“A Quiet Place: Day One” is about a cancer patient in hospice who hopes to die with dignity. Also, there are terrible monsters threatening humanity. What an odd idea for a horror prequel. In most ...

“Daddio” is one of the best movies of 2024, and a really smart film about how people forge connections. You might have to go back to 1995 and “Before Sunrise” to find as good a depiction of two people ...

Lily Gladstone’s performance in “Fancy Dance” is something to behold. As Jax, a woman who sets out from Oklahoma’s Seneca-Cayuga reservation with her niece to find her missing sister — the girl’s ...

The show opened Thursday, Jan. 27, at Berkeley Repertory Theatre after several COVID delays, including a one-week opening night postponement. It has a starry creative team in director Michael Mayer ...

In the teaser for the reboot of the “The Naked Gun” parody films, Berkeley-born director Akiva Shaffer wastes no time making a joke at the expense of the original series’ problematic cast member. In ...

John Brougher, left, and Edris Cooper-Anifowoshe in Magic Theatre’s “The Boiling.” Photo: Jay Yamada/Magic Theatre The art form might be called drama, but gentleness is a perfectly valid approach ...

Outside Lands has revealed its night show lineup, providing local music lovers the chance to catch some of the festival’s performers in more intimate settings.. This year’s night show lineup features ...

Like any great composer, John Adams tailors his concertos to the artistic personalities and musical strengths of the performers he’s working with. He composed his first full-scale piano concerto, ...

Richard Gere looks for answers about the dead son he never knew he had in “Longing.” Photo: Lionsgate “Longing” takes strange turns and works in strange ways. It doesn’t succeed entirely, but the fact ...

Stephen Curry’s multimedia company, Unanimous Media, has joined the East Bay Film Collective, which aims to revitalize Oakland by creating more film production opportunities. Photo: Stephen Lam/The ...

He’s on Death Row at San Quentin for two murders. This S.F. dance performance advocates for his release “An Approximation of Resilience” by Alex Ketley uses dance to explore a real-life murder case ...

Dakota Johnson and Sean Penn is a team-up few may have expected. But the actors’ challenging, compelling work together is just one of the unexpected pleasures in “Daddio.” A cinematic two-hander set ...