Director Greg Jardin’s impressive visual dexterity cannot overcome this Netflix film’s confusing, and eventually boring, body-swap storylines. Reina Hardesty as Brooke, left, Brittany O’Grady as ...

A documentary about the artist makes its world premiere at the Mill Valley Film Festival the same weekend a de Young exhibition opens. Filmmaker Julie Rubio, director of the documentary “The True ...

The lobster Tots from Alice Collective. Photo: Jess Lander/The Chronicle BottleRock Napa Valley is as beloved for its culinary offerings as it is for its musical acts. It’s a great opportunity to ...

Two renowned musicians with a love of jazz and popular song come together with the San Francisco Symphony for a night of piano virtuosity. French pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet and American pianist and ...

Patrick Dooley is a bit sheepish acknowledging that his theater’s doing well. “That feels a little bit uncool to say that — like, ‘Shut up, man!,’” he told the Chronicle. In surveying the South ...

Sooner or later, we’re going to have to have a conversation about Richard Linklater being one of America’s best filmmakers. His movies have a consistent emotional intelligence, worn lightly. His worst ...

E-40 is delivering a special performance during BottleRock Napa Valley weekend. The Vallejo musician is set to perform a special Wine Country concert as part of the festival’s AfterDark series at Jam ...

“Best Available” centers on a fictional theater’s behind-the-scenes hiring process, and the script might make audiences wonder whether they’re complicit. Denise Tyrrell, left, Steve Price, Dave Maier, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Flo is here to prove that the era of girl groups is far from over. The British R&B trio, composed of vocalists Jorja Douglas, Stella Quaresma and Renée Downer, have been working to redefine the genre ...

Wherever you are in the greater Bay Area, the classical music calendar is packed with great events planned for June, July and August. Esa-Pekka Salonen and the San Francisco Symphony. Photo: Minna ...