Chronicle film critic emeritus Mick LaSalle also answers questions about who he thinks really got snubbed at the Oscars, “The Letter” and the late Heuwell Tircuit.

With plant chemistry and a passion for the environment, photographer Beatrice Thornton is creating sustainable images connecting art and nature.

“On Swift Horses” is about two people searching for their own unique destiny in the post-Korean War United States, and another who buys into the American dream of the 1950s. Lee and Julius, products ...

“Drop” is the kind of film that separates the real movie lover from the conditional movie lover. It is manipulative, fundamentally ridiculous, obvious, far-fetched, gut-level in its appeal and ...

San Francisco author Jon Hickey’s debut novel centers on Mitch Caddo, a mixed-race tribal operations director navigating political and personal turmoil on a fictional Anishinaabe reservation.

American Disabled for Accessible Public Transit activists protest in Las Vegas. PBS’ “Change, Not Charity: The Americans With Disabilities Act” documents the push to pass the Americans With ...

A critic hated this box office smash, back after seven years. A ballet dancer loved it. As soon as the curtain fell, they discussed. Frances Chung, top, and Wei Wang in Liam Scarlett’s “Frankenstein.” ...

Hannah Selinger’s memoir captures the transporting joys of working in food for chefs like David Chang and Bobby Flay, as well as the field’s festering flaws.

Lou Goossens, from left, and Marius De Saeger star in “Young Hearts,” a 2024 Belgian film about teenage gay love. Photo: Strand Releasing There’s something in the water in Belgium. Two years after ...

Stepping into Fraenkel Gallery to see “Painting the Town,” the new photo series by Carrie Mae Weems, I had a moment of confusion. Was I looking at an abstract expressionist painting by Mark Rothko ...

Where does the line fall between the living and the dead? How do you know when you’re awake or dreaming? Whose presence is real, and whose is merely a figment of the imagination? These are the ...

Tilda Swinton, left, and Julianne Moore star in “The Room Next Door,” the first English-language feature from acclaimed Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar. Photo: Sony Pictures Classics Soon enough we ...