Arts & Entertainment See A Movie, Drink With The 'Fist, Hell Yeah In the event that the shindig is more discussion, less Chuck, we suggest that after leaving the fete, you head on down to the Mission for IndieFest and our final IndieFest party. There
Arts & Entertainment SF Indiefest: <i>Sidekick</i> Michael Sparaga (the writer/producer) set out to make a realistic indie superhero movie, in which superpowers are complicated afflictions with repercussions and consequences and, you know, smartypants stuff. It's a bumpy ride,
Arts & Entertainment SF Indiefest: <i>Filmic Achievement</i> The story tracks a handful of aspiring twits who've enrolled at UNY, a film school that's almost as clueless as its students. Teachers advise that sets should be meat/dairy free, and that
Arts & Entertainment If You're Looking for Sin, Look in Berkeley Though we do tire, at times, of the alpha-male genre, few comic books or movies do it with more relish and gusto than Frank Miller's . So unless you're some kind of sobbing tree-kisser
Arts & Entertainment The 2006 San Francisco Korean American Film Festival We know, we know, the website is damn near impossible to navigate and just plain confusing. We promise the time you devote to wading through it will be worth your while, as there
Arts & Entertainment Interview with <i>Sidekick</i> Writer Michael Sparaga In a departure from most superhero movies, is told from the point of view of, well, the sidekick. "I think the sidekick, in some ways, is Canada," says Michael "It's not purposeful, but
Arts & Entertainment SF Indie Fest: <em>Danielson: A Family Movie</em> Danielson: A Family Movie is a must see for any fan of adventurous music or artistic visionaries. You have two more chances to see it on tonight at 4:30pm at the Roxie
Arts & Entertainment SF IndieFest: <i>Initial D</i> With other pre-pubescent import car enthusiasts, we obsessed over the finer points of corner entry theory while using a Mazda RX-7 on 3rd gear versus the efficient exit velocity we will need to
Arts & Entertainment IndieFest Special Screenings Announced We called our friends at Larsen Associates, and got the scoop: February 13 and 14 are devoted to TBA screenings and Indiefest favorites. Well, we're ready T A the lineup, right now! Monday,
Arts & Entertainment IndieFest: F*CK The Women's Building auditorium on Sunday night was filled with IndieFesters cramming themselves into uncomfortable purple plastic seats and giggling about the naughtiness of the upcoming film. Us, we were just thrilled to
Arts & Entertainment Review: Pirates of the Great Salt Lake Pirates airs again at Women's Building on 2/05 at 4:30
Arts & Entertainment Review: What the Bleep Do We Know?! Redux SFist couldn’t wait to get another installment of “What the Bleep”. We saw the first version last year and were amused, confused, and provoked by the eclectic mix of science and self-empowerment
Arts & Entertainment SF IndieFest: <i>The Proposition</i> Joining the crown filing into the The Proposition, it was sort of surreal to see the SFist logo flash across the screen, as one of the sponsors of the Festival. Go us! As
Arts & Entertainment Win Passes to <i>Gambling</i>! A man goes on a desperate journey through the Las Vegas night in search of a his girlfriend who has mysteriously disappeared - and discovers that he is under surveillance and is the
Arts & Entertainment SF IndieFest: <i>Blood Tea and Red String</i> Our appreciation for stop-motion and its fascinating creepiness only increased when we discovered the work of Jan Svankmejer. Here was an artist who took the inherent creepiness of stop-motion and ran with it.
Arts & Entertainment Win Passes to <i>Lie With Me</i>! Leila (Lauren Lee Smith) is a sexually voracious young woman who connects with men through brief physical encounters. One night at a crowded house party, Leila meets David (Eric Balfour ) and it's lust
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 The San Francisco Independent Film Festival: SFist Has You Covered From February 2 to 14, IndieFest features movies to suit all tastes and schedules, so you have no excuse not to take some risks and check out whatever might interest you. You can
Arts & Entertainment Win Passes To <i>Trudell</i>! A documentary telling the life story of Sioux Tribe member John Trudell, this film begins in the sixties with his 21 month occupation of Alcatraz Island with group Indians of All Tribes, an
Arts & Entertainment All The Subtlety of Roller Disco, Plus the Nuance of Scott Baio Last Friday, roller films were the theme, with , Roller Boogie (one of the many missteps in the management of Linda Blair's career) and the aborted foetus that is Skatetown USA (which marks the
Arts & Entertainment Dispatch From Noir City: <em>Gilda</em> To introduce Gilda (1946) at the Balboa Theater on Thursday, NoirCity founder Eddie Muller offered a familiar interpretation of the film: its protagonist (Glenn Ford as Johnny Farrell), like its director (Charles Vidor)
Arts & Entertainment SF360 Revealed! Part Five: Festfest No, apparantly, according to the SF Film Society. As a part of their recently-launched SF360 campaign, they're pleased as punch to announce three new fests, and boy they're really cool. One of them
Arts & Entertainment SF360 Revealed! Part Four: Schooled Now, no doubt there are Brugmans among us who recoil at the "private" component of the "public/private partnership," but we're reserving judgement until more details emerge. What is clear is that if
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 SF360 Revealed! Part Two: Cool Tools "How much is this going to cost people to use?" we asked him. "Zero," he replied. We paused. It didn't compute. "How much is this going to cost people to use?" we said
