Arts & Entertainment A Tribute to Leacock and Pennebaker Film Festival Sure, we've seen a lot of these movies before, but never on the big screen. And the best part of all this -- all shows before 7:30 are FREE. We love free!
misc The Fake Tales Of San Francisco Contest Like the Arctic Monkeys say: . In honor of the soon-to-be-released JT LeRoy movie, "The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things," we've got a new contest! "The Heart Is Deceitful" is based on JT
Arts & Entertainment Hotsy-Qatsi Is it wrong that when we saw the movie Koyaanisqatsi, about not despoiling the earth, we left the theater thinking, "wow, San Francisco would be a great city to live in!" Well, San
Arts & Entertainment SF IndieFest: <i>Yokai Daisenso</i> We acknowledge that it's a good movie, and that the violence isn't completely gratuitous. It makes a solid point about the objectification of women and the consequences of treating people as means to
Arts & Entertainment SF IndieFest: <i>Jimmy and Judy</i> High praise indeed! While we had hoped to see the film on the big screen at its IndieFest premiere on February 4, when we heard that Edward Furlong and Rachael Bella, the stars
Arts & Entertainment Interview: Kang Je-gyu SFist contributor MiHi Ahn had an opportunity to correspond with Director Kang through an intrepeter, see their conversation after the jump! By SFist MiHi Ahn, contributing
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
misc SFisting: Your 'Fisty Valentine For instance, this Friday you could meet legendary "Happy Hooker" Xaviera Hollander at the Center for Sex and Culture, where she'll be answering questions and telling us all about the happy hooking. On
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 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 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 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.
misc SFist Tech Rant/Roundup: Finger-Pointing Leander Kahney of Wired News got some flak for his commentary about the relative merits of Steve Jobs vs. Bill Gates. He says that the popular perception of Gates as evil monopolistic robber
SF News SchwartzenWatcher Goes Broke What happened to all the gobs of money he raised last year? They all went into the Very. Special. Election, which shows just what a crazy, kamikaze-like move that last election was. He
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
SF News SFist Doesn't Watch the State of the Union Which raises the question of what to do? Well, there's always NetFlix, of course, as well as good old TiVo. It's also a good night to go to the movies and while Brokeback
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 SFist Watches: An Author Fall Into a Million Little Pieces Being that we haven't actually read Frey's book, we weren't too perturbed over the Smoking Gun's story. We didn't read the book and come away from it thinking, "Wow. I can't believe one
