Dear Mick LaSalle: I once met Gene Hackman at a boxing match and spoke with him. Nice man. Did you ever meet him? Robert Freud Bastin, Petaluma. Dear Robert Freud Bastin: I never really met Gene ...

Dear Mick LaSalle: Which theaters have the best projection and sound? Teresa Concepcion, Emeryville Dear Teresa Concepcion: Well, in one sense of the word “best,” I’d say the Roxie Theater, the ...

Bestselling author Isabel Allende has been beloved for decades by millions of passionately loyal readers for her strong female protagonists and epic story lines stretching across the Americas.. In ...

Things get going when a killer in a clown suit slays two people in a pre-credits sequence, set in 1991. There’s no reason for that unfortunate incident to be included in the film, except that slasher ...

After a well-received first run in 2024, the Fraenkel Gallery’s Fraenkel Film Festival will return to the Roxie Theater this summer.. The news of the festival’s second year comes as the nonprofit ...

“The Four Seasons” was a 1981 film about growing old together, not only with one’s spouse but also alongside one’s dearest friends. Yet, while the new Netflix adaptation brings together a new cast of ...

He’s on Death Row at San Quentin for two murders. This S.F. dance performance advocates for his release “An Approximation of Resilience” by Alex Ketley uses dance to explore a real-life murder case ...

Bertlin: The other scene that’s wrenching is the scene of the creature dancing with the boy and then killing him. Howard: Yeah, it’s hard to watch. Bertlin: And then again, in the design, you know, ...

To Dave Eggers, the Trump administration’s firing of thousands of government employees resembles “a cartoon.”As he told the Chronicle recently, Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency “could ...

Like his monster movie “The Host” (2006) and the science fiction cult classic “Snowpiercer” (2013), “Mickey 17” displays a dystopian view of society and class distinctions, with an over-the-top ...

Nicole Graev Lipson’s sharp, sparkling collection “Mothers and Other Fictional Characters: A Memoir in Essays” triumphs at its mission: mapping out Lipson’s life as a young mother who also fiercely ...

Berkeley Repertory Theatre’s “Uncle Vanya” marks its first play from the theatrical canon since Johanna Pfaelzer became artistic director in 2019. Hugh Bonneville stars in “Paddington,” based on the ...