The billionaires really are running SF

Plus: What we saw at the New York Film Festival, Paris Opera Ballet's 'red carpet,' more

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The billionaires really are running SF

By Tim Redmond
Plus: Saving small businesses (or not), and the imminent destruction of the protections for North Beach history and small businesses .... That's The Agenda for Oct. 27 to Nov. 2

What we saw at the NY Film Fest: Ficks’ Picks of experimental gems

By Jesse Hawthorne Ficks
A very meta Romanian 'Dracula', Sharon Lockhart's breathtaking grace, melancholic Georgian questing, more.

Win tickets to see The Faint, Earl Sweatshirt, G Flip, Eden

By Marke B.
Go see a banging live show at one of SF's top venues, on us.

In Case You Missed It:

Paris Opera Ballet’s ‘Red Carpet’ reveled in the garishness of glamour

Rose Byrne on the Lynchian winks of ‘If I Had Legs I’d Kick You’

BEST OF THE BAY 2025 IS HERE!

The winners of our 51st annual Best of the Bay Readers' Poll winners have been announced. Thousands voted—see who came out on top!