Arts & Entertainment SFIFF: <i>They Chose China</i> is the relatively forgotten story of a handful of American soldiers who were prisoners of war in Chinese camps during the Korean War. At the end of the conflict they chose to stay
Arts & Entertainment SFIFF: We Stalk Matt Dillon We decided to while away the hours between the two movies in the press room watching a documentary on a personal monitor but through our headphones we could hear distressed SFIFF workers whispering
Arts & Entertainment SFIFF: <i>Lower City</i> We were thankful that our friend, a native of Salvador, Brazil, quickly agreed to see "Lower City" with us. We never doubted the raw beauty of her hometown, and the film confirmed what
Arts & Entertainment SFIFF: <i> Viva Cuba</i> Because we are short and had a less than ideal seat in the packed theater, we are still wondering about much of the dialogue in . We didn’t need to be able to
Arts & Entertainment SFIFF: <i>Cartography Of Ashes</i> It is to tell people that an outdoor movie screening at the fire station on 19th and Folsom, begins at 8:00 p.m. and to get there early to ensure a seat,
Arts & Entertainment SFIFF: Opening Night Party During the post Q&A, our companion dropped our gift-bagged Skyy Vodka bottle. Oh, how sad we were as we listened to it roll down the angled floor of the Castro to
Arts & Entertainment SFIFF Opening Night: <i>Perhaps Love</i> Such was our feeling at last night's opening of the San Francisco International Film Festival, which kicked off with the North American premiere of . The marathon began with San Francisco Film Society Executive
Arts & Entertainment The San Francisco International Film Festival: SFist Has Got You Covered From tonight's opening night gala and screening of , to a projection of Cartography of Ashes against the firefighter's training tower at the SFFD Fire Station #7, we'll be reporting back to you with
SF News Yeah, It's Another Scandal! So what does this have to do with the price of the Tea at Coffee Tea & Spice on Haight? Turns out one of his clients was rumored to be one Barry Lamar
misc Who Needs "Top Model"? Though no one in This year's pack reaches Sam's heights (depths?) of hideousness, we'll freely admit to a bias toward "Munchkin", a proud alumnus of San Francisco's own Pets Unlimited non-profit shelter and
Arts & Entertainment So You Think You Know The Reel San Francisco? Sure, we've seen a lot of these movies before, but this is our chance to see studio archive prints of these classics in a big-screen theatre setting. DVDs just can't compare! Some of
Arts & Entertainment We Take It All Back, Mick LaSalle. OK, Not Really. The Mission District of San Francisco is the kind of place where transgender bike messengers live chockablock with marketing executives, thrift stores brace for the encroachment of Starbucks, and heroin addicts nod off
misc Win Passes To <i>The Outsider</i>! No, no one will be saying "Stay gold, Ponyboy" in this documentary about filmmaker James Toback, writer and director of movies like . The Outsider's director, Nick Jarecki and Toback will be at Friday's
Arts & Entertainment Henry Rosenthal, producer of "The Devil and Daniel Johnston" Enter director Jeff Feuerzeig whose film “The Devil and Daniel Johnston” played at Sundance 2005 and won Feuerzeig the best direction award. SFist was lucky enough to catch the film at the San
SF News Elsewhere in -istville Seattlest saw a house party get senselessly attacked with a shotgun and end in seven dead. A local senator is debated and their version of the big dig is investigated. To truly get
Arts & Entertainment Got Eggs? Tonight at 7:30 the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts ( 701 Mission St. at Third), the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival is presenting , a documentary dealing with the many options the present
Arts & Entertainment Noise Pop Starts Today We're wishing Noise Pop a happy birthday today, as San Francisco's indie-est music festival kicks off its 14th year. The all-festival badges are sold out, as are tickets to some of the biggest
SF News -Ist-A-Palooza Phillyist notes a fistfight between local pols that leaves one man down for the count. Jehovah's Witnesses get a Philly contributor out of bed, things get a little geeky with a film festival
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Wim Wenders Written by and starring Sam Shepard, tells the story of fallen Western star "Howard Spence" (Shepard), who sort of blurilly bails on his current film in an effort to reconnect with estranged family
SF News Googling Gavin Go Chronicle! We were so pleased to see a piece of investigative local journalism on the front page of today's paper, as Verne Kopytoff digs into the relationship between Mayor Gavin Newsom and
misc SFIAFF: <em>Linda Linda Linda</em> The soundtrack for the film revolves around three songs by The Blue Hearts, who were apparently a big deal in the ‘80’s in Japan. By the end of the film we were
SF News Kabuki Theatre Sold to Sundance Cinemas Expected to become "a state-of-the-art independent movie house", Sundance plans on beginning renovations to the theatre in early May, following the San Francisco International Film Festival. This fall it'll reopen as the "Sundance
Arts & Entertainment Yvesdroppings: The Movie Submissions go to yvesdroppings - at -gmail - dot - com. Two men ask the waitress to split their check to two ATM cards. She returns a moment later with two receipts stapled
Arts & Entertainment SFIAAFF: <i>Colma: The Musical</i> Colma is the BART stop between Daly City and South San Francisco. Not exactly a bustling place, until now. Colma: The Musical takes the sleepiness and between-ness of the town and explores how
Arts & Entertainment SFIAAFF: <i>Memories In The Mist</i> Hey, we scored a free fan! NBC 11 was giving out free handheld fans to SFIAAFF-goers attending last night's screening of Bengali movie . We're not really sure what the fan had to do
