>Theatrical Releases April 13th, 2007 Of the major releases, we think the most interesting is Mike White’s directorial debut: Year of the Dog. White continues with his tradition of dealing with sexual/social awkwardness (a la Chuck and Buck), humor about the bizarreness of development (Freaks and Geeks, School of Rock) and the conflict of “where we come from” (Orange County and Nacho Libre). It’s well put together and worth the time. This film proves itself to be one in a long career: White will certainly direct again. ...

Theatrical Releases March 30th, 2007 We’ve got some decent choices this week: if you’re in the mood for comedy, it’s all about Blades of Glory, if we have kids Meet the Robinsons (3-D at the Metreon) is better than you’d expect, but if you want something saucy it is all about Joseph Gordon-Levitt and that movie he’s in…The Lookout. I heard someone postulate it was like Brick 2: Outta College but I think that was......

Photographer Rob Kunkle spent last week taking pictures of the acts at the Mission Creek Music Festival, which was held at multiple locations across The City last week. Pictured are The Gentlekin. Check out all the pics on Flickr. Events included readings, DJs and live acts. Events were held at spaces as diverse as Artist Television Access, Adobe Books, Cafe Du Nord, 12 Galaxies and the Edinburgh Castle. It was the ninth annual such......

SFist literally stumbled (we were a bit tipsy) into Artist Television Access Studios last Friday night. We were looking for an entirely different event, but once we got inside, we stuck around. Why? Because they were screening the incredibly compelling documentary Straight Outta Hunters Point, directed and produced by local film phenom Kevin Epps. Blending a hardcore hip-hop beat and some seriously disturbing footage from both contemporary HP and the riots of the sixties,......

In honor of the one year anniversary of Janet Jackson's Superbowl nip-slip, Neighborhood Public Radio will be broadcasting "Indecency" all weekend from the window of the Artist Television Access studios. The broadcast from ATA on 88.9 will include just a few blocks around their 992 Valencia studios, but long-time Mission rebel radio jocks Pirate Cat Radio will be simulcasting it on 87.9 for the larger Mission neighborhood and also make it available as a......