Dear Robert Freud Bastin: I never really met Gene Hackman, but I was at a press conference where he was getting interviewed, and I was close to him and saw how he spoke to people and carried himself.

Dear Teresa Concepcion: Well, in one sense of the word “best,” I’d say the Roxie Theater, the Stanford Theatre, the Rafael Film Center and the theater inside the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film ...

The first feature film from director James Madigan is an action drama about havoc on a Bangkok to SFO jetliner. Unfortunately, it falls flat. Josh Hartnett stars as a man on a mission who is on a ...

Chronicle film critic emeritus Mick LaSalle also answers questions about who he thinks really got snubbed at the Oscars, “The Letter” and the late Heuwell Tircuit. “My Old Ass” is one of the films ...

Movies selected by gallery artists include the Coen Brothers favorite “No Country for Old Men,” Alfred Hitchcock’s classic “Rear Window” and pre-code pioneer Dorothy Arzner’s “Merrily We… Attendees of ...

Despite the comedic star power of Tina Fey, Will Forte and Steve Carell, the series remake of Alan Alda’s 1981 film on midlife marriage feels old and tired. Steve Carell, from left, Kerri Kenney, Tina ...

Mick LaSalle also answers questions about investing in Blu-ray and why critics went easy on Guy Maddin’s latest film. Composer Hans Zimmer poses for photographers upon arrival at the World premiere of ...

With plant chemistry and a passion for the environment, photographer Beatrice Thornton is creating sustainable images connecting art and nature. Beatrice Thornton, from left, Charlotte Beck and ...

“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 ...

The PBS “American Masters” documentary features Spiegelman’s equally accomplished wife, Françoise Mouly, and fellow underground comix veterans such as Robert Crumb. Art Spiegelman signs a copy of his ...

“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, ...

A critic hated this box office smash, back after seven years. A ballet dancer loved it. As soon as the curtain fell, they discussed. Frances Chung, top, and Wei Wang in Liam Scarlett’s “Frankenstein.” ...