Other Minds Festival is set to return to San Francisco for its 28th year, transforming Brava Theater into a hub for composers from all over the world to showcase their works. The four-day festival, ...

Of course, when the franchise has collectively grossed nearly $5 billion, things like “happy endings” are entirely dispensable. Thus, here we go with “Despicable Me 4 ” — this time with baddie Maxime ...

The request comes through police Capt. Haim Gouri (Yoav Levi), who is in charge of guarding Eichmann at a nearby prison. A Sephardi from Morocco — we learn that Ashkenazis weren’t allowed near the ...

Stevie Nicks embraced her inner Swiftie at the Eras Tour in Dublin, Ireland, over the weekend, receiving a personalized surprise song segment and partying the night away with Swift after the show. The ...

“MaXXXine,” the clever trilogy completer by the scream team of director Ti West and fearless actress Mia Goth, opens with a quote attributed to Bette Davis. “Until you’re known in my profession as a ...

While Sameer Pandya was writing his latest novel “Our Beautiful Boys,” he knew he wanted to somehow work in one of his favorite photos that’s been sitting on his desk for years. It’s a faded snapshot ...

The show’s story is set in the home of the Hillard family on Steiner Street in Pacific Heights (the house the movie was filmed in is under 3 miles away from the theater). While Daniel Hillard and wife ...

The jukebox musical form is a culprit here too. When songs were not originally written for the purpose at hand, they frequently declaim or belabor rather than drive. A director of Mayer’s caliber ...

One of the more wonderful things about “Daddio” is that it doesn’t go in a typical movie direction. The driver is smart and observant, but Hall doesn’t make him into an oracle. He remains a pretty ...

Dan Griffith has toured all over the world this year, performing at festivals like Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas and Palm Tree music festival in Australia. But he’ll always consider the Bay ...

But that’s just the jumping-off point for Dutch-born filmmaker Halina Reijn’s sexually provocative and humiliating BDSM movie “Babygirl.” The film begins with Kidman’s Romy, a high-powered CEO, doing ...

Mick LaSalle Mick LaSalle is the film critic for the San Francisco Chronicle, where he has worked since 1985. He is the author of two books on pre-censorship Hollywood, "Complicated Women: Sex and ...