misc Big Screen Fifteen movies are screening, running the gambit from classic IMAX fair like Whales (about, yes, Whales) to Pulse: a Stomp Odyssey which tours with Stomp. Thrill Ride, which traces the history of roller
Arts & Entertainment SFist Watches: Movies Thie Weekend Pocket-Sized Edition SFist wishes we had more time to tell you about movies this weekend, but our server is going down in 10 minutes! So, we want to encourage anyone out there who loves zombies
SF News Caressing the Hand That Feeds You SFist brings you another update on the Governator's bill-signing binge -- and this one will hit you right in the gut if you're an unrepentant file-sharer like we are. It is now a
Arts & Entertainment May the DVDs, Video Games and Other Tie-ins Be With You If at work you saw your computer programmers, IT workers, and Web designers walking around with a Christmas-y gleam in their eyes yesterday it was because in Geekville it was Christmas. For yesterday
Arts & Entertainment Unleash Your Inner Coen SFist wants to encourage all of you Bay Area folks to get out there and actually use your degrees in film for something other than the local pub quiz. That's right, people. it's
Arts & Entertainment Run, Robert Duvall, Run! Following "Star Wars," Biskind writes that Lucas was haunted by it's success - that whole selling out thing. Not to mention being the one blamed for killing the Golden Era of 70's movies
misc The Long Dark Teatime of the Movies Oh, man. SFist is underwhelmed by the movie offerings this weekend, and is considering staying home with our DVDs of MI-5, season one. But if we had to go out and see a
Arts & Entertainment Darko Sees the Light at the Lumiere []Ed. Note: Salon.com has a great explanation of what's actually going on in Donnie Darko for those of you who were wondering "Dream sequence or parallel dimensions or both?"
Arts & Entertainment Let's Go Out To The Lobby! SFist is worried that our a faithful readers will begin to think of us as the cinephile equivalent of a rice queen, but we promise we don't discriminate. It just seems like every
misc The Essefficist Surely you're just dying to know something, right? So what is it? Where to get glass cut? What to do about that ex who keeps stalking you? Why the Sutro Tower is red
Arts & Entertainment Sit Back and Relax, Enjoy The show So, you're saying that you want to see a movie in San Francisco this weekend, but you don't feel like braving the faux-Vegas splendor of The Metreon or the many many escalators of
SF News Your Commute SFist hasnt seen "The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3," but after Mondays East Bay BART commute trauma, the flick described as "the Godfather of subway hijacking movies" is definitely moving to the
Arts & Entertainment Rental Coup One of the many great things about living in the Bay Area is the number of great places from which to rent movies. While folks in the fly-over are stuck with Hollywood, Blockbuster,
Arts & Entertainment There is Only One Thing That Can Kill The Movies, And That is Education This is the part of SFist where we talk about movies that are opening this weekend, but we're just so thrilled we can barely type since this weekend sees the opening of Alien
Arts & Entertainment There Are no (Film) Fans in Hell SFist has already made it clear that we are down with the 4 Star. And that's why we're so psyched that tonight marks the opening night of the 8th Annual Asian Film Festival,
SF News I Guess I Can't Wear Those Red Pants Anymore Making your world a little more paranoid, the reports that gang wars are back in the Mission. The (red-wearing) Norteno gang considers the South Mission their turf, while the upstart (blue-wearing) Sureno gang
Arts & Entertainment Park Party SFist loves us some old-school hip-hop, yo. We've got an entire library of classic movies, records and books on the subject. Which is why we were so excited to attend a park party
Arts & Entertainment TiVo-Lution Three thumbs up! Alviso based TiVo has gotten approval to allow subscribers to email recorded shows. Various entities in the television industry objected, as usual - you know, blah blah blah, proprietary rights,
Arts & Entertainment All Hail the Parkway Theater Beginning this Friday, August 6th, the Parkway Theater in Oakland will be presenting The Animation Show, a collection of animated shorts curated by Mike Judge, the creator of "King of the Hill" and
SF News Pumping Up...The State Deficit SFist is a big fan of Arnold Schwarzenegger movies, at least a few of them. We're not necessarily so pleased with his latest project. In fact, not a single Bay Area county voted
Arts & Entertainment Midnites for Maniacs at the 4 Star Theater The Richmonds 4 Star Theater (phone 415.666.3488) is one of our favorite places to see movies in San Francisco. Weve spent many a night gorging ourselves at one of
