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.

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

The world premiere of Anna Thorvaldsdottir’s “Before We Fall” positively overwhelms in a concert featuring cellist Johannes Moser and conductor Dalia Stasevska. Conductor Dalia Stasevska leads the San ...

“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 ...

Two renowned musicians with a love of jazz and popular song come together with the San Francisco Symphony for a night of piano virtuosity. French pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet and American pianist and ...

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 ...

If you find Shakespeare inaccessible and off-putting, consider the fine art of translation. What if “What the plague?” became “What the hell?,” and “scoundrels and subtractors” were revised to “liars ...

Joshua-Morris Williams, left, and Vaughn Easterday in Inferno Theatre's "Twelfth Night." If you find Shakespeare inaccessible and off-putting, consider the fine art of translation. What if “What the ...

The new movie from the Philippou twins is a psychologically twisted example of the trapped-in-a-house horror subgenre. Sally Hawkins, right, and Jonah Wren Phillips star in the Australian horror film ...