SFist interviews Matt Nathanson...

SFist reviews Voxtrot and Kiss Me Deadly at Bottom of the Hill in San Francisco...

In 1950, the great mystery writer Raymond Chandler wrote of the contemporaneous critical response to his stories and those of James M. Cain, Dashiell Hammett, et. al. that: It takes a very open mind indeed to look behind the unnecessarily gaudy covers, trashy titles and barely acceptable advertisements and recognize the authentic power of a kind of writing that, even at its most mannered and artificial, made most of the fiction of the time......

SFist regrets to inform our readers that the best movie event this weekend is actually happening on Monday, April 11. Because of this move, we will spend the weekend watching MI5 (Spooks to you, Londonist Mike), with maybe a brunch at Nona's Now, the place to be on Monday is our beloved Balboa, where Gene Wilder will be appearing in Person to sign his new book, Kiss Me Like a Stranger : My Search......