrunch-Uncrunched-whatever micro-universe have consciously incorporated their onanistic little circle jerk into their collective business model. You can almost picture it just that way: Michael Arrington, Sarah Lacy, MG Sieg ... More >>

Interview: Alexander Payne Discusses "The Descendants," Pessimism, Failure, Filmmaking

Fall Arts: What to Read This Fall

Omar Souleyman Brings His Middle Eastern Party Music to S.F.

Omar Souleyman performs at Mezzanine on Tuesday.​You may never have heard of Omar Souleyman, but he's something of a folk hero in his native Syria. Since 1994, Souleyman and his musical compatriots have released hundreds of cassette albums of predominantly live recordings, and those tapes have ... More >>

Tussle's Nathan Burazer Says the Band's Music is Like a Spider Goat

Winni Wintermeyer​As one of the founding members of San Francisco's krauty, dubby, polyrhythm-toting Tussle, Nathan Burazer has seen his fair share of musical trends and scenes come and go. And while the expansive instrumental jams his band has continued to write for almost a decade have never bee ... More >>

"... and Jesus Moonwalks the Mississippi" falls short of epic ambitions

Baghdad by the Bay

Guantánamo's Last Days

America prepares to shutter the infamous prison camp, and more jihad looms.

Arthouse movie listings for October 22-28

Lies We Can Believe In

Ridley Scott's latest is the post-9/11, tech-savvy terror thriller we deserve.

International crate digging gets new life online

Mack the Kunafa

New tastes from the Middle East.

Last Chance for Fest of Firsts

A Gorier, Meaner, and Uglier Rambo

Which Assholes Are Banning the Net?

Richard Kelly Follows Donnie Darko with Terrorizing Southland Tales

Repertory Film Listing

Women Call the Shots

Zap Mama

Supermoon (Heads Up)

Newsom [Hearts] Jew: An SF Weekly Analysis

Poets Invade S.F.

Assassination Tango

Controversial docudrama imagines a post-Bush scenario

Repertory Film Listings

Repertory Film Listings

Wedding Crashers

Middle East tensions mar The Syrian Bride's big day

Repertory Film Listings

Everything We Ate

Pleasant food in a pretty room at a new Turkish-accented "Mediterranean" spot in the Marina

Golda's Story

Portrait of a prime minister

Letters to the Editor

Week of Wednesday, June 1, 2005

What the Left Got Wrong About Iraq

Anti-war activists ignored Saddam Hussein's horrendous crimes against ordinary Iraqis. Do they have anything -- beyond anti-Bush demonstrations -- to offer the oppressed in Iran and Syria?

Student of Concern

Will we be more secure -- or just less competitive -- if the government forces hundreds of thousands of international science students to get export licenses simply to look through a microscope?

Call Him Al

An epic story turns human -- and fallible -- in Oliver Stone's Alexander

Give It a Spin

Worship that makes you dizzy

Big If

The election aftermath and oyster-inhaling in one user-friendly column

Guns, God, and Land

The Oracle of San Francisco

No, not that jerk-led software behemoth down the Peninsula – the real Oracle, with the surefire, bet-the-house prophecies you deserve

ReOrient

A two-day festival of plays about the Middle East can't live up to its promising subject matter

War and Peace

A festival of short plays takes a raw, intelligent look at life beyond the politics in the Middle East

Sticky Situations

We went to the largest stamp collectors' convention in California. And found something to write about.

Giving Pause

West Oakland's Mono Pause is the Bay Area's most adventurous rock band you've never heard of

Dickens Doubled

From Iran, a heartbreaker about a child and his family

Pilgrim's Progress Report

Chic Simple Noodles

REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World

Evening at the Oasis

Zoom Lens

Past Forward

For its 40th year, the San Francisco International Film Festival boldly goes where it has gone before

Night+Day