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Entries from SFist tagged with 'citizenkane'

December 20, 2007

Know the holiday log know God; no holiday log no God. For all you Xmas celebrating consumerists out there - you know, those of you who participate in the evil practice of stocking stuffing and the early morning unwrapping of gifts - be sure to tune in to TV36 to catch the time-honored holiday log. It will burn from 9 a.m. to noon. What's more, a holiday score will be provided by the likes......

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November 17, 2007

SFist Grace checks out a sneak peek of the new P.T. Anderson movie, There Will Be Blood. There will also be: greed, husksterism, rage, isolation and open-handed brawls. The Castro Theatre recently hosted a sneak preview of this film, which is slated for limited release in mid-December. Based on Upton Sinclair's 1927 novel Oil!, Anderson's latest film features Daniel Day-Lewis as David Plainview, an unpredictably violent and spiritually aimless oil-baron-in-the-making. Shot in the desolate......

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August 23, 2007

-- Aaah! Rosebud: This re-telling of Citizen Kane involves a "an evil sled, competitive curlers, an aspiring diva, and soul-devouring zombies." See, if Wells had jus incorporated those things into Kane, he might have won the Best Picture Oscar. The curtain goes up at 8 p.m. at New Langton Arts, 1246 Folsom (at Eighth Street); $20-$25. -- Squaretape, Little Yellow Perfect, and Downtown Harvest: Local synth-rock band, Little Yellow Perfect; Squaretape, whose latest album......

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October 20, 2005

When the Virgin Megastore on Market opened, the top floor contained a restaurant we spent hours in. Overlooking Market and Stockton streets, we sat there with our textbooks (while frequently reading magazines, don't get us wrong) swilling coffee and taking in the view. In fact, some of our first dates with our now life-partner took place in the Virgin Cafe, back when our lives weren't dominated by local-interest websites and Citizen Kane. And then......

Continue Reading "SFist Raves: Citizen Cupcake"

June 15, 2005

You might have heard us mention a union busting new hire at a major local publication before, but the hits just keep coming! Apparently, he was carousing at a fabulous local event this weekend when a blue-collar (and union member) employee of said publication introduced himself to said union busting new hire, in the words of our source "just wanting to chat." Up to this point, this story's unremarkable. After all, that's what one......

Continue Reading "SFist Blind Item: Black and White and Rude all Over"

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