Over at The Snitch, we came across this fury-inducing commercial conceived by heart-warming conservative group Move America Forward. (You know, the one chaired by KSFO 560 AM's Melanie Morgan?) more ›

There will also be: greed, husksterism, rage, isolation and open-handed brawls. more ›

Tonight, for one night only, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts will be featuring two sneak previews of Dirty Country, a highly entertaining documentary about the underground world of raunchy music, directed by Joe Pickett and Nick Prueher, founders and hosts of the Found Footage Festival, which sold out four shows at the Red Vic last month. Dirty Country, which won the Audience Award at this year's South By Southwest, is part of Yerba... more ›

Londonist got the big scoop of the week with what may be the first images of notorious street artist Banksy in action. They also got on a runaway train without an operator provoking a response from the transport authorities. Elsewhere, London's answer to Central Station is about to open for business, and Londonist got a sneak preview. Meanwhile, spooky goings-on beneath London Bridge, where a cache of skeletons provided an apt story for Hallowe'en.
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What? Even free movie passes on SFist? It's INSANE!!! more ›

This is a little late to be posted- but we did just want to give a nod to the youth short films screening as part of the SF Women's Film Festival on Saturday afternoon in the Audre Lorde Room at the Women’s Building. The whole viewing lasted about an hour or so, but it managed to showcase a whole lot of youth talent in a brief time period. more ›

We got a sneak preview of the Jan. 2007 W Magazine article about the San Francisco social life of the Gettys and the Trainas that's referenced in this week's Swells society column. Of course we're giving it the trademarked SFist Society By The Numbers treatment! The article's not online but you should be able to buy it on the newsstands by next week. more ›

We're thinking there is no one in the Chronicle offices this afternoon, as they all seem to have raced over to the grand opening of the Westfield San Francisco Centre mall. Check out these amazing pictures that they're taking! more ›

SFist has passes to a sneak preview of Shopgirl, the new film based on Steve Martin's best-selling novella. (Yeah, Steve Martin is an author too, go figure.) The movie stars Mr. Martin as a rich fiftysomething who sweeps shopgirl Claire Danes off her feet, until floppy-haired bachelor Jason Schwartzman enters the picture and wacky hijinks/poignant moments ensue. more ›

Humpy young boys hook up, then get decapitated -- what's not to love? , a gay/horror crossover movie, opens today at the Lumiere in SF and the Shattuck in Berkeley. We caught a sneak preview earlier this week with an enthusiastic crowd at the Bridge, and had a swell time. The movie shifts between cheesy-gay-romance and cheesy-horror, comfortably hitting all the notes we've come to expect from both genres: one minute, there's the "shy nerd learning to trust in himself" scene; the next minute, there's the "twitching headless body in a bathroom stall" scene. Good times. more ›

Another great weekend for movies here in the Bay Area! For example: more ›

No word yet on if they'll be suspending mail delivery or if we don't have to go to work tomorrow, but July 14, 2005 has been declared "Embarcadero Center Cinema" Day in San Francisco by your Mayor Gavin Newsom. more ›

Saturday morning, around 7am, a line started forming outside the Metreon to see British playwright Tom Stoppard's new film, based on a late-70s film by a young experimental filmmaker from USC. By 9:30, the line stretched down around Jillians and up over the stairs, spilling into Yerba Buena Gardens -- about 1,500 people were estimated present. But these were small-scale nerds, not the type who camp out for weeks; as employees of the LucasFilm machine, they were all being treated to a special sneak preview of the movie that represents a final curtain call for the Star Wars films. And we were lucky enough to get scooted into the theater with them, thanks to our uncanny knack for sleeping with just the right person. more ›