The problem is that a guy who has no concerns and never worries about everything is, by definition, a limp character, incapable of driving a story with any urgency. Even Roger Moore’s James Bond ...

Dear Mick LaSalle: I once met Gene Hackman at a boxing match and spoke with him. Nice man. Did you ever meet him? Robert Freud Bastin, Petaluma Dear Robert Freud Bastin: I never really met Gene ...

Particularly grating is when the two — beautiful — middle-aged actors, Fey and Kerri Kenney (“Reno 911!”) crack fatphobic jokes, especially at their own expense. It’s not funny, and it’s not ...

Say you just broke up from a serious relationship. You’re raw and lost. The questions of why and what now are abysses you see no way out of. You might channel the resulting thoughts into a journal ...

Joe Kloc’s book on Sausalito’s “anchor-out” community initially began as an expansion of his award-winning Harper’s feature on the alternative society of boaters. But as the journalist delved back ...

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 ...

“Tenderness” is the word that keeps coming to mind while watching Alex Ketley’s “An Approximation of Resilience.” The dance is unfailingly, unflaggingly, extraordinarily tender. This is surprising, ...

Editor’s note: This docuseries is not being released on Netflix on Monday, March 10, as originally planned. A new streaming date has not yet been determined, according to a Netflix spokesperson. For ...

“ Batman ” star Robert Pattinson is crediting Zendaya with helping him through a difficult scene that was driving him “crazy for three days.” The two are starring together in the upcoming A24 film ...

As Timo is leaving his old friend Mickey to die in an icy crevice on a barren planet, he says, “Nice knowing you, have a nice death” — before adding, “See you tomorrow.” Mickey (Robert Pattinson), you ...

Written inside the lead ballerinas’ costumes in San Francisco Ballet’s “Manon” is a familiar name: “T. Rojo.” Tamara Rojo, who is entering her second repertory season as the Ballet’s artistic director ...

“Eh, I don’t think so,” he said. “I’ve been watching ball games out of Candlestick Park for years, and the people there are wearing overcoats — in July!” I’d expected San Francisco to be my East Coast ...