“Dune: Prophecy”: Science fiction. Starring Emily Watson, Olivia Williams and Travis Fimmel. (TV-MA. Six hour-long episodes.) ...

The filmmaker raised in Los Altos had his suit picked out and ready to go when “there was a change of plans.” Bay Area-raised filmmaker Jon M. Chu, center, is flanked by his “Wicked” stars Cynthia ...

Nicknamed the “Queen of Neo-Soul” by music critics, Erykah Badu has melded R&B, soul and hip-hop influences in her art since she came onto the scene in the late 1990s. The four-time Grammy-winning ...

Chuck Lacson, left, and Jed Parsario in Word for Word's "The Strange Library." Photo: Robbie Sweeny / Word for Word The boy’s a regular at the library, but he didn’t know it had a basement — much less ...

The opportunity to fully inhabit one’s fear and horror can be a surprising gift in shocking times. German choreographer Marco Goecke’s blood-curdling, scream-punctuated solo “Äffi” hardly makes for ...

Nicholas Collon makes his San Francisco Symphony debut with Edward Elgar’s “Enigma Variations,” while pianist Conrad Tao solos in Tchaikovsky. The cello section of the San Francisco Symphony. Photo: ...

When I first saw Nicole Irene Anderson’s landscapes and desolate suburban streets, I recognized a cynical, humorous lens through which she saw California. A native of the state, she makes paintings ...

The modern-day samurai in this case is a hit man, who is both a fellow living according to a code and a complete sociopath, incapable of emotion or empathy. The film follows him as he carefully plans ...

Elyanna is set to perform at Oakland's Fox Theater on Nov. 17. Photo: Minh Connors / The Chronicle Those who didn’t get to catch Elyanna’s mesmerizing Outside Lands performance over the summer have ...

The East Bay-raised actress also joins Anne Hathaway and Matt Damon in the director’s first post-“Oppenheimer” production.