The X-Files

REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World

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Alien Trespass mocks the '50s invasion flicks

Indiana Jones and the Fortress of Sad Decline

Its very own temple of doom, Kingdom of the Crystal Skull digs Indy into a deep hole.

Summer Grows Up

The season of big budget bangs uses its brain

Our top DVD picks scheduled for release this week:

The season of big budget bangs uses its brain

Dead Funny

Final Destination 3 stares death in the face ... and laughs

Cold Case

Here's a mystery for Mulder: What's happened to Duchovny's career?

Reps Etc.

Here's a mystery for Mulder: What's happened to Duchovny's career?

Violent Femmes

Tenderhearted mutants kick significant keister in X-2: X-Men United

Fear the Creeper

Feardotcom's thrills are all cheap, but they mostly work

Mack Daddy

Chez Papa Bistrot

Dragon Ballsy

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

The Spectre Inspectors

When it's a question of spectral orbs -- or ectoplasm, or cold spots, or plain old ordinary ghosts -- who are you going to call? Why, Bay Area Paranormal Investigations, of course.

Sound Advice

The bored, the gothic, and the really flexible

Chin Up

Bruce Campbell knows why bad movies happen to great actors

Shoot Straight

Chris Carter considers the futures of X-Files and Lone Gunmen

Drag King

Actor-comic Eddie Izzard just wants to be loved

Not-So-Silent Night

Morton's of Chicago

Apocalypse, Now and Then

A measured look at the serious policy implications of recent changes in San Francisco newspaper ownership

Save the Bats

The woman who takes injured bats into her home, and the doctor who treats them

Dog Bites

Fangxaminer; Mourning the Passing of the Arts; Looking for the New Bohemia

The Final Frontier

Sci-fi conventions are where movie stars go to burn brightly one more time

Fringe Believers

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Reel World

International Film Financing Conference, George Kuchar, Write It

Love for Sale

International Film Financing Conference, George Kuchar, Write It

Eight Isn't Enough

Michael Sragow finds eight good films, and countless condescending duds, in a year at the movies

Zoom Lens

Michael Sragow finds eight good films, and countless condescending duds, in a year at the movies

House of Tudor

Michael Sragow finds eight good films, and countless condescending duds, in a year at the movies

REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World

Michael Sragow finds eight good films, and countless condescending duds, in a year at the movies

REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World

Michael Sragow finds eight good films, and countless condescending duds, in a year at the movies

Riff Raff

Michael Sragow finds eight good films, and countless condescending duds, in a year at the movies

Reel World

Michael Sragow finds eight good films, and countless condescending duds, in a year at the movies

Dog Bites

Michael Sragow finds eight good films, and countless condescending duds, in a year at the movies

House of Tudor

Michael Sragow finds eight good films, and countless condescending duds, in a year at the movies

REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World

Michael Sragow finds eight good films, and countless condescending duds, in a year at the movies

Night Crawler

Michael Sragow finds eight good films, and countless condescending duds, in a year at the movies

Night+Day

Michael Sragow finds eight good films, and countless condescending duds, in a year at the movies

Open Your Mouth and Say "AH"

Michael Sragow finds eight good films, and countless condescending duds, in a year at the movies

Slap Shots

Michael Sragow finds eight good films, and countless condescending duds, in a year at the movies

Night+Day

Michael Sragow finds eight good films, and countless condescending duds, in a year at the movies

REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World

Michael Sragow finds eight good films, and countless condescending duds, in a year at the movies

Recordings

Michael Sragow finds eight good films, and countless condescending duds, in a year at the movies

Night Crawler

Michael Sragow finds eight good films, and countless condescending duds, in a year at the movies

Slap Shots

Michael Sragow finds eight good films, and countless condescending duds, in a year at the movies

Night+Day

Michael Sragow finds eight good films, and countless condescending duds, in a year at the movies

The Ass Appears on Stage. Its Name: Public Power.

If only it were collectivized...The big news out of yesterday's five-hour Board of Supervisors meeting was the adoption of a last-minute compromise on the Municipal Transportation Agency budget despite plenty of complaints from a cadre of left-leaning supes concerned about fare increases and other i ... More >>

Just What You Need Before a Weekend of Rib-Eating: The Latest in Swine Flu Conspiracy News

i,max via FlickrGrist has a nicely conspiratorial analysis (*cue X-Files music*) of the current investigations into the origin of the swine flu epidemic. Among the highlights: The World Health Organization helped author a paper for Science that pinpointed the likely source of the swine flu as La Gl ... More >>

Favorite Haunts

i,max via FlickrGrist has a nicely conspiratorial analysis (*cue X-Files music*) of the current investigations into the origin of the swine flu epidemic. Among the highlights: The World Health Organization helped author a paper for Science that pinpointed the likely source of the swine flu as La Gl ... More >>

Seaquence: If Band Was More Like Biology Class

Is anyone else having eerie flashbacks from that frozen worm episode of The X-Files?​We brought you Code Organ, the website that turns ordinary webpages into full-fleged instrumental arrangements. That was cool. But what if, instead of an instrument, playing music was more like biology class? ... More >>