“Anora” is an exceptional movie, but it’s not even close to perfect. It’s a product of director Sean Baker’s amazing control and also of his lack of control. Yet the film overall is extraordinary and ...

The famed Italian tenor and his wife plan to host a weekend of music and hospitality in the Bay Area next June. Andrea Bocelli is hosting “A Weekend in Napa Valley” in June with Veronica Berti. Photo: ...

TheatreWorks’ production of Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon’s “Pride and Prejudice” sequel combines holiday confection, spicy debate and sumptuous visuals. The surprise arrival of Anne (Maggie ...

Beat poet Michael McClure is seen on his deck with sculptures by his wife, artist Amy Evans McClure, at their home in Oakland in 2010. Photo: Paul Chinn / The Chronicle 2010 Michael McClure, the young ...

Michael Tilson Thomas conducts the San Francisco Symphony in Beethoven's Ninth at Davies Symphony Hall Photo: Stefan Cohen In his first concert as music director of the San Francisco Symphony, in ...

“Don’t Look Up” might be the funniest movie of 2021. It’s the most depressing too, and that odd combination makes for a one-of-a-kind experience. Writer-director Adam McKay gives you over two hours of ...

The screening of the Oakland-filmed “Freaky Tales” at the Grand Lake Theatre became a star-studded event and full on celebration of the Bay Area. Oakland hip-hop legend Too Short, left, and actor ...

Slim’s nightclub in San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood is closing after 30 years, a decision made before the coronavirus pandemic forced its immediate shutdown. Photo: Liz Hafalia / The ...

In 2019, “Disappearing Earth” — Julia Phillips’ haunting, suspenseful debut about two young sisters who get kidnapped on the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Russian Far East — was a finalist for the ...

We all carry our guilt around with us — sometimes long after it deserves to be let go. Maybe it’s because of a decision we made that impacted a loved one in a negative way. Or maybe it was something ...

The Embarcadero Center Cinema as seen on the eve of its final day of operation, Thursday, Feb. 3. Photo: Courtesy Marco Cerritos Landmark’s Embarcadero Center Cinema, San Francisco’s hub for first-run ...

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 ...