“Dune: Prophecy”: Science fiction. Starring Emily Watson, Olivia Williams and Travis Fimmel. (TV-MA. Six hour-long episodes.) ...

Chu, best known for his 2018 box-office hit and cultural phenomenon “Crazy Rich Asians,” was born in Palo Alto and raised in ...

The East Bay-raised actress also joins Anne Hathaway and Matt Damon in the director’s first post-“Oppenheimer” production.

The braiders have all arrived, and despite the heat, the temperamental AC, some long-brewing rivalries and much excitement about their proprietor’s wedding day, the women in Jaja’s Harlem salon almost ...

To get at the throbbing heart of this new book about two of the California literary world’s leading women, we’ll begin with a man’s story. A manly man, the screenwriter and filmmaker Paul Schrader, ...

One of the most cerebral and enigmatic artists of his generation, Lupe Fiasco is also among the more prominent artists in hip-hop, as proven by Grammy recognition and several gold and platinum ...

John David Washington as Boy Willie in “The Piano Lesson,” based on August Wilson’s 1990 Pulitzer Prize-winning play. Photo: David Lee/Netflix By now, John David Washington has established himself as ...

The San Francisco International Hip Hop DanceFest is scheduled for Saturday-Sunday, Nov. 9-10, at the Palace of Fine Arts Theatre. Versa Style Legacy is among the performance groups on the lineup.

The postapocalyptic survival story starring Anthony Mackie goes for the familiar when it should have gone for the jugular.

The British filmmaker’s latest movie stars Saoirse Ronan as a munitions worker whose lost son searches for her as German bombs fall. Saoirse Ronan, left, and Elliott Heffernan are a mother and son in ...

Cillian Murphy stars in the Irish film “Small Things Like These,” directed by Tim Mielants and based on the book by Claire Keegan. Photo: Enda Bowe/Lionsgate There are movies that are very boring, but ...