The story of one-legged wrestling champion Anthony Robles features terrific performances by Jharrel Jerome and Jennifer Lopez.

Bay Area filmmaker Jenni Olson’s “Masc II” series at BAMPFA showcases rare films about butch dykes and trans men, ...

Brady Corbet’s ambitious “The Brutalist,” about a post-World War II architect, challenges the way Hollywood makes movies.

Chronicle movie critic Mick LaSalle also answers questions about misunderstood songs and movies, and whether or not Angelina Jolie is really singing in her role as Maria Callas. Paul Mescal as Lucius ...

I’m not kidding. And neither are “Better Man” subject Robbie Williams nor the film’s director Michael Gracey. This rise, fall ...

The Bay Area composer has written his third piano concerto, “After the Fall,” for the orchestra and Icelandic virtuoso soloist Víkingur Ólafsson. Pianist Víkingur Ólafsson, left, and composer John ...

Vanilla Meringue, from left, Polly Amber Ross aka Chris Steele, Chester Vanderbox aka Nic Sommerfeld and Mudd the TwoSpirit in Poltergeist Theatre Project's "Dragcula" at Oasis. Photo: Kayleigh Shawn ...

San Francisco Art Week 2025 will highlight art, design and culture across the city from Jan. 18-26. Photo: Santiago Mejia / The Chronicle For the past decade, the international art world has descended ...

The Bay Area native is returning to her nightly perch at MSNBC for the first few months of the second Trump administration. MSNBC television anchor Rachel Maddow, host of “The Rachel Maddow Show,” ...

Welcome to the boomtowns, southwest style. Phoenix is now the fifth largest city in the United States. The population of metro Las Vegas is nearing three million. The cities and their states proved ...

Tilda Swinton, left, and Julianne Moore star in “The Room Next Door,” the first English-language feature from acclaimed Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar. Photo: Sony Pictures Classics Soon enough we ...

The director is nobly caring for his wife, actress Mary Beth Hurt, during her long journey through Alzheimer’s; dealing with health issues of his own; and mourning the impending death of humanity — he ...