Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: French filmmaker Chris Marker's lesser-known essay film from 1963, Le joli mai, features spontaneous, on-the-street interviews with Parisians from all walks of life, thanks to the brand-new development of lightweight, synch-sound film
Arts & Entertainment 2010 San Francisco International Film Fest Schedule Announced The 2010 San Francisco International Film Festival starts April 22, and the line-up includes the usual daunting amount of films -- fifteen days worth! Here are a few titles/events that stood out
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: In Ukrainian Time Machine, American filmmaker Naomi Uman creates a poignant portrait of the people of Legedzine, a small village near the center of Ukraine, conveyed in diary-like format. 8 to 10
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: Soulfood no.2, the second event in a quarterly music series organized by Griff Williams, Tommy Guerrero and Marc Capelle, is raising money for local charity, MuST (music in the schools today)
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight THEATER: In Den of Thieves, a pair of recovering kleptomaniacs, a drug dealer, and a topless dancer unsuccessfully join forces in order to pull off the perfect crime, resulting in a very long
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: Director Cathy Cook explores the life of poet Lorine Niedecker, who has been described as the 20th century's Emily Dickinson, in her film, Immortal Cupboard: In Search of Lorine Niedecker, which "weaves
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: Violinist Jennifer Koh, whose "natural flair is matched with a probing intellect," "grabs the listener by the ears and refuses to let go." The concert also includes conversation with Koh. 6 p.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight ART: Artist Xing Danwen's solo show, A Personal Diary -- China Avant-garde in 1990s tells Danwen's personal experience as a first-hand witness and participant in the avant-garde scene of 1990s China, as well
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: Bay Area Women in Film and Media and Intersection for the Arts present "Clips and Conversation" featuring a sneak peak at two new soon-to-be released documentary films, The Heretics and Women Art
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: In conjunction with the Magnetic Fields’ closing the Noise Pop music festival, SF360 Film+Club presents a Sneak Preview of a New Documentary about the Stephin Merritt. The film follows Merritt over
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight ART: fabric8 celebrates the revamping of their wood stain gallery with a new group collection of 6 in. x 12 in. originals focusing on the theme My Favorite Things. 7 to 10 p.
Arts & Entertainment German Gems @ The Castro by Rachel Brodsky German film isn't necessarily something in which you dabble. With its rich history kicking off during the Weimar era and expanding into the very controversial Third Reich propagandist movement, German
Arts & Entertainment Noise Pop Film Festival by Rachel Brodsky Noise Pop week is finally here! Brace yourselves for seven days of indier-than-thou bands, boozy industry mixers and a rockin' film series. And on that note, Noise Pop's film festival
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight ART: Join established and emerging Bay Area artists for the monthly Sketch Tuesday, and score some original artwork for $5 to $30. And if there's room at the table, feel free to create
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: Seminal goth/deathrock band Christian Death (fronted by Valor Kand, of course) are still at it, promoting their latest album, American Inquisition at the Red Devil tonight. 7 p.m. // The Red
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: Southern Exposure presents An Evening of Bollywood and Tabla with Robin Sukhadia, which includes a lecture focusing on RD Burman, the renowned film composer of Sholay, followed by a classical tabla performance
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight ART: The San Francisco Bay Guardian presents cool blue thing, the opening night party for YBCA's new exhibition, Reneé Green: Endless Dreams and Time-Based Streams. Green is a world-renowned artist and current Dean
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight ART: In celebration of Chinese New Year, Creativity Explored will showcase works by artists of Chinese descent in Tiger Leaping Gold Mountain. 7 to 9 p.m. // Creativity Explored (3245 16th St) // free
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: Fantastic Fest programmer and Twitch Film critic Rodney Perkins has compiled a collection of gems from the back catalogs of now-defunct public access stations from the Bay Area and beyond in Access
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: Explore the underside of love this Valentine's Day Eve at Oddball Films' Love, Sex + VD! Classic social guidance and avant garde films and gender-bending cartoons will be screened. 8 to 10 p.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight MUSIC: The San Francisco and Shanghai Conservatories of Music will celebrate the creation of their sister-school relationship with their Shanghai Celebration Concert, which coincides with the 30th anniversary of the signing of the
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: Indiefest documentary Oh My God! It's Harrod Blank! about local artist Harrod Blank, creator of interactive art pieces such as the Camera Van and the Flash Suit, showcases twenty years of footage
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight FILM: The SF Independent Film Festival starts tonight with Opening Night film Wah Do Dem, about a solitary Brooklyn hipster on a cruise full of the middle-aged set en route to Jamaica. The
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight by Amy Crocker CLUB: Without being facetious, it's safe to say Ishi Hideaki is huge in Japan. Under the moniker DJ Krush, he has released a dozen albums as a hip hop producer
SF News Pixar's 'Up' Receives 5 Oscar Nominations The ingenious and famously hardworking folks at Pixar must be celebrating today. The Emeryville studio's animated feature Up received a total of 5 nominations -- almost tying Disney's Beauty and the Beast, who
