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

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

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.

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 ...

To get at the throbbing heart of this new book about two of the California literary world’s leading women, we’ll begin with a man’s story. A manly man, the screenwriter and filmmaker Paul Schrader, ...

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 ...

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 ...

John David Washington as Boy Willie in “The Piano Lesson,” based on August Wilson’s 1990 Pulitzer Prize-winning play. Photo: David Lee/Netflix By now, John David Washington has established himself as ...

The British filmmaker’s latest movie stars Saoirse Ronan as a munitions worker whose lost son searches for her as German bombs fall. Saoirse Ronan, left, and Elliott Heffernan are a mother and son in ...