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we left the theatre absolutely dying for a double cheeseburger. Well, Another Hole in the Head finally did it. We've officially given up food. Eating disorder here we come! more ›

Our mistake was thinking any movie shown during the Hole in the Head Horror Festival would be at least a little scary. Watching a monster that looks like a slightly more sinister version of the Cal mascot, Oskie the Bear pawing a naked lady is kinda horrific but scary? Not so much. more ›

(GHSTOLT) at the Women's Building on Saturday. Those dudes have some freaking crazy hairdos! Imagine a mullet mated with a peacock and gave birth to a Las Vegas showgirl head-dress. Really we were so fixated on the hair that it took us a while to settle down and we couldn't tell you what happened during the first 15 minutes of the documentary. more ›

closed the San Francisco International Film Festival Thursday night to a sell-out crowd. Despite the fact that public radio fans plus Robert Altman devotees do not equal red carpet spectacle, SFIFF did roll out the (albeit very short) red carpet guarded by velvet ropes, with staffers wearing head sets and staring officiously down their noses at the unwashed masses. There were even paparazzi hovering on the other side of the velvet rope, although when we passed by they were mostly just joking around with each other. We would have stuck around to gawk on the off chance that Lindsey Lohan might show up and have a wardrobe malfunction or some other US Weekly notable moment but those public radio fans move pretty fast in those Birkenstocks and we had to race inside to grab a seat before they were all filled with KQED tote bags, Patagonia jackets and hemp scarves. more ›

just seemed like another thing that made us feel good about this city. Nothing could shake the optimistic kick in our step we thought, not even a movie about suicide. Boy were we wrong. more ›

was nominated for an Oscar, is familiar with the festival circuit where lesser known players are shuttled from hotel room to screenings without ever making contact with festival organizers. He declared that SFIFF festival organizers made him feel like family. The audience was rooting for him even more after that. more ›

. It's porn! It's funny! It's political! And hey, it's porn! more ›

. Learning how to make movies at Scorsese's elbow--not bad for a B-school dropout. more ›

, we were ready to just crawl off to some quiet corner of the Kabuki Theatre and lie down quietly to wait to die. more ›

, made its North American premiere at the Castro on Friday night. What appears at first to be a light-hearted romantic comedy about a libidinous school teacher vainly pursuing the student teacher in his charge quickly takes on a much darker tone when you throw in work place sexual harassment and what amounts to one of those, "hmmm we think that was pretty much a rape scene" moments into the mix. Bummer for anyone who was actually on a date expecting to engender good feelings about relationships for after the show. more ›

was released. That movie ruined the lives of many Asian-American men, we hear. If you don't believe us, just say "whassa happenin hoss stuff" to any Asian man who endured Long Duk Dong imitations during high school and see what kind of reaction you get. Be prepared to be karate chopped between the eyeballs. more ›

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