Feature films and television series can't stop sucking on the “CIA operative” teat; it was probably that way with cave paintings, so great is…
Kaurismaki, Kusturica, Kiarostami: These are directors to live by at the moment. The last of the three is profiled at the Iranian Film Festival…
Read any article about Kronos Quartet, and it will be abundantly clear that David Harrington gushes with unbridled ardor for music the world over….
Remember when Bush was angling to invade Iran ASAP and televised news responded with explosion-laden road-to-war segment graphics? Way to salt the glass, guys….
Homayoun Ershadi, from architect to actor
The city's favorite Afghan restaurant reopens
Theater & Opera
If you read the newspapers with a discerning eye, you'll get the strong sense that we'll be at war with Iran in the very…
North Beach's Persian outpost charms with calm and chelo
Dog Bites tags along for a Kafka-esque encounter with the FBI
