Haley Bennett stars as Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin Clicquot, the woman who invented Champagne as we know it, in “Widow Clicquot.” Photo: Vertical More movies should be like “Widow Clicquot” — smart, ...

The Chronicle movie critic also answers questions about favorite election films and whether Walter Matthau would have made it in 2024.

About a third of the way through “Dope Thief” you might get hit by a gnawing and familiar thought: This should have been a two-hour movie, not an eight-episode limited series. It is sporadically ...

Luis Cortes Romero made history when he became the first undocumented person to present a case at the nation’s highest court.

Domenique Lozano’s adaptation of “Much Ado About Nothing” reveals Shakespeare not as some holy writ etched in stone but a bubbling lab ripe for experimentation.

The Icelandic film harks back to 1960s London, when a young man fell in love with a Japanese girl — and lost her. Miko (Kōki) and Kristófer (Pálmi Kormákur) fall in love while working together at Miko ...

A view from the windows of Galería de la Raza, which will be leaving its home of nearly 50 years. Photo: Liz Hafalia / The Chronicle Word of a growing Chicano art movement had spread to Europe by the ...

The vintage Grateful Dead T-shirt sold for a record price through auction at Sotheby’s. Photo: Sotheby's An original Grateful Dead T-shirt from 1967 sold for $17,640 through Sotheby’s on Friday, Oct.

The San Francisco scale model looking south from Coit Tower. Photo: Sam Whiting / The Chronicle The San Francisco scale model finished in 1940 has been mostly hidden away ever since — until now. The ...

Dede Wilsey poses for a portrait with her dog Dazzle at her home in San Francisco. Photo: Lea Suzuki / The Chronicle 2015 After 21 years as president of the board of the Fine Arts Museums of San ...

Opening night party at Slim’s nightclub, Sept. 16, 1988, with Boz Scaggs. Photo: Liz Hafalia / The Chronicle 1988 Sept. 16, 1988 Rocker Boz Scaggs enlists partner Frank Caufield, a venture capitalist ...

Charles Yu’s TV adaptation of his award-winning novel is a high-concept experiment that goes too far down the meta rabbit hole.