“Feelings can never be wrong,” Anaïs Nin (Arwen Anderson) tells her father (Johnny Moreno). But as you watch that incestuous scene unfold in “Shameless Hussy” — Lynne Kaufman’s new play about the ...

With plant chemistry and passion for the environment, Oakland photographer Beatrice Thornton creates sustainable images ...

A.G. Cook is largely responsible for the success of “Brat” summer. The English DJ, who has been in the electronic music game since 2011, is a longtime collaborator of Charli XCX, and helped produce ...

“The Legend of Ochi,” a scrappy and darkly whimsical fable about a misunderstood teenage girl on a dangerous quest, has the feeling of a film you might have stumbled on and loved as a kid. Something ...

Reading the newly released “Notes to John,” it’s hard not to wonder how the late author Joan Didion would feel about having her personal notes from a series of painful therapy sessions converted into ...

It’s one thing to be a little bit nuts, but to be a little bit nuts in the exact same way for 50 years — that’s worthy of respect. At this point, it’s clear that David Cronenberg has not been trying ...

In a solo recital for the San Francisco Symphony’s Great Performers Series, Kissin shows his deep affinity for two radically different composers. Russian pianist Evgeny Kissin, seen here at Italy’s ...

Dear Juzo: It’s an awful trend, because there’s no built-in story to a video game, so the movie is at a deficit from its inception. But I don’t think you’d have to pay me much to see “The Minecraft ...

Muscles fit together to form an exquisite mosaic within every human body. At least, that’s the impression readers may come away with after reading Berkeley author Bonnie Tsui’s “On Muscle: The Stuff ...

The U.S. premiere of the courtroom drama blends historical testimony, modern elements and feminist themes of revenge with mixed success. Maggie Mason, center, accompanied by Alicia M.P. Nelson, from ...

“On Swift Horses” is about two people searching for their own unique destiny in the post-Korean War United States, and another who buys into the American Dream of the 1950s. Lee and Julius, products ...

The new documentary “In Waves and War,” by San Francisco filmmakers Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk, explores healing power of psychedelic therapy. A still from “In Waves and War.” Photo: Courtesy of Bonni ...