British filmmaker Steve McQueen, director of the Oscar-winning “12 Years a Slave,” at the Vesuvio Cafe in San Francisco on Dec. 4. His newest film, “Blitz,” set during World War II London, is ...
Twenty-five years ago she went on a sexual adventure with Tom Cruise (then her real-life husband) in “Eyes Wide Shut,” an experiment in open marriage that only Stanley Kubrick could have dreamed up.
Despite its indulgences, Marcus Gardley’s world premiere stands as an example of how Oakland Theater Project is the most ambitious little theater company in the region. Halili Knox, left, as Adeline ...
DJ Pee Wee, Anderson Paak's musical alter-ego, is set to perform as part of the Midway's New Year's Eve party. Photo: Julia Beverly / WireImage Dogpatch music venue the Midway is hosting a two-day ...
Christine Bruno as Ani, left, and Daniel Duque-Estrada as Eddie in Oakland Theater Project’s “Cost of Living.” Photo: Ben Krantz Studio/Oakland Theater Project By almost any measure, it’s been a tough ...
What a whirlwind year for books. With no shortage of riveting reads across genres, as 2024 draws to a close, we’re looking back on the books published this year that left a lingering impression, from ...
The year 2024 will not go down in history as a particularly good one for movies. The big films disappointed, and the best films were small in scale and sometimes even small in ambition. There was, ...
In 1951 Marlon Brando revolutionized movie acting in “A Streetcar Named Desire,” smoldering and sneering his way through Elia Kazan’s adaptation of Tennessee Williams’ play. Brando’s performance ...