SF News Bush/Cheney Escape Another Close Call So why did Elsbernd push it off to committee, a sure-fire way to delay the sucker and keep the thing from ever being voted upon? Says Elsbernd in Matier & Ross: "I have
Arts & Entertainment SF IndieFest: <i>Twitch</i> is a vignette about an unnamed teenaged girl (none of the characters has a name) whose mother has multiple sclerosis. The daughter (Emma Galvin in the film's strongest performance) pities her mother (Toni
Arts & Entertainment SF360 Revealed! Part Three: It Wouldn't Be SF If It Wasn't At Least Slightly Orgiastic Whew. Let's catch our breaths, here. Celebrity chefs? Srsly? We're not totally sold on this one. While we like the whole one-city/one-book thing that the SF Public Library hosts, this "expanded theater"
Arts & Entertainment SFist Wishes It Could Watch: Takashi Miike's "Imprint" Miike's film was one of the most horrifying things we've ever seen. EVER. So we wonder what the producers of "Masters of Horror" could have possibly been expecting. Executive producer Mick Garris is
Arts & Entertainment SFist Watches: TV Today In other news, we were pretty bummed when we realized we had missed Oprah's Christmastime Favorite Things episode when it aired last month, so we can't tell you how thrilled we are that
SF News Week 14 NFL Preview The biggest, most compelling reason to watch is that it is now official--the Rai-duhs have a new QB. Yep, it's Tui time as Marvelous Norv Turner has announced that Marques Tuiasosopo will indeed
Arts & Entertainment Happy Holidays from SFist: Win a "Zatch Bell" DVD! What works well in Japan sometimes doesn't exactly translate over here. "Zatch Bell" passed its hundred-episode mark overseas, but it's made a much more modest splash stateside. The story concerns a race of
misc Win a DVD of <i>Saving Face</i>! Not only did we see local director Alice Wu's fantastic film , but we got to meether and later interview her. We even gave away passes to see the movie when it played in
SF News Finally, We Got Us Some Class Action In our email this morning, we saw a disturbing subject line: "Notice of Class Action Settlement. Please Read." "oh, s**t, who's suing us now?" we wondered. But the joke's on us --
SF News Schwarzenwatcher Watches That 70s Show Why the 70s? Because all of the propositions are in the 70s. Get it? Get it? According to the site, all you need for a far out 70s party is to go to
Arts & Entertainment SFist Watches: As the Fall Season Sneaks Up On Us While Fall doesn't officially begin until the end of September (and those who live in the City know that it doesn't really start until sometime in November), Fox is getting a jump on
misc Animal Roundup: Dog Daze in San Francisco Was it not enough that we broke Dogster? (Get well soon, SFist Ted! We need you to cover the upcoming heat wave!) We've got even more bad dog news to report. Local animal
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Miranda July Miranda's first feature length film won big at Sundance, and opens next week in San Francisco. "Me and You and Everyone We Know" is about connecting in a disconnected world, and about meeting
misc SFist at SXSW: Part Four -- Subterranean Homesick Blues Sorry to plagiarise the title, but there's something about Austin that makes us think of Dylan, both the good parts and the bad. If Austin were a person, we have a feeling that
SF News SFist Rants: We Want Our NBC We're fine, that is, until someone starts talking about, like, "Law and Order: Shoplifting Diversion Program" or something. For cable-free SFists do not receive NBC, since the local NBC affiliate switched from KRON
Arts & Entertainment <i>Straight Outta Hunters Point</i> DVD Release Party SFist literally stumbled (we were a bit tipsy) into Artist Television Access Studios last Friday night. We were looking for an entirely different event, but once we got inside, we stuck around. Why?
Arts & Entertainment SF Watches: Movies This Weekend Obviously, the "at" where it "is", is 7th Annual San Francisco Independent Film Festival. You knew that already, didn't you? However, what if that screening of you had your heart set on is
misc SFist Gift Guide: Asiastar Entertainment So wandering amidst the Buddhas, jade, slippers and collared dresses we were looking for something for our bros. So we grabbed a bubble tea and dropped by Asiastar Entertainment on Grant between Broadway
Arts & Entertainment Sweeeet!- This Week in DVDs Speaking of yule logs, did you know that you can order the Yule Log on DVD? Isn’t that all kinds of awesome? We would make jokes about all the extras that come
Arts & Entertainment Ride into the Danger Zone- This Week in DVDs Now, this is what we're talking about. This is the week in which truly something kick-ass is released, the DVD we've been dying to have for our collection since we plunked down the
Arts & Entertainment Fell in Love With a Girl- This Week in DVDs Anyhoo, let's see what Santa just might be bringing you this holiday season: The Bourne Supremacy- Matt Damon stars in a sequel to the popular Bourne Identity. Long story short, Jason Bourne is
Arts & Entertainment Nerds and Frat Guys Rejoice at the DVDs This Week So, let's see what the fuss is about this week: Spider-Man 2 was pretty popular, we hear. We had a good time when we saw it in the theater, and we like Alfred
Arts & Entertainment Elephant Four Local filmmaker Ryan Junell went to New York for the Republican National Convention back in August and filmed what he saw. is the result. See the Elephant is a documentary that runs on
Arts & Entertainment New Release Tuesday Sure, there are new releases this week by Britney, Eminem and Shania, but what love have they ever shown to San Francisco? "Talkin' in the Mission / Over coffee, this is my utopia," sings
Arts & Entertainment "Frankly, My Dear, I Don't Give a Damn"- This Week in DVDs So in light of this week's being another crappy week in DVD releases (wait til next week! We're talking Buffy, Spike, Will Ferrell and David Brent -- could it BE any better?). We'd
