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 ...

At a sideshow near Lake Merritt in Oakland, two young filmmakers ask onlookers: “Do you know who Mavis Beacon is?” The woman — and that question — is at the heart of the new documentary “Seeking Mavis ...

Nathan Lynch’s “The Same Larry” (2019, shown here with Kari Marboe), is a handmade ceramic soaking tub that fits two. Photo: Nicholas Bruno / Nicholas Lea Bruno “I always second-guess the students ...

Cynthia Erivo took to social media to call out a fan-made “Wicked” poster that she deems is “the wildest, most offensive thing” she has ever seen. The Grammy-winning singer and Oscar-nominated actress ...

S. Clay Wilson’s depiction of an Irish pub appeared in the March 1994 issue of Hustler magazine. Photo: Courtesy Patrick Rosenkranz Back in the maximum-outrage years of underground comix in the 1970s, ...

A London party girl returns to her Scottish homeland, where fresh trauma awaits, in an effort to get sober in “The Outrun,” a predictable yet solid drama anchored by a typically outstanding ...

A new biography, “Who Does That Bitch Think She Is?: Doris Fish and the Rise of Drag” by Craig Seligman, chronicles the contribution of drag queen Doris Fish, seen here during Mardi Gras 1987, to ...

As your doctor, I recommend you take in “The Empusium” with an open mind and a stiff pour of psychedelics. This prescription will help you keep up with the novel’s characters, a gaggle of sanatorium ...

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

“The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim,” an anime prequel to the beloved film trilogy, is a visually lush diversion crafted with undeniable care. It’s also a profoundly cynical example of so ...

The first time I tried to open “Here There Are Blueberries,” I thought my hard drive might crash. A simple PDF of a playscript should load right away, without making my laptop’s angry fan whir, I ...

Longtime movie critic Mick LaSalle also answers questions about who invented the Chronicle’s Little Man rating system and his favorite film composers. Orson Welles (1915-1985) crafted several historic ...