Feminist horror filmmaker Mimi Cave’s savage take on Midwestern normalcy goes off the rails in the second half.

An Approximation of Resilience” by Alex Ketley uses dance to explore a real-life murder case and California’s justice system.

David Sinaiko, left, and Benoît Monin in “Art.” Not Marc and Serge.

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.

The boardroom drama seizes an opportunity many established local theaters have been slow to act on: the chance to delve into the current events dividing the tech world in ...

American Disabled for Accessible Public Transit activists protest in Las Vegas. PBS’ “Change, Not Charity: The Americans With Disabilities Act” documents the push to pass the Americans With ...

Bay Area journalist Alexis Madrigal’s book “The Pacific Circuit” is “a love letter to Oakland” rooted in environmental and political justice. In “The Pacific Circuit,” author Alexis Madrigal ...

San Francisco is a ubiquitous presence in the four-part series that features new interviews with co-founders and journalists. Twitter co-founder Evan Williams sits for an interview for the CNN ...

In American Conservatory Theater’s “Nobody Loves You,” a skepticism about the show’s own mechanisms lends it an agreeable edge. Ana Yi Puig, from left, Molly Hager, A.J. Holmes, Seth Hanson and ...

Singer-songwriter and author Tori Amos in conversation with Tony Bravo at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco on March 6. Photo: Carlos Avila Gonzalez/S.F. Chronicle Before we took our places ...