Chronicle film critic emeritus Mick LaSalle also answers questions about who he thinks really got snubbed at the Oscars, “The Letter” and the late Heuwell Tircuit.

“The Four Seasons” was a 1981 film about growing old together, not only with one’s spouse but also alongside one’s dearest friends. Yet, while the new Netflix adaptation brings together a new cast of ...

The show reimagining Henry VIII’s six wives makes clear that the boundary between pop concert and musical theater is increasingly blurring, to salutary effect.

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.

Saou Ichikawa wins the Akutagawa Prize for “Hunchback,” marking the first time a disabled author has received the honor in its 90-year history.

In “Pieces You’ll Never Get Back: A Memoir of Unlikely Survival,” Samina Ali recounts suffering from major heart and brain injuries due to pregnancy complications.

Nicole Graev Lipson fearlessly examines the multitudes of identities women have in her new memoir-essay collection.

Where does the line fall between the living and the dead? How do you know when you’re awake or dreaming? Whose presence is real, and whose is merely a figment of the imagination? These are the ...

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 ...

“These are the selfies of an SS officer,” Gronich told the Chronicle. “What does it mean to suddenly be looking at this collection? How does it change the way we tell the story?” And what will our own ...

The marketing of “Wicked” has been so obnoxious for so long — since stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande were everywhere at the Summer Olympics — that you wondered if the movie could possibly live up ...

Muriel Leung, author of the apocalyptic but hopeful novel, “How to Fall in Love in a Time of Unnameable Disaster.” Photo: Muriel Leung In the early days of the COVID pandemic, author Muriel Leung ...