Television
In Screen Gab no. 149, we catch up with ‘Challengers,’ now streaming on Prime Video, speak with the man behind Colin Farrell’s prosthetics in ‘The Penguin’ and more.
Sept. 20, 2024
World & Nation
The case of ‘El Menchito’ has highlighted the generational divide between boomer-aged drug cartel bosses and their millennial children.
Sept. 19, 2024
Movies
Also this week: Leonard Maltin presents 1930s Universal rarities, ‘Rhythm Thief’ restored, Haile Gerima’s new documentary and a double-bill of Alain Delon’s beauty.
Two Jude Law movies, a career-best performance by Pamela Anderson, the return of Mike Leigh and more were among our favorite first-time watches at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Sept. 12, 2024
Chad McQueen, an actor known for his performances in the ‘Karate Kid’ movies who was the son of the late actor and racer Steve McQueen, has died. He was 63.
Sept. 13, 2024
California
Both UC and CSU had expressed concerns about the bill, saying it could cause them to run afoul of federal law.
Sept. 22, 2024
Entertainment & Arts
“Silents Synced,” a new series pairing classic films with alternative rock, launches with “Nosferatu X Radiohead” at American Cinematheque.
Returning to a wholly animated product, the robot franchise hatches an unusually smart and well-voiced prequel helmed by “Toy Story 4” Oscar winner Josh Cooley.
Lifestyle
A Sunday at Circus Vargas in California begins with a Mass from Father Frank Cancro and ends with performer Daniel Eguino riding a motorcycle in the Globe of Death.
Opinion
It took two decades of patient, vigilant community organizing to open a prime piece of San Francisco Bay shoreline to the public in Richmond, Calif.