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.

As an action movie director, Guy Ritchie is better than he used to be, because he no longer calls attention to himself in silly ways. In “Fountain of Youth,” he shows himself capable of delivering ...

Alison Bechdel’s latest book is “Spent,” a comic novel examining money, privilege and late-stage capitalism. Photo: Courtesy of Alison Bechdel In one of many funny scenes in Alison Bechdel’s new comic ...

Paul Reubens in “Pee-wee as Himself,” a two-part documentary that premieres Friday, May 23, on HBO and Max. Photo: Getty/HBO Looking directly into the camera, telling more of his life story than he ...

“Sirens” seems to want to satirize “The White Lotus” and its growing number of copycat shows. That’s not an easy feat, since Mike White already builds a great deal of sophisticated self-mockery and ...

Mumford & Sons rose to prominence in 2009, releasing debut album, “Sigh No More.” With folk music at its nucleus, the band took a propulsive, heart-on-sleeve approach to playing their acoustic ...

Coco Jones is set to perform at the Regency Ballroom on Wednesday, June 4. Photo: Udo Salters Photography / Getty Images Coco Jones may be a late bloomer on the Disney Channel-to-pop-star pipeline, ...

Rachel Chinouriri’s rise to fame has been seven years in the making. The British Zimbabwean singer-songwriter released her debut single in 2018 and spent the subsequent years making music and trying ...

Coco Jones may be a late bloomer on the Disney Channel-to-pop-star pipeline, but she’s well worth the wait. The singer, who starred in the Disney Channel original movie “Let It Shine” (2012) as well ...

Oakland saxophonist Howard Wiley is ready to celebrate California’s soul-powered musical legacy with the “Love, Kale, Pride & Revolution – California Love Series Part II” concert at the SFJazz Center ...

MacArthur award winner Justin Vivian Bond returns to Feinstein's at the Nikko June 5-7. Photo: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Kick off Pride Month with three nights of entertainment ...

The six-legged alien Stitch from “Lilo & Stitch” doesn’t choose to be bad. He’s just genetically programed that way. Kind of like the way Disney is apparently programmed these days to strip mine its ...