With plant chemistry and passion for the environment, Oakland photographer Beatrice Thornton creates sustainable images ...

Muscles fit together to form an exquisite mosaic within every human body. At least, that’s the impression readers may come away with after reading Berkeley author Bonnie Tsui’s “On Muscle: The Stuff ...

Dear Juzo: It’s an awful trend, because there’s no built-in story to a video game, so the movie is at a deficit from its inception. But I don’t think you’d have to pay me much to see “The Minecraft ...

“The Legend of Ochi,” a scrappy and darkly whimsical fable about a misunderstood teenage girl on a dangerous quest, has the feeling of a film you might have stumbled on and loved as a kid. Something ...

The U.S. premiere of the courtroom drama blends historical testimony, modern elements and feminist themes of revenge with mixed success. Maggie Mason, center, accompanied by Alicia M.P. Nelson, from ...

Reading the newly released “Notes to John,” it’s hard not to wonder how the late author Joan Didion would feel about having her personal notes from a series of painful therapy sessions converted into ...

“On Swift Horses” is about two people searching for their own unique destiny in the post-Korean War United States, and another who buys into the American Dream of the 1950s. Lee and Julius, products ...

It’s one thing to be a little bit nuts, but to be a little bit nuts in the exact same way for 50 years — that’s worthy of respect. At this point, it’s clear that David Cronenberg has not been trying ...

In a solo recital for the San Francisco Symphony’s Great Performers Series, Kissin shows his deep affinity for two radically different composers. Russian pianist Evgeny Kissin, seen here at Italy’s ...