Events on Sunday, November 18

<i>Confession of Pain</i>

Film

Confession of Pain

Sunday 11/18 @ The Castro Theatre

Adding to their oeuvre of good-cop/bad-cop stories, Wai-keung Lau and Siu Fai Mak, the creators of 2002's Infernal Affairs (the... 

Ya Ho Wa 13 w/ Entrance, Ascended Master, and Sky Sunlight Saxon of the Seeds

Music

Ya Ho Wa 13

Sunday 11/18 @ Cafe du Nord

Perhaps sensing a cosmic alignment, or at least a swelling of fascination, Ya Ho Wa 13 regroup for this unprecedented performance.... 

Six Organs of Admittance

Music

Six Organs of Admittance

Sunday 11/18 @ Aquarius Records

With his last album The Sun Awakens, 6 Organs of Admittance (Comets on Fire member Ben Chasny) brought the burbling, dark... 

AIDS Wolf w/ XBXRX, Monotonix, and Calvin Johnson

Music

AIDS Wolf

Sunday 11/18 @ 21 Grand

Firmly staking their place within the lineage of bands such as the Child Molesters, Throbbing Gristle, and the Revolting Cocks, whose... 

<i>Flash Point</i>

Film

Flash Point

Sunday 11/18 @ The Castro Theatre

Hailed as the next Jet Li, Donnie Yen is renowned throughout Asia for his unique mixed martial-arts fighting style, which combines... 

Ongoing Events

<i>after the quake</i>

Theatre

after the quake

Sunday 11/18 @ Berkeley Repertory Theatre

Given the Bay Area's propensity for seismic activity (residents need only think as far back as October 30 for the latest... 

Douglas Gordon: <i>Pretty Much Every Film and Video Work from About 1992 until Now</i>

Art

Douglas Gordon

Sunday 11/18 @ SFMOMA

The ultimate in one-stop viewing, Scottish multimedia artist Douglas Gordon's cheekily titled installation is a veritable retrospective: the work's title serves... 

<i>Summer '04</i>

Film

Summer '04

Sunday 11/18 @ Roxie Theater

Stefan Krohmer's Summer '04 is a small-scale psychological thriller with an obvious debt to Roman Polanski's Knife in the Water (1962).... 

San Francisco Jazz Festival

Festival: Performing Arts

SF Jazz Festival

Sunday 11/18 @ Various locations

Celebrating 25 years as the leading festival of its kind, the 41-day-long San Francisco Jazz Festival brings together leading lights of... 

Tony Labat: <i>Bulk</i>

Art

Bulk

Sunday 11/18 @ Queen's Nail Annex

Queen's Nails Annex presents the work of multidisciplinary artist Tony Labat, who combines elements of installation, sculpture, performance, and video, not... 

Jeff Wall

Art: Photography

Jeff Wall

Sunday 11/18 @ SFMOMA

Canadian photographer Jeff Wall's major traveling retrospective charts nearly three decades of work. Renowned as the photographer who "begins by not... 

3rd I South Asian Film Festival

Film

3rd I South Asian Film Festival

Sunday 11/18 @ Various locations

Now in its fifth year, the 3rd I Film Festival screens new and classic documentaries, narratives, and shorts created by South... 

Tranny Fest: Transgender Multi-Arts Festival

Festival: Performing Arts

Transgender Multi-Arts Festival

Sunday 11/18 @ Various locations

San Francisco has long been an enclave for the genderqueer and fabulous, from Coit Tower benefactress Lillie Hitchcock Coit to disco... 

<i>Nothing Moments</i>

Art

Nothing Moments

Sunday 11/18 @ Silverman Gallery

Proving that even "nothing" takes a lot of effort to create, four organizers, 37 visual artists, 38 writers, and nearly 30... 

<i>Marie-Antoinette and the Petit Trianon at Versailles</i>

Art

Marie-Antoinette and the Petit Trianon at Versailles

Sunday 11/18 @ The Legion of Honor Museum

Celebrity retreats, situated far from the gossip-hungry public, are anything but a new phenomenon. Marie-Antoinette's Petit Trianon at Versailles was just... 

<i>GROUNDED?</i>

Art

GROUNDED?

Sunday 11/18 @ Intersection for the Arts

In celebration of its new home on 14th Street, the innovative Southern Exposure gallery is launching a joint interdisciplinary show with... 

<i>A Legacy of Art: The Ted and Ruth Nash Collection</i>

Art

A Legacy of Art: The Ted and Ruth Nash Collection

Sunday 11/18 @ Oakland Museum of California

Joan Brown's large, figurative paintings of the local landscape, Wayne Thiebaud's inspired renditions of gumball machines and cafeterias, and Peter Voulkos'... 

Edward Gorey's <i>Dracula</i>

Art

Dracula

Sunday 11/18 @ Cartoon Art Museum

Edward Gorey (1925-2000) remains one of the most admired and emulated illustrators to date, each meticulous shade and line of his... 

New Italian Cinema

Film

New Italian Cinema

Sunday 11/18 @ San Francisco Film Society

More than most national cinemas, Italian film is dominated by its ghosts — Federico Fellini, Pier Paolo Pasolini (whose work is... 

Charles Chaplin Retrospective

Film

Charles Chaplin Retrospective

Sunday 11/18 @ Pacific Film Archive Theater

Charlie Chaplin's Tramp is an icon by design, but the bowler hat and mustache only go so far towards describing the... 

RIP.MIX.BURN.BAM.PFA

Art

RIP.MIX.BURN.BAM.PFA

Sunday 11/18 @ Berkeley Art Museum

Like a new-media update on Marcel Duchamp's mustachioed Mona Lisa, the Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive's latest show exhibits contemporary artists'... 

Chim: <i>The Photography of David Seymour (1911-1956)</i>

Art

The Photography of David Seymour (1911-1956)

Sunday 11/18 @ de Young Museum

Until he was killed by Egyptian machine-gun fire while covering the 1956 Suez War armistice, Polish-born David Seymour (also known as... 

11th International Latino Film Festival

Film

Int'l Latino Film Festival

Sunday 11/18 @ Various locations

With Guillermo del Toro and Alfonso Cuarón entering the upper echelon of the Hollywood elite in recent years, a lot more...