Reviews

  • Tyson
    By Scott Foundas
    Wednesday, May 06
    The face of Mike Tyson stares out from the screen like a sentry — intent, sober, watchful. The camera sits close, the framing is tight, and... More >>
  • Wandering Spain with the lone wolf of Jim Jarmusch's Limits of Control
    By J. Hoberman
    Wednesday, May 06
    Jim Jarmusch's anonymous antihero hitman (French-Ivorian actor Isaach De Bankolé), identified in the credits of The Limits of Control as... More >>
  • Kirby Dick outs closeted pols and the media that protect them in Outrage
    By Scott Foundas
    Wednesday, May 06
    Director Kirby Dick doesn't actually stick his camera under any Capitol Hill bathroom stalls in the new documentary Outrage, but his goal is more... More >>
  • J.J. Abrams' Star Trek is proof that a franchise can live long and prosper
    By Robert Wilonsky
    Wednesday, May 06
    It's difficult for this longtime Trekkie to review J.J. Abrams' relaunching of the U.S.S. Enterprise. It's difficult to dispassionately dole out... More >>
  • Sergei Dvortsevoy has his way with camels and shepherds alike in Tulpan
    By J. Hoberman
    Wednesday, May 06
    A small mob of camels stampedes by a nomad's tent, with something that might once have been a tractor eating the kicked-up dust. Inside, a young... More >>
  • Arthouse movie listings for May 6-12, 2009
    Wednesday, May 06
    Artists' Television Access. "Take it to the Streets": Slate of short films curated by the Alternative Media Coalition. Wed., May 6, 7:30 p.m. $3.... More >>
  • Ferlinghetti
    By Michael Fox
    Wednesday, April 29
    The San Francisco poet, painter, and publisher Lawrence Ferlinghetti, who just turned 90, is a well-traveled citizen of the world, a North Beach... More >>
  • Arthouse movie listings for April 29-May 5, 2009
    Compiled By Michael Leaverton and Hiya Swanhuyser
    Wednesday, April 29
    To submit a listing, e-mail film@sfweekly.com. Artists' Television Access. "Introduction to Experimental Animation": David Cox and Molly... More >>
  • Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
    By Melissa Anderson
    Wednesday, April 29
    Two weeks after jowly Matthew Perry transformed into pretty Zac Efron to relive his adolescence in 17 Again, Warner Bros. releases Ghosts of... More >>
  • The Soloist
    By Ella Taylor
    Wednesday, April 22
    The Soloist opens with newspapers thudding onto lawns, a quaint sight that makes the movie practically a period piece, even though the events... More >>
  • Fighting
    By Scott Foundas
    Wednesday, April 22
    Writing about A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, the 2006 debut film by director Dito Montiel, I likened it to the sort of crude but fascinating... More >>
  • Anvil! The Story of Anvil
    By Camille Dodero
    Wednesday, April 22
    Back in the late '70s, before Guitar Hero III or Rock of Love 2 or even VH1, a jolly Canadian guitarist named Steve "Lips" Kudlow formed a thrash... More >>
  • Arthouse movie listings for April 22-28, 2009
    Compiled By Michael Leaverton and Hiya Swanhuyser
    Wednesday, April 22
    To submit a listing, e-mail film@sfweekly.com. Artists' Television Access. Grass Widow: Record release party and films by Lillian Maring, Jen... More >>
  • State of Play
    By J. Hoberman
    Wednesday, April 15
    Kevin Macdonald's Washington thriller is a bellows designed to puff up the most beaten-down reporter's chest. Compressed from the highly regarded... More >>
  • 17 Again
    By Scott Foundas
    Wednesday, April 15
    This much is certain about the makers of the new Zac Efron picture 17 Again: They know their audience. Scientifically engineered for maximum... More >>
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  1. X-Men Origins: Wolverine, 85.1 mil, 85.1 mil
  2. Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, 15.4 mil, 15.4 mil
  3. Obsessed, 12.1 mil, 46.9 mil
  4. 17 Again, 6.4 mil, 48.5 mil
  5. Monsters vs. Aliens, 5.8 mil, 182.4 mil
  6. The Soloist, 5.7 mil, 18.2 mil
  7. Earth, 4.3 mil, 22.0 mil
  8. Hannah Montana: The Movie, 4.2 mil, 70.9 mil
  9. Fighting, 4.0 mil, 17.3 mil
  10. State of Play, 3.7 mil, 30.9 mil
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