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

Mark Cousins’ documentary on Hitchcock’s craft lays out what makes the “master of suspense” one of the greatest filmmakers of ...

Superb singing from the chorus and vocal soloists can’t entirely carry this performance of the symphony under Music Director ...

Spirit House” at Stanford’s Cantor Arts Center features works by 33 contemporary Asian American and diasporic artists ...

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 ...

In 2017, the retired art historian Robert W. Cherny found himself unwittingly thrust into the maelstrom of a national controversy. Amid a public battle over whether a series of murals — some of which ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

For the past few days, I’ve been doing everything with Al Pacino. I’ve had him along on car rides, washed dishes with him, gone for walks, and I’ve enjoyed every minute. Thanks to his memoir, “Sonny ...

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 ...

The braiders have all arrived, and despite the heat, the temperamental AC, some long-brewing rivalries and much excitement about their proprietor’s wedding day, the women in Jaja’s Harlem salon almost ...