Arts & Entertainment Free Movies In Union Square? Inconceivable! Who doesn't love free movies? Comcast and cable channel IFC are sponsoring three nights of free movies starting today through Thursday in Union Square, to celebrate the awesomeness of indie film. Plus: free!
Arts & Entertainment "Following Sean" on POV "I smoke grass," was the shocking line uttered by precocious 4-year-old Sean from Ralph Arlyck's 1969 short-film documentary "Sean," which was set in a Haight Ashbury flat that housed Sean's large family and
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SF News Oh No, Ed Jew!: Madonna Thanks to Sweet Melissa, watching the Board of Supes meeting today so we didn't have to (hey, did Michela Alioto-Pier clear her schedule out and make it in?), who reports the following from
Arts & Entertainment Let's All Go To The Movies: Big <i>Knocked</i> How can mainstream comedy be dead when is all about inventive delivery? (Get it? "Delivery?") Stronger than Judd Apatow’s last bluntly-titled summer comedy (The 40-Year-Old Virgin), Knocked Up stands up to both
Arts & Entertainment McSweeney's Has Good Stuff To Read For Cheaper Than Usual We usually keep things pretty simple around here -- so if you want something a little more literary, there's a plethora of clever, quirky, smart, and wonderful writing at McSweeney's Quarterly Concern and
Arts & Entertainment Indiefest Hole/Head: <i>Simon Says</i> Simon Says premiered at the Another Hole in the Head horrorfest on Friday June 1st at a midnight showing. Well, an 11:45 p.m. showing. Whatever, it was late for old fogeys
SF News Bold Multimedia Action By MTC Regarding Older Drivers The Metropolitan Transportation Commission is all over the problem of keeping only confident, competent senior drivers on the road. It's unveiled a new video to educate both seniors and those with seniors in
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews: RiffTrax Live We say almost only because the movie they did, which they kept secret until the night of the show, was the Sylvester Stallone arm-wrestling epic and all the comedic riffing in the world
Arts & Entertainment SFist Interviews: Michael J. Nelson of RiffTrax and MST3K RiffTrax is Mike Nelson's clever venture which allows him (and frequent contributors Murphy and Corbett) to make fun of more current films (and TV shows) without having to deal with annoying copyright issues.
Arts & Entertainment SFIFF: Family Ties After having watched and Tierney Gearon: The Mother Project on the very fancy SF Int'l Film Fest screener DVD machines this afternoon, we're thinking the theme of the afternoon was family obligations. (This
SF News Josh Wolf, Free at Last. <strike>We Think</strike> Update: everyone probably knows this already, but Wolf was released today after 7 1/2 months in prison. The final deal allows him to release the uncut footage (look for it on his
Arts & Entertainment SFIAAFF: <i>The Trouble With Romance</i> (The Jennifer Siebel Movie) The infamous SFist Rita took time away from her remote cave lair and evil blogging minions to hook me up with an advance copy of , starring none other than SFist commenter herself, Jennifer
Arts & Entertainment Wanna Be in the Pictures? Curator Ariella Ben-Dov organizes the festival’s accepted submissions by subject, as opposed to genre; the result in an eclectic mix that can feature documentaries, experiments and short narratives all in one screening.
SF News Treasure Hunt: Claymate of the Month Tucked away in the Yerba Buena Gardens, the multimedia arts and technology museum with the sweet name of Zeum (pronounced "Zee-uhm") is a heaven of creativity and fun. Its digital studio, music production
misc SFist Rants: Children Sometimes Should Neither Be Seen Nor Heard So, do you: a)Rent a DVD and watch something at home with the kids and see the movie later without the kids b)Go to another movie instead and see the movie
Arts & Entertainment Fun On Public Transit It's so much fun to complain about public transportation that we sometimes forget it's almost just as fun to take it (well, sometimes, anyways.) Here's two events that'll bring a bright ding-ding to
Arts & Entertainment Another Hole In The Head: <i>The Ghost of Mae Nak</i> and <i>Dark Remains</i> Though the haunted newlyweds at the film's center are just too cute for words, the more saccharine elements in the film are balanced by several gruesome deaths and some genuinely spooky dream sequences.
Arts & Entertainment Another Hole In The Head: Blood Deep and Room 6 The production values are great, but the pacing was a real challenge. There were some (intentional, we hope) funny moments, but not enough to get us through the slow bits. There's nothing wrong
Arts & Entertainment Free We Are Scientists! You might already know that their debut album, With Love & Squalor, will drive you to do strange, angular dances to the stop-start rhythms, alarm clock guitars and addictive melodies. The 'Scientists may
Arts & Entertainment Drop Your Clocks and Grab Your RockShox It's about 3:30 a.m. and some dude you just met a couple of days ago on Craig's List is shaking you awake. Crawling out of your thin, damp sleeping bag in
Arts & Entertainment SFIFF: <i>Runners High</i> celebrates the growth and accomplishments of four of these students, three of whom ended up completing the LA Marathon. We watch the students ramp up both their training and their mental discipline, with
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Tyrone Davies The Bay Area has its fair share of web celebrities, but sometimes something surfaces that stands out for its awesomeness. After both VH1’s Web Junk and BoingBoing featured this clip, we knew
