Picture perfect

In celebration of the Greatest Year in Movies (1939), the Castro Theatre presents nine days of double features from that year.

Taking mockery to new heights

Like fake news show "The Daily Show,"  Sacha Baron Cohen's "Brüno" aims for social satire ... albeit with far filthier paws.

Films cleared for takeoff

Here's a look at some movies that are OK on the ground, but suddenly become ideal companions 7 miles up in the air.

Movie Trailers

The Question

What is your favorite Johnny Depp movie?

'Edward Scissorhands' (1990)
'What’s Eating Gilbert Grape' (1993)
'Donnie Brasco' (1997)
'Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl' (2003)
'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' (2005)

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In S.F. for film and Dyke March
In S.F. for film and Dyke March

Sharon Gless will attend the screening of her movie, "Hannah Free," which is the closing night feature at the S.F. International LGBT Film Festival.

New Flicks

What's Opening?

What's Opening?

Johnny Depp is John Dillinger in "Public Enemies"; the animated "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaur"; the FBI drama "Surveillance"; and more.

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Critical Consensus

  1. Up - 8.4
  2. Food, Inc. - 8.3
  3. Star Trek - 8.3
  4. Goodbye Solo - 8.2
  5. Drag Me to Hell - 8.1
  6. Summer Hours - 8.1
  7. Tulpan - 8.1
  8. Katyn - 7.9
  9. Munyurangabo - 7.8
  10. The Song of Sparrows - 7.8

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Box Office Top Ten

  1. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - $109 million
  2. The Proposal - $18.6 million
  3. The Hangover - $17 million
  4. Up - $13.1 million
  5. My Sister's Keeper - $12.4 million
  6. Year One - $6 million
  7. The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 - $5.5 million
  8. Star Trek - $3.7 million
  9. Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian - $3.6 million
  10. Away We Go - $1.7 million