It’s not unusual for a city to double for another metropolis in movies. New Yorkers have long been able to spot when Toronto has been substituted for the Big Apple. Matthew Rankin, though, has gone ...

As an action movie director, Guy Ritchie is better than he used to be, because he no longer calls attention to himself in silly ways. In “Fountain of Youth,” he shows himself capable of delivering ...

Paul Reubens in “Pee-wee as Himself,” a two-part documentary that premieres Friday, May 23, on HBO and Max. Photo: Getty/HBO Looking directly into the camera, telling more of his life story than he ...

“Sirens” seems to want to satirize “The White Lotus” and its growing number of copycat shows. That’s not an easy feat, since Mike White already builds a great deal of sophisticated self-mockery and ...

Dear Robert Freud Bastin: I never really met Gene Hackman, but I was at a press conference where he was getting interviewed, and I was close to him and saw how he spoke to people and carried himself.

Alison Bechdel’s latest book is “Spent,” a comic novel examining money, privilege and late-stage capitalism. Photo: Courtesy of Alison Bechdel In one of many funny scenes in Alison Bechdel’s new comic ...

Alayo Dance Company is scheduled to perform at CubaCaribe Festival of Dance and Music. Photo: Lex Mex Photography Summer in the Bay Area brings ample opportunity to enjoy dance al fresco, whether ...

If you want to assess the career of Liza Minnelli, you have to look at her from four angles — as a singer, as a dancer, as a movie star and as Liza Minnelli, public personality. As a singer, she was ...

The acclaimed author details why writing in the voice of a dog made “The Eyes and the Impossible” such a joyful undertaking. Author Dave Eggers, pictured in Golden Gate Park, has a new book, “The Eyes ...

Buttons aren’t just utilitarian fasteners. Plunge your hand into a bucket of them, and it’s like a mini swim in a ball pit. They click and clack with ASMR satisfaction. And in artist Beau McCall’s ...

The world premiere of Anna Thorvaldsdottir’s “Before We Fall” positively overwhelms in a concert featuring cellist Johannes Moser and conductor Dalia Stasevska. Conductor Dalia Stasevska leads the San ...

Gross-out moments in this Ilana Glazer-Michelle Buteau movie about the realities of pregnancy tend to obscure the movie’s more genuine, moving content. Michelle Buteau, left, and Ilana Glazer are ...