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SF DocFest Begins with Preview Nights
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SF DocFest Begins with Preview Nights

The 12th annual San Francisco Documentary Film Festival kicks off June 6-23 at the Roxie Theater but select previews will be held starting May 22.

Movie Review: Promised Land
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Movie Review: Promised Land

Posted by Martin Malloy on Dec 28, 2012

Gus Van Sant and Matt Damon re-team for a film that’s as much a character piece as it is a commentary on modern environmentalism and corporatism.

Movie Review: Les Misérables

Movie Review: Les Misérables

Posted by Martin Malloy on Dec 26, 2012

The newest film adaptation of the Victor Hugo’s book, which is actually based on the stage musical, hits some of the right notes.

Movie Review: Django Unchained
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Movie Review: Django Unchained

Posted by Martin Malloy on Dec 26, 2012

Quentin Tarantino’s new historical revenge film is another standout for the auteur.

Movie Review: This is 40
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Movie Review: This is 40

Posted by Martin Malloy on Dec 21, 2012

Judd Apatow’s new film finds him meditating on mid-life crises with excruciating, and surprising, reality but with delightful results.

Movie Review: Deadfall
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Movie Review: Deadfall

Posted by Martin Malloy on Dec 20, 2012

Deadfall is a small, snow-laden crime thriller that never comes into its own.

Photo Editorial: Dark Noir

Photo Editorial: Dark Noir

Posted by Chris Ellis on Dec 19, 2012

This winter step into the dark side with decadent black lace and heavy-duty metal accessories. Embrace leather and velvet, the season’s most talked about fabrics.

Movie Review: Hyde Park on Hudson
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Movie Review: Hyde Park on Hudson

Posted by Mel Valentin on Dec 14, 2012

Nothing says “Oscar bait” like releasing a historical biopic starring a well-known, well-liked, Oscar-nominated actor in the lead role in the latter months of the year.

Movie Review: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Movie Review: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Posted by Martin Malloy on Dec 13, 2012

Fans of Peter Jackson’s original Lord of the Rings trilogy will hail his return in this prequel, the first of another trilogy, but it’s hardly the breakout film many are expecting.

Mollusk Surf Shop to Debut Poster Show Friday

Mollusk Surf Shop to Debut Poster Show Friday

Posted by Matt Crawford on Dec 5, 2012

“Like art, surfing can be beautiful and freeing. And, save dropping in or cutting off, surfing doesn’t have rules,” says Mia Sullivan of Mollusk Surf Shop, a charming space in the Outer Sunset that is owned and run by a group of local artists.

Lion King Smashes SHN Orpheum Box Office Record

Lion King Smashes SHN Orpheum Box Office Record

Posted by Matt Crawford on Nov 28, 2012

Running 16 years with over 70 major art awards and currently the highest-grossing Broadway show to date, it’s no surprise that the North American tour of Disney’s The Lion King has broken the box office record at the SHN Orpheum Theatre.

USF Professor and Poet Aaron Shurin To Read at UC Berkeley

USF Professor and Poet Aaron Shurin To Read at UC Berkeley

Posted by Zane Johnston on Nov 22, 2012

A trip to the East Bay around lunch time on the first Thursday of every month may be in order for poetry lovers to catch Lunch Poems–a series of talks featuring award winning local poets reading their work in person.