Lou Goossens, from left, and Marius De Saeger star in “Young Hearts,” a 2024 Belgian film about teenage gay love. Photo: Strand Releasing There’s something in the water in Belgium. Two years after ...

Dear Teresa Concepcion: Well, in one sense of the word “best,” I’d say the Roxie Theater, the Stanford Theatre, the Rafael Film Center and the theater inside the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film ...

“On Swift Horses” is about two people searching for their own unique destiny in the post-Korean War United States, and another who buys into the American dream of the 1950s. Lee and Julius, products ...

“Clown in a Cornfield” will never be ranked among the classics of our time, but there are aspects of it that are worthy of admiration. Based on Adam Cesare’s 2020 novel of the same name, it’s not only ...

The Fair Trade USA founder’s book, “Every Purchase Matters,” explores how conscious consumer choices can create global change amid rising tariffs. Paul Rice is the author of “Every Purchase Matters: ...

In “Center Stage,” released in May 2000, young Jody Sawyer makes it into the school of the fictional American Ballet Academy in New York, where the company’s star dancer Cooper Nielson casts her in ...

Back in the early 1970s, San Francisco photographer Michael Jang had a Chronicle press pass. And one from Rolling Stone. And one from the New York Times. None of them were real. In that analog era, he ...

Michael Tilson Thomas conducts the San Francisco Symphony in Beethoven's Ninth at Davies Symphony Hall Photo: Stefan Cohen In his first concert as music director of the San Francisco Symphony, in ...

The four-part series, which will chronicle the team’s Super Bowl-winning glory years, is set to premiere on AMC and AMC+ in 2026. San Francisco 49ers quarterback Joe Montana and head coach Bill Walsh, ...

“Fever House” by Keith Rosson is his fourth novel but not his first foray into the horror genre. Photo: Random House After Tim Reed cuts the engine of his rusty Datsun hatchback, his business compadre ...

Women of color who have been cast members at the Great Dickens Christmas Fair: Angel Dotts (left), LaToya Tooles, Victoria Spencer, Leandra Darden, Anastasia Elizondo and Mandy Beri. Photo: Chloe ...

The screening of the Oakland-filmed “Freaky Tales” at the Grand Lake Theatre became a star-studded event and full on celebration of the Bay Area. Oakland hip-hop legend Too Short, left, and actor ...