Arts & Entertainment Tim Burton Fails Again With 'Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children' While I've often appreciated the films of Tim Burton, I've very rarely loved them, finding him too often to be so involved with the the look of his films that he forgets he's
Arts & Entertainment Video: The Full-Length Trailer For Tim Burton's <i>Big Eyes</i> Big Eyes is the story of kitschy big-eyed portrait painter Margaret Keane and her fraud of a husband, Walter Keane, who took credit for all her work in the 1950's and 60's while
Arts & Entertainment Tim Burton Transforms North Beach Into 1950s San Francisco This morning crews on the set of Big Eyes, a forthcoming film from director Tim Burton, transformed Grant Avenue into a scene right out of 1950s San Francisco. The film, tentatively set to
Arts & Entertainment New Tunes Tuesday #14 STANDOUTS: 1. Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street - Complete Edition Soundtrack: Though we aren't completely sold on the musical itself (we have only seen the new John Doyle production and
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Libation Liberation: Noc Noc Noc Noc is the establishment. At 557 Haight (between Fillmore and Steiner) some industrious folks have created a room to satisfy your inner Flintstone, er, your inner Flintstone hopped up on heroin speedballs,
Arts & Entertainment Stage Review: Edward Scissorhands Really, we hadn't planned on reviewing After all, we already signed off this week, in first person no less, and now we're back, talking like royals. (Seriously, I really did sign off of
Arts & Entertainment Stage Fog: Who Says SF Isn't a Theater Town? at Orpehum Theatre We never thought mainstream theater would consider goths a strong potential audience, but we've already seen Wicked, Lestat (well, we'll try to forget about that one) and now Edward Scissorhands.
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.