Arts & Entertainment SFIAAFF: <i>Chinese Restaurants: Latin Passions</i> Long-time SFist readers will remember that we were so inspired at last year's SFIAAFF by "Chinese Restaurants: Three Continents" that we gave it our prestigious Best Film We Saw On SFist award for
Arts & Entertainment SFIAAFF: <i>No Sleep Til Shanghai</i> The crowd at the Kabuki Theater on Friday night had more hip-hoppers than usual, as SF Int'l Asian-American Film Fest attendees eagerly lined up three-deep for the sold-out showing of No Sleep Til
Arts & Entertainment The Motivational Adventures of the SuperFisters People seem to take particular delight in rummaging through the emotional trash of those who project an image of purity, and Adam's no disappointment: he gets tons of love notes from fans, and
Arts & Entertainment The Masculine Adventures of the SuperFisters Romp's got a good heart -- he wants to fight bullies and protect the little guy, his limblessness notwithstanding -- and being all urban and everything, he doesn't do much thinking about it.
Arts & Entertainment The Feminine Adventures of the Superfisters Especially after the introduction of the suave Captain Claudio, "PatP" might have been a heady bodice-ripper. But Polly's age -- she's 12 -- keeps things innocent and fun, with Polly relying on her
Arts & Entertainment The Self-Contained Adventures of the SuperFisters Sounds great, right? Yeah, we were totally into it up until the last three pages. You know that feeling you get at a movie, where you know the closing song is playing but
Arts & Entertainment The Unanticipated Adventures of the SuperFisters Michael Kupperman's "Tales Designed to Thrizzle" have precisely the effect their title promises. You'd better be daaaaaaaaamn funny if you deign to write in a nonsensical dada-aspiring Monty-Pythonic stream of gibberish. And luckily,
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: 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 SFist Reviews Upright Citizens Brigade: A.S.S.S.S.C.A.T. at SF Sketchfest The show was frickin' great. The cast was on, barely breaking a sweat throughout their performance, and almost completely in-synch with each other. Every bit that they did was brought to an almost
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews: Naked Babies at SF Sketchfest It turns out Corddry isn’t the only famous or semi-famous member of Naked Babies. Also part of the group is Brian Huskey, one of the Snarking Heads on VH-1's "Best Week Ever.
Arts & Entertainment The Ambitious Adventures of the Superfisters In a collaboration with (appropriately) Slave Labor Graphics, Disney has started releasing a series of comics inspired by the Haunted Mansion attraction, and the result is, what a relief, none too shabby. Each
Arts & Entertainment The Hastily Assembled Adventures of the Superfisters We also enjoyed the genre-experimentation of "Doc Frankenstein," a series of books set in a universe in which Frankenstein's monster survived and evolved into a mercenary, a liberal activist, and an enemy of
Arts & Entertainment Berlin and Beyond Film Festival: <i>Sergeant Pepper</i> What distinguishes "Sergeant Pepper" from other Films About Children -- it would be a mistake to call it a Children's Film -- is its deft restraint. Sure, there are thrills like a crazy-inventor
Arts & Entertainment Berlin and Beyond Film Festival: Rhythm Is It. A picture of Rhythm Is It graces the cover of the program, so there is no escaping it: you'll see it's about kids dancing. It is a documentary which follows, amongst others, a
Arts & Entertainment The Affectionate Adventures of the SuperFisters "Loveless" (not to be confused with the Anime series of the same name) is a romance, too, of sorts; set in the post-Civil War south, it's the story of a former Confederate soldier
SF News SFist Rita's 2005 Well, I already told you my favorite news posts of the year -- but what about the other stuff? So here goes: Best movie I saw for free for SFist Reviews: It's so
Arts & Entertainment The Attentive Adventures of the Superfisters Though we like to pall around with victims of corporate censorship, occupies a genre you might wish to enjoy from arm's length -- lest you be sucked into the world created by Dwyer
Arts & Entertainment The Semimystical Adventures of the Superfisters Okay, we're sorry, but if you're not totally in love with we're going to have to fight you. Recommended highly by the froods at Isotope Comics as well as by us, It's the
Arts & Entertainment The Holistic Adventures of the SuperFisters Next up on our reading list: , by Doug TenNapel, the guy who created Earthworm Jim. His new book is about a scientist exiled to his hometown to study supernatural phenomena. But what's it
Arts & Entertainment Review: 700 Sundays Throughout, Billy is imitating different stages of himself: as a five year old trying to impress musicians with his tap dancing, as a fifteen year old in the throes of puberty coping with
Arts & Entertainment Happy Holidays from SFist: Win a "Zatch Bell" DVD! What works well in Japan sometimes doesn't exactly translate over here. "Zatch Bell" passed its hundred-episode mark overseas, but it's made a much more modest splash stateside. The story concerns a race of
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews: <i>The Tribe</i> First off, we have to give Ms. Shlain credit for wracking up the PR as the Herbst was almost sold out. She also managed to turn a fifteen minute movie into almost an
