Rope Burn by Still Flyin' (directed by Isobel Knowles) Still Flyin': Not to knock (heh) its former incarnation, the Odeon, but we love the Knockout. From obscure DJ nights to live bands, this nightclub seems to pull it off minus any affectation -- a difficult feat for any artsy venue to accomplish. Tonight head over to the Outer Mission spot and catch beloved San Francisco-based supergroup Still Flyin', along with rock-ish outfits Yellow Fever......

San Francisco, another Monday night, the SFGate weather page shows a picture of rain clouds with a big black question mark, the Film Noir Foundation's 5th Annual Noir City Film Festival continues tonight at the Castro (429 Castro St. between Market and 17th). Tonight - a double feature tribute to tough guy, Charles McGraw - The Threat and Roadblock two rarities never available on video. In The Threat, McGraw runs wild as a vengeful......

We've been hearing so much about The New World, Terrence Malick's retelling of the fourth verse of Peggy Lee's "Fever", but all we could think when we'd watch the trailer is "BORING!" Well, our disinterest has been validated yet again by our nemesis Mick LaSalle, who terms it "a masterpiece". Yeah, that tears it -- we won't be seeing that. Fortunately, there's lots of other cool movie stuff going on this weekend. For example, Joseph......

Y'all know that the first thing on your movie plate this weekend should be the San Francisco International Film Festival -- that's pretty much all we got going on. So many great movies this weekend and beyond, do youself a favor and break out of your usual routine and hit some of these fantastic shows and events. OK, you're just not in an International Film Festival mood, we can accept that. So, what to......

SFist is a big a sucker for inspirational sports movies as anybody. Heck, we come from the land that inspired Hoosiers, so we're quite well-versed in the cinematic genre of the coach who changed his players' lives forever. And we want to give props to Coach Carter, according to Yahoo the "inspired by true-life story of controversial high-school basketball coach Ken Carter, who received both high praise and staunch criticism when he made national news......