British filmmaker Steve McQueen, director of the Oscar-winning “12 Years a Slave,” at Vesuvio Cafe in San Francisco on Dec. 4. His newest film, “Blitz,” set during World War II London, is streaming on ...

Nine Inch Nails are scheduled to perform at Oakland Arena on Wednesday, Aug. 6. Photo: Didier Messens / Redferns via Getty Images Chaotic, cathartic and loud, Nine Inch Nails is returning to the ...

Holiday 2024: A vivid, globe-trotting novel is among 9 Bay Area books fit for gifting this season ...

The Tony Award winner plans to be in the Bay Area for the second stop of her North American tour. Idina Menzel will return to Broadway in 2025 to star as Jesse in “Redwood,” a musical she co-conceived ...

Vicki (Lucinda Hitchcock Cone, clockwise from left), Dean (Ezra Reaves), Jade (Sophie Oda) and June (Emily Kuroda) try to solve murders in a senior living community in TheatreWorks Silicon Valley's ...

“Novocaine” is about a man who doesn’t feel pain, but its makers sure want you to feel it. There is a sweet romantic comedy action that sometimes emerges in this bone-crunching, bloody spectacle, but ...

Next year is shaping up to be a blockbuster time for dance in the Bay Area. The big touring spectacles are back at Cal Performances: the Joffrey Ballet, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, a world ...

Fall promises a bounty of fantastical fiction, nonfiction titles ranging from memoirs to psychology-based self help, poetry and more. Photo: Getty Images Big changes are coming this fall, with the U.S ...

Given that the name of the event is the Mostly British Film Festival, you might be surprised to find a film set in Palestine. Or the Indian Himalayas. Or Spain. It is, in fact, a multicultural ...

Paul Schrader is clearly going through some things. 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 ...

Francis Ford Coppola is slated to receive the 50th AFI Life Achievement Award during a gala tribute at Los Angeles’ Dolby Theatre next year. Coppola, who recently released his long-in-development epic ...

“British Icons” spans the subtle and the silly in a program where dance and music reach rare heights of feeling.