“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.

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, ...

Anthony Mackie, left, and Danny Boyd as single father and son in the postapocalyptic survival tale “Elevation.” Photo: Scott Garfield/Vertical “Elevation” is postapocalyptic entertainment at its most ...

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 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 ...

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.

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 ...