The East Bay-raised actress also joins Anne Hathaway and Matt Damon in the director’s first post-“Oppenheimer” production.

The postapocalyptic survival story starring Anthony Mackie goes for the familiar when it should have gone for the jugular.

Bay Area actors who trod the boards at the Bruns Amphitheater share their memories of the quirky outdoor venue as Cal Shakes’ closure looms. Prospero (Michael Winters, left rear) watches his airy ...

The makers of the horror film “Heretic” include this line during the end credits: “No generative AI was used in the making of this film.” Well, duh. What artificial intelligence bot could replicate ...

Robert W. Cherny’s new book details the history of the Coit Tower murals and its connection to the more recent national controversy at George Washington High School. S.F. State professor Robert W.

Oakland Theater Project’s “Ghost Quartet” is so gossamery, so there-yet-not-there, that you might feel as if you merely got haunted by a narrative’s shadow. Michael Perez in Oakland Theater Project ...

Cillian Murphy stars in the Irish film “Small Things Like These,” directed by Tim Mielants and based on the book by Claire Keegan. Photo: Enda Bowe/Lionsgate There are movies that are very boring, but ...

Kimberly is dying. Not right this instant, but four times as fast as the rest of us are. She’s just turned 16, but she looks in her 60s, and 16 is the life expectancy for people with her rare ...

After some difficulties connecting to Zoom, Hugh Grant eventually opts to just phone instead. “Sorry about that,” he apologizes. “Tech hell.” Grant is no lover of technology. Smart phones, for example ...

The San Francisco International Hip Hop DanceFest is scheduled for Saturday-Sunday, Nov. 9-10, at the Palace of Fine Arts Theatre. Versa Style Legacy is among the performance groups on the lineup.

It was a single photograph that started Oscar-winning filmmaker Steve McQueen on the journey to make “Blitz.” As a Londoner, the German bombing raids on the city during World War II are never all that ...

"Ritual Clay" installation view. Cathy Lu, "Nuwa With Drain," 2023, porcelain and stainless steel drain. Photo: Muzi Rowe “Ritual Clay: Cathy Lu, Paz G, Maryam Yousif” presents the work of three ...