Arts & Entertainment Oscar Grant Movie 'Fruitvale' Buzzes At Sundance, Sells For $2.5 Million [Updated] Fruitvale, the feature film starring Michael B. Jordan as Oscar Grant has been a big hit with the Hollywood bigshots in Park City for this year's Sundance Film Festival. After a successful premiere
Arts & Entertainment 'Fruitvale': Michael B. Jordan as Oscar Grant For some of us, Michael B. Jordan will forever be known as Lions' quarterback Vince Howard on the greatest TV show of all time. But for many, he will soon be known as
Arts & Entertainment Ashton Kutcher's Steve Jobs Biopic Will Hit Theaters This April The first of two biographical films based on the life (or at least keynote presentations) of the late Apple CEO Steve Jobs will be unleashed in American theaters this April, with noted actor/
Arts & Entertainment James Franco's Doc About S.F. Porn Producing Company Premiering At Sundance James Franco has had his hands in a lot of pots and has been attending a lot of schools in the last few years. Well, while he was in S.F. in 2011
Arts & Entertainment Roxie Theater Hits $60K Fundraising Goal, Upgrades On The Way Good news for film buffs: the Mission's Roxie Theater announced today that it's surpassed its $60,000 Kickstarter fundraising goal, with the total amount raised currently hovering at $61,533. According to the
Arts & Entertainment Go Do This Thing Tonight: Bill Murray In Broken Flowers Who doesn't like Bill Murray? No one, that's who. So check out Murray in Broken Flowers along with Frances Conroy, Jessica Lange, Sharon Stone, Tilda Swinton and Jeffrey Wright. It's a Jim Jarmusch
Arts & Entertainment Video: Darth Vader Goes To Disneyland On the heels of buying Lucasfilm for a whopping $4 billion, the folks at Disney Parks released this video (last year!) showing Darth Vader and his stormtrooper entourage spending a day at the
SF News Disney Buys Lucasfilm for $4 Billion; George Lucas Passes 'Star Wars' on 'To a New Generation of Filmmakers' George Lucas has just sold out to Disney, ladies and gentlemen, for the tidy sum of $4.05 billion in stock and cash. The deal, announced just minutes ago, represents Lucas' desire to
Arts & Entertainment Miranda July, Lena Dunham, Miss Ross' Daughter Film Pro-Woman 'You Don't Own Me' PSA A bushel of accomplished and amazing women came together to lip-synch to Lesley Gore's "You Don't Own Me" (AKA, that song they sing at the end of The First Wives Club). It's adorable,
SF News Porn Company Sued By Penis Injector A man who used to work for a noted San Francisco adult film studio is now suing the porn purveyor's company for emotional distress and related health problems after pricking himself while injecting
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Take A Tour Of 1930s San Francisco This week in historical documentary films about the Bay Area, we have: Golden Gate City: San Francisco. This standard issue travelogue was released in 1940, just a couple years after the Golden Gate
Arts & Entertainment 'The Lost Boys' Celebrates 25 Years Of Cool Vampires and Dim-Witted Mothers You know The Lost Boys was shot partly in Santa Cruz, right? And the fictional town of Santa Carla, with that beach boardwalk and those sexy teenage vampires? Yep, Santa Cruz, except with
Arts & Entertainment 'One-Man Star Wars' Guy Returns to San Jose With 'One-Man Lord of the Rings' Canadian performer Charles Ross, who delighted the geeks of geekdome down in Silicon Valley last year with his One-Man Star Wars, returns to San Jose Rep to do his other show, a one-man
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 7/5: Smokey Robinson at S.F. Symphony MUSIC: Satin-voiced Motown legend, Smokey Robinson, will be performing with the San Francisco Symphony in a one-night-only event featuring his signature hits (hopefully including "Being With You," "Just to See Her," and of
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 7/3: 'C.R.A.Z.Y' FILM: The Alliance Française of San Francisco's French Cinema Night kicks off family-themed month with C.R.A.Z.Y., which tells the story of Zac, a young gay man dealing with homophobia
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 7/2: Mates Of State MUSIC: Delightful and energetic married indie duo, Mates of State, who's latest album, Mountaintops, is on SFist's stereo as we speak, hit the Independent tonight, along with guest, The Stepkids. Your Monday night
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 7/1: 'The Connection' FILM: Director Shirley Clarke's groundbreaking 1962 film based on Jack Gelber's play, The Connection, features a group of eight anxious junkies awaiting the arrival of their connection, a topic that still rings true
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 6/29: Viva Frida At The De Young FASHION: This week's Friday Nights at the de Young event is themed Viva Frida: From the Blue House to the Catwalk, which celebrates both the Gaultier-inspired “Frida” and the traditional fashion in a
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 6/28: The Underground Market Returns FOOD: After a full year of being woefully out of commission, forageSF's Underground Market returns with a Kickstarter celebration, featuring a line-up of favorites who got their starts at the market and have
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 6/24: Frameline's 'Cloudburst' FILM: Frameline comes to an end tonight with Cloudstreet, starring Olympia Dukakis and Brenda Fricker (My Left Foot) as a couple who's been together for over thirty years, who embark on a roadtrip
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 6/19: 'Call Me Kuchu' FILM: Frameline presents Call Me Kuchu, which explores the life and brutal death of veteran activist and the first openly gay man in Uganda, David Kato, in his undeterred fight for the rights
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 6/17: Japanther MUSIC: Brooklyn art project, Japanther, who run "the gamut from performance art to punk rock and back again," headline the late show at the Hemlock tonight, along with guests Pharmacy. (9:30 p.
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 6/13: Beastie Boys - 'Awesome I F*ckin' Shot That!' FILM: The Roxie screens a night of Nathaniel Hornblower flicks, including the Beastie Boys' Awesome I Fuckin' Shot That!, in which the band gave fifty camcorders out to attendees at their Madison Square
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 6/10: Still Flyin' Album Release Party MUSIC: San Francisco megagroup Still Flyin' (60's era rock steady meets DIY indie-pop) celebrates the release of their new album, which the band describes as "Lots of rototoms. Epic snare drums. Huge chorus
Arts & Entertainment SFist Tonight, 6/7: Casey Weldon's 'New World Hoarder' ART: We're riveted by the delightfully creepy work of Los Angeles-based artist Casey Weldon, who makes his debut in San Francisco with his solo exhibition, New World Hoarder. Weldon's paintings take you on
