Chronicle movie critic emeritus Mick LaSalle also discusses dark cinematography and the proper response when someone tells you about their favorite movies.

Mick LaSalle also answers questions about enduringly creepy movies and the theater with the best projection in San Francisco.

“Clown in a Cornfield” will never be ranked among the classics of our time, but there are aspects of it that are worthy of admiration. Based on Adam Cesare’s 2020 novel of the same name, it’s not only ...

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.

The Netflix series returns for its seventh season, blending dark humor, AI plotlines and a stellar cast to deliver its signature exploration of tech anxiety.

The preposterous but pleasingly escapist “G20” imagines a Black woman as the United States president, which of course almost happened in real life a few months ago. But Viola Davis’ Danielle Sutton is ...

Michelle Williams is devastatingly real once this FX/Hulu show about a terminally ill woman’s fulfillment quest drops the juvenile humor. Michelle Williams, from left, and Jenny Slate play best ...

John Leguizamo shows his soft side, while Barbie Ferreira proves she’s a real actor in this warm drama from Tracie Laymon. Barbie Ferreira, from left, and John Leguizamo star in “Bob Trevino Likes It, ...

“An Approximation of Resilience” by Alex Ketley uses dance to explore a real-life murder case and California’s justice system.

American Disabled for Accessible Public Transit activists protest in Las Vegas. PBS’ “Change, Not Charity: The Americans With Disabilities Act” documents the push to pass the Americans With ...

Stepping into Fraenkel Gallery to see “Painting the Town,” the new photo series by Carrie Mae Weems, I had a moment of confusion. Was I looking at an abstract expressionist painting by Mark Rothko ...

Where does the line fall between the living and the dead? How do you know when you’re awake or dreaming? Whose presence is real, and whose is merely a figment of the imagination? These are the ...