“Tenderness” is the word that keeps coming to mind while watching Alex Ketley’s “An Approximation of Resilience.” The dance is unfailingly, unflaggingly, extraordinarily tender. This is surprising, ...

For the past few days, I’ve been doing everything with Al Pacino. I’ve had him along on car rides, washed dishes with him, gone for walks, and I’ve enjoyed every minute. Thanks to his memoir, “Sonny ...

“The Brutalist,” a 3½-hour epic about a post-World War II architect, is Brady Corbet’s third film as co-writer and director. Photo: E. Jason Wambsgans/TNS Hollywood might not know what to do with ...

Mark Cousins’ documentary on Hitchcock’s craft lays out what makes the “master of suspense” one of the greatest filmmakers of all time. Alfred Hitchcock during his younger years in a still used in the ...

Nicki Minaj already kicked off her “Pink Friday 2” world tour in Oakland, but the rapper isn’t done with the Bay Area just yet. The “Starships” singer plans to take over San Francisco’s Chase Center ...

“The King of Kings” gives the Jesus story an animated treatment with some whimsical Dickensian touches. It’s nothing to write scripture about, but it should provide amusing and possibly enlightening ...

A London party girl returns to her Scottish homeland, where fresh trauma awaits, in an effort to get sober in “The Outrun,” a predictable yet solid drama anchored by a typically outstanding ...

The publication of a little-known manuscript by chief Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter this fall is a find like no other to date, according to the Bay Area band’s official historian. “The Silver ...

The connection between a wedding in Helsinki in the 2000s and a traumatic event 10 years earlier is revealed with gut-wrenching assuredness. Claire de Sévigné as the mother-in-law (Patricia), second ...

“Spirit House” at Stanford’s Cantor Arts Center features works by 33 contemporary Asian American and diasporic artists exploring the afterlife and more. The “Spirit House” installation at Stanford’s ...

TheatreWorks’ production of Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon’s “Pride and Prejudice” sequel combines holiday confection, spicy debate and sumptuous visuals. The surprise arrival of Anne (Maggie ...

Joshua-Morris Williams, left, and Vaughn Easterday in Inferno Theatre's "Twelfth Night." If you find Shakespeare inaccessible and off-putting, consider the fine art of translation. What if “What the ...