AltWeeklies Wire
Catholic Church Tries to Keep Court Documents Zipped Upnew
San Francisco Archbishop William Levada doesn't want the public to know about decades of alleged sexual misconduct by his clerics. But why are district attorneys in San Mateo, Marin and San Francisco helping him keep secrets?
SF Weekly |
Ron Russell |
01-24-2005 |
Crime & Justice
He's Got Legsnew
The true story of a Thai transgender kickboxer inpires a well-intentioned film with a heart of gold -- and a brain of lead.
Searching for Shylocknew
Pacino plays Shakespeare's most contentious character in a a gripping, highly cinematic adaptation of a gorgeous work of theater.
Split Decisionnew
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom and his wife, Kimberly Guilfoyle Newsom, former lingerie model and prosecutor, are splitting. Take this quiz to find out if you're a teary-eyed apologist for the breakup.
SF Weekly |
Matt Palmquist |
01-19-2005 |
Children & Families
Tags: children & families
U.S. Regulators Ignore Massive Parmalat Fraudnew
The roar of U.S. silence in regard to the bankruptcy of the Parma, Italy-based food conglomerate gives the impression that it was a foreign affair. But evidence shows it was a largely American job.
SF Weekly |
Matt Smith |
01-19-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Bohemian Rhapsodynew
Brightback Morning Light -- or Brightblack for short -- would probably be huge by now if it weren't a trio of big, lovable hippies.
SF Weekly |
Garrett Kamps |
01-19-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Ala.Cali.Tucky, Brightblack
Lights, Camera, Gospel!new
San Francisco's Voice of Pentecost is a church with a mission to take on Hollywood. Its production company, Christian WYSIWYG Filmworks, is working on a retelling of the Bible story of Joseph, set in a science-fiction world of the future.
Run, Dick, Runnew
If you know your history, you might suspect this film isn't quite a suspense thriller. Rather, it's a sort of updated Death of a Salesman.
Father of African Cinema Produces a Beautiful Polemicnew
The 81-year-old Senagelese director's film about girls fleeing ritual circumcision has a moral center that is painfully clear. It also expresses each character's humanity.
Online Political Commentator Led Double Lifenew
The political elite of San Francisco turned out to extol Eric Allen Bass, creator of a local political commentary Web site called Joefire.com. None of them really knew Bass, who had embezzled nearly $60,000 from Bank of America, at all.
Tags: HIV/AIDS, Arlington National Cemetery, City Attorney Dennis Herrera, District Attorney Kamala Harris, Harvard University, Herbert Bass Sr., Herbert Harry Bass Jr., Linda Bass, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, Supervisors Chris Daly and Sean Elsbern, the House Democratic leader, U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Vice Mayor for Homelessness Angela Alioto
Cuts Like a Knifenew
To say that actress Ziyi Zhang burns like a young sword-wielding Audrey Hepburn, would slight a masterpiece that must be seen to be believed.
Crash and Yearnnew
Martin Scorsese's bio of Howard Hughes is the most sumptuous of this year's biographical films -- appropriate, given its subject matter's penchant for wasting millions chasing fantasies other men couldn't even afford to dream about.
Sour Lemonynew
The villain of Lemony Snicket, Count Olaf, just may be Jim Carrey's finest role. The rest of the movie, however, isn't quite up to Carrey's level.
Democrats Should Establish Urban Real Estate Cartelnew
The Democratic Party needs to wrap the greenest of its Utopians together with its fiercest capitalists in a strategy to protect the environment, house the homeless, and uplift the values of racial and cultural tolerance.
SF Weekly |
Matt Smith |
12-21-2004 |
Commentary
Up From the Underworldnew
This year, blood-soaked extreme metal took its rightful place in the world of heavy music.
