“Dune: Prophecy”: Science fiction. Starring Emily Watson, Olivia Williams and Travis Fimmel. (TV-MA. Six hour-long episodes.) ...

Chu, best known for his 2018 box-office hit and cultural phenomenon “Crazy Rich Asians,” was born in Palo Alto and raised in ...

The postapocalyptic survival story starring Anthony Mackie goes for the familiar when it should have gone for the jugular.

The East Bay-raised actress also joins Anne Hathaway and Matt Damon in the director’s first post-“Oppenheimer” production.

Bay Area actors who trod the boards at the Bruns Amphitheater share their memories of the quirky outdoor venue as Cal Shakes’ closure looms. Prospero (Michael Winters, left rear) watches his airy ...

For the past few days, I’ve been doing everything with Al Pacino. I’ve had him along on car rides, washed dishes with him, gone for walks, and I’ve enjoyed every minute. Thanks to his memoir, “Sonny ...

To get at the throbbing heart of this new book about two of the California literary world’s leading women, we’ll begin with a man’s story. A manly man, the screenwriter and filmmaker Paul Schrader, ...

You often find Richard Price’s novels in the mystery/thriller section of your local bookstore (if you’re lucky enough to still have one), which is fair enough. He writes, more often than not, about ...

Chuck Lacson, left, and Jed Parsario in Word for Word's "The Strange Library." Photo: Robbie Sweeny / Word for Word The boy’s a regular at the library, but he didn’t know it had a basement — much less ...

The British filmmaker’s latest movie stars Saoirse Ronan as a munitions worker whose lost son searches for her as German bombs fall. Saoirse Ronan, left, and Elliott Heffernan are a mother and son in ...