Subject: Zero Mostel

• Skinny Is the New Fat

  Simon Pegg may not have the ideal physique to play hefty, but he's a good fit for Run Fat Boy Run.

  March 26, 2008

• Springtime for Mel

  Brooks' latest Producers is flawed, but it's better than the first

  December 14, 2005

• Reps Etc.

  November 27, 2002

• Best of the Jewish Film Fest

  July 16, 1997

• Raise the Roof

  June 10, 2009

• Whatever Works

  June 24, 2009

• Woody Allen on life, actors, younger women, and his 40th film

  June 24, 2009

• Not even the great Larry David can salvage Woody Allen's shtick in Whatever Works

  June 24, 2009

• Gavin Newsom: The Musical! Sing Along With Our Whimsical Mayor.

  Sing along with our erstwhile mayor, Gavin Newsom, as he belts out the SF Weekly original tune, "If I Were a Nice Man," (to the tune of "If I Were a Rich Man" of Fiddler on the Roof fame. At last, the great Topol/Zero Mostel debate is over: Gavin is the greatest Tevye of them all!). Sunrise, sunset -- aloha!​ Click above to listen. Lyrics below:

  November 5, 2009