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Film
Sk8ter Boi
Gus Van Sant returns to disaffected youth and shoestring budgets in Paranoid Park.
By J. Hoberman
Published: March 12, 2008
The pleasing circularity of Gus Van Sant's masterful Paranoid Park is not only a function of the film's narrative structure, it also reflects the arc of its maker's career. Few...
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What Else Is New?
Our top DVD picks scheduled for release this week:
Published: March 12, 2008
. . . And Justice for All: Special Edition (Sony) Appleseed Ex Machina (Warner Bros.) August Rush (Warner Bros.) Bee Movie (DreamWorks) Black Widow (Fox) Dan in Real Life...
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Sucka Free City
Sunset Trees Mess with the Neighborhood's Feng Shui
By Alastair Bland
Published: March 12, 2008
In an urban environment of concrete, asphalt, traffic, and telephone wires, it would seem that a lush tree sprouting from the sidewalk could only enrich the atmosphere and...
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Listen Up
Hug the DJ
Ted Leibowitz: the John Peel of Internet radio.
By Hiya Swanhuyser
Published: March 12, 2008
I am just old enough to remember real radio. When I say "real," I mean radio that was largely DJ-driven: DJs made the playlists, DJs told you why they played certain tracks,...
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Stagecap
Serve by Expiration Goes Where The Office Fears to Shred
By Molly Rhodes
Published: March 12, 2008
This sketch comedy show is about what those people in ties, khakis, and button-downs really get up to at work. Many of the sketches embrace topics that hit television shows...
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Listen Up
Making a Buzz
DJ MikeBee keeps electronic connoisseurs on their toes.
By Toph One
Published: March 12, 2008
I swear sometimes it feels like my head will fall off, what with all these cockamamie subgenres of music. Thankfully, we have DJ MikeBee to help us sort it all out. As a...
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Film
He'll Be Your Mirror
Don't blame Funny Games Michael Haneke if you don't like what you see.
By Scott Foundas
Published: March 12, 2008
To the uninitiated viewer, Austrian director Michael Haneke might best be described as the modern cinema's master of the unkind rewind. In the opening scene of his second...
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Stagecap
Carrie Fisher Roasts Herself with a Toast at Berkeley Rep
By Nathaniel Eaton
Published: March 12, 2008
Carrie Fisher's solo show feels less like a play and more like cocktails over at her house. Within five minutes, Fisher has kicked off her shoes, poured herself a massive glass...
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Hear This
The Devil and Doctor Octagon: Kool Keith returns
By Toph One, Justin F. Farrar, Ryan Foley and Mark Sanders
Published: March 12, 2008
From his 1988 landmark album Critical Beatdown with Ultramagnetic MCs to the groundbreaking collaboration with S.F. producer Dan the Automator as Dr. Octagon, the rapper Kool...
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BeatBox
Wrecking Rampant Idolatry: Dan Le Sac Vs. Scroobius Pip
By Tamara Palmer
Published: March 12, 2008
Detroit's Audion (né Matthew Dear) and Los Angeles' John Tejada are among a handful of American techno DJs and producers who garner respect from international labels and...
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Arthouse
Art House
Compiled By Michael Leaverton and Hiya Swanhuyser
Published: March 12, 2008
Compiled by Michael Leaverton and Hiya Swanhuyser. To submit a listing, e-mail film@sfweekly.com. Artists' Television Access. The Invisible Forest: Antero Alli's feature about...
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