“Dune: Prophecy”: Science fiction. Starring Emily Watson, Olivia Williams and Travis Fimmel. (TV-MA. Six hour-long episodes.) ...

Chu, best known for his 2018 box-office hit and cultural phenomenon “Crazy Rich Asians,” was born in Palo Alto and raised in ...

The East Bay-raised actress also joins Anne Hathaway and Matt Damon in the director’s first post-“Oppenheimer” production.

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 ...

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 ...

Cillian Murphy stars in the Irish film “Small Things Like These,” directed by Tim Mielants and based on the book by Claire Keegan. Photo: Enda Bowe/Lionsgate There are movies that are very boring, but ...

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 ...

To say that SFDanceworks fills an important niche on the Bay Area art scene doesn’t do justice to the role this small but powerful company plays. Founded in 2014, this pickup troupe of consistently ...

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 ...

The San Francisco International Hip Hop DanceFest is scheduled for Saturday-Sunday, Nov. 9-10, at the Palace of Fine Arts Theatre. Versa Style Legacy is among the performance groups on the lineup.

"Ritual Clay" installation view. Cathy Lu, "Nuwa With Drain," 2023, porcelain and stainless steel drain. Photo: Muzi Rowe “Ritual Clay: Cathy Lu, Paz G, Maryam Yousif” presents the work of three ...

Ruby slippers once worn by Judy Garland in the “The Wizard of Oz” are displayed Sept. 4, 2018, at the FBI office in Brooklyn Center, Minn. Photo: Jeff Baenen/AP A pair of ruby slippers worn by Judy ...