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Metro Silicon Valley
02.27.08

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News

2008 Cinequest Film Festival
Our Critics Pick the Can't-Miss Features | The Searcher, a profile of Palo Alto filmmaker Bill Rose | Time Savers, the shorts programs | Maverick Moves | Silents Are Golden: Ozu and Eisenstein on the big screen | The Films of Cinequest reviewed (A-I) | The Films of Cinequest reviewed (J-Z)

News

Layoffs Loom at Merc
Newsroom on edge as MediaNews offers buyout

The Fly: 02.27.08
How misconduct allegations changed the Little Saigon battle; why the Eric Hernandez case doesn't add up

Columns

Silicon Alleys
Cinemania

Technology News
Why government is bad for science

Events
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Sporting Events
Amgen tour of California hits San Jose

Kids Events
California Theatre Center presents Theodore Taylor's 'The Cay'

Movies

Film Review
'The Counterfeiters' forges a tale of Nazi forgery

Film Review: 'The Other Boleyn Girl'
Portman and Johansson compete

Cult Leader
'Blade Runner' is so great the plot holes don't matter

Music & Clubs

War on War
While two of them may appear invisible in this shot, there are in fact six members of Insolence.

This Week's Music Picks
Dead Prez, Facing New York and My Monster

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Restaurants

The Amber Standard
Amber India has built its Silicon Valley empire on the area's best Indian cuisine

5 Things to Love
New Restaurants

Live Feed
High on Pinot

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The Arts

Allen Strange Obituary
Gary Singh remembers his days with SJSU's electronic-music pioneer

Stage Review
'Molly Sweeney' at Pear Avenue

Stage Review
'My Fair Lady' at Foothill Music Theatre

Stage Preview
'Around the World in 80 Days' and 'Kite Runner' lead the way for San Jose Rep's 2008-09 season

Stage Preview
American Musical Theatre's new production of 'Cabaret,' playing March 4-16 at the San Jose Center for the Performing Arts

Symphony Preview
Symphony Silicon Valley Unveils Seventh Season

DVD Review
German Expressionism Collection

DVD Review
30 Days of Night

DVD Review
Portrait in Black/Madame X

The Arts

Letters to the Editor
February 27-March 4, 2008




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