Clik here to view.
TIFF diary: standouts from France, Nepal, and Japan
Direct cinema takes to the jungle air in 'Manakamana.'After 33 feature films at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival, I can safely say that I am ecstatic about where cinema is heading this...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Is Art Torres helping PG&E, helping his son's political career, or both?
Joaquin and Art Torres are both mayoral appointees who serve as presidents of their respective commissions.As I’ve been reporting on how CleanPowerSF is being blocked by Mayor Ed Lee and his political...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Bill on Brown's desk to make two-tiered system of college tuition: for the...
Students protest two-tiered education system at Santa Monica Community College last yearPhoto screen capture of protest video by Corsair OnlineIt seems that one California politician is adapting an old...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Vote for Best of the Bay 2013!
2013 Best of the Bay featured artist Robert TrujilloIn 1974 we blazed a trail by being the first paper to present “best of” awards. Every year since then we’ve given Best of the Bay recognition to the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Due Process For All must wait another week
Supporters from Causa Justa, pictured here at a May Day rally, were among the organizations who supported Due Process for All.GUARDIAN PHOTO BY REBECCA BOWEBy Reed NelsonSup. John Avalos’ Due Process...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Performant: Vancouver Fringe-mania
Tonya Jone Miller takes inspiration from her mother's life for 'Threads.'Photo by Rene FerrerWell, it’s been another fringe-ferrific whirlwind here at the Vancouver Fringe, but like all good things, it...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mexican summer
Exploring the Mexico City punk scene through house shows and tumultuous SF pit stopsarts@sfbg.comMUSIC There was no reason for me to be awake at 7:31am, since I'd flown into Mexico City the day before....
View ArticleClik here to view.
TIFF diary: standouts from France, Nepal, and Japan
Direct cinema takes to the jungle air in 'Manakamana.'After 33 feature films at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival, I can safely say that I am ecstatic about where cinema is heading this...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Is Art Torres helping PG&E, helping his son's political career, or both?
Joaquin and Art Torres are both mayoral appointees who serve as presidents of their respective commissions.As I’ve been reporting on how CleanPowerSF is being blocked by Mayor Ed Lee and his political...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Bill on Brown's desk to make two-tiered system of college tuition: for the...
Students protest two-tiered education system at Santa Monica Community College last yearPhoto screen capture of protest video by Corsair OnlineIt seems that one California politician is adapting an old...
View ArticleClik here to view.
TIFF diary #2: dead cheerleaders + Tsai, Hong, and Breillat
Three cheers for slasher films: 'All Cheerleaders Die'Courtesy of tiff.netCheck out the first entry in Jesse Hawthorne Ficks'Toronto International Film Festival diary here, and stay tuned for more...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Q&A: Blouse on the Dream Syndicate, forest life, and going synth-less
Blouse sticks together.PHOTO BY ANNA IGNATENKOBlouse, may have ditched the synths and drum machines of its 2011 debut self-titled album with new Captured Tracks full-length, Imperium, but the sound...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Breed ditches Twitter after being called out for caustic tweets, again [UPDATED]
Capture by Mike SonnSup. London Breed appears to have abruptly deleted her Twitter account today after engaging in a clash of tweets with some local activists online. Breed had tweeted comments that...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Holy Cherry Moons! SF Album Project joins Prince's 'Parade' in full,...
Cherry Moonalicious!Things I know right now: I'm far from the only one who knows all the words to Yaz's Upstairs at Eric's, OK Computer is much better as a conceptual drag performance, and the 12-inch...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Bad dads, hella docs, and more new movies!
A guard (Bobby Sommer) enjoys the silence in 'Museum Hours.'Courtesy of Cinema GuildOne theme this week is "father figures"— some terrible (see Dennis Harvey's review of Blue Capricehere, and review of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
SF State campus police arming themselves with Tasers (yes, before the SFPD)
Activist and squatter arrested by SFPD and SF State University Police at SFSU on May 16, 2013Photo screenshot from video by Nick MorrisThe squatters later alleged excessive force by the police.Just...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Community forum planned on Mission gentrification
The recent debate about high-end retailer Jack Spade seeking to open up shop in the former location of Adobe Books has placed concerns about gentrification in San Francisco’s Mission District to the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
This NSFW video will make you a Deviant
Folsom Street Fair is coming -- and so are its parties. The kink-hippest one is Deviants, actually taking place inside the fair area itself (it's a pop-up!) Here's the awesome video, see you...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Vote for Best of the Bay 2013!
2013 Best of the Bay featured artist Robert TrujilloIn 1974 we blazed a trail by being the first paper to present “best of” awards. Every year since then we’ve given Best of the Bay recognition to the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Cul de sac
Familiar narrative tropes foreshorten Campo Santo's 'Alleluia, the Road'Alleluia, the RoadPHOTO BY JAY YAMADAarts@sfbg.comTwo mothers are coping with grief — and becoming friends — in a room at a...
View Article