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

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

The legacy theater, under the leadership of Sean San José, continues to buck trends by producing exclusively world premieres next year. Actors Colman Domingo, left, and Sean San José pose for a ...

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 ...

Acclaimed director Mary Zimmerman has adapted the classic Mozart opera in a production of captivating charm that feels both familiar and fresh. Billy Rude as Tamino, left, and Marlene Fernandez as ...

Robert W. Cherny’s new book details the history of the Coit Tower murals and its connection to the more recent national controversy at George Washington High School. S.F. State professor Robert W.