Exotic Deadly’ at San Francisco Playhouse was inspired partly by playwright Keiko Green’s experience as the granddaughter of ...

The Grateful Dead have been named MusiCares’ Persons of the Year, and are set to be honored with a gala and musical tribute ...

The story of one-legged wrestling champion Anthony Robles features terrific performances by Jharrel Jerome and Jennifer Lopez ...

Bay Area filmmaker Jenni Olson’s “Masc II” series at BAMPFA showcases rare films about butch dykes and trans men, ...

In the wake of the fires that have engulfed L.A., here’s an ode to the region that has brought me so much joy.

The director is nobly caring for his wife, actress Mary Beth Hurt, during her long journey through Alzheimer’s; dealing with health issues of his own; and mourning the impending death of humanity — he ...

“The Brutalist,” a 3½-hour epic about a post-World War II architect, is Brady Corbet’s third film as co-writer and director. Photo: E. Jason Wambsgans/TNS Hollywood might not know what to do with ...

American inventor Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931) examining motion picture film threaded through one of his film projectors. Photo: Hulton Archive/Getty Images Thomas Edison’s experiments with moving ...

Kitty (Miranda Liu, left) and Evie (Anna Kosiarek) are roommates and friends who sometimes drive each other nuts in City Lights Theater Company's "In Love and Warcraft." Photo: Christian Pizzirani / ...

“September 5” director Tim Fehlbaum, left, and actor John Magaro sit for a portrait in San Francisco on Dec. 6. “September 5” is an Oscar contender about ABC Sports’ coverage of the Israeli hostage ...

The year also includes a Ruth Asawa retrospective at SFMOMA, Paul McCartney’s photographs at the de Young and Self-Brainwashing at MSP Foundation. Berthe Morisot, “Woman at Her Toilette,” 1870-1880.

The British actress reunites with her “Secrets & Lies” director Mike Leigh in the domestic drama about a troubled wife and mother. Actress Marianne Jean-Baptiste, who is getting Oscar buzz for her ...