Dec 4th, 2008 · Hundreds of people live under the casinos, in a hidden matrix of storm drains. Local journalist Matt O'Brien has been exploring them for five years. A tour of the tunnels goes through urban art galleries and gritty homes, and includes an introduction to some of the "silver miners" that inhabit this underground Skid Row.
Jul 31st, 2008 · While the special effects in movies like The Matrix and Transformers caused more than a few jaws to drop, Peter Hartlaub, a film reviewer for The San Francisco Chronicle, wonders whether studios have gone too far. He says movies have become an "all-you-can-eat buffet" and action scenes now "feel like an assault."
Jul 8th, 2008 · From giant cell phones to old motherboards, outdated technology holds sentimental value for collectors like Jason Savitt. Meanwhile video artist James Houston rigged vintage dot matrix printers to play a song by Radiohead.
May 8th, 2008 · How could something look so bright, and move so fast, and still be so dull? Oh, right: The creators of The Matrix are involved.
May 8th, 2008 · The movie Speed Racer opens Thursday. It's based on the Japanese animated series that was a hit with American kids in the late 1960s. The movie is directed by Larry and Andy Wachowski, who co-directed The Matrix. The TV show was a big breakthrough for Japanese anime in America.
Mar 7th, 2007 · Jean Baudrillard, a French philosopher and sociologist, wrote dozens of books. But his ideas may have found their biggest platform in the movie The Matrix. Baudrillard died Tuesday at the age of 77.