The new Netflix movie “Voicemails for Isabelle” stars Zoey Deutch as Jill, a promising pastry chef whose life is shattered when her sister, greatest buddy and confidant Isabelle (Ciara Bravo) dies. Jill’s approach of coping is to name up and depart voicemails on Isabelle’s outdated telephone quantity, not understanding that it has already been reassigned…
Oakland director and hometown hero Boots Riley’s new movie, “I Love Boosters,” pays homage to an advanced people hero: the booster, a neighborhood determine who sells shoplifted items at a steep low cost. The matter feels notably poignant in the Bay Area, the place high-profile smash-and-grabs make headlines and drug shops put toothpaste behind lock…
FILE: Rock climber Alex Honnold, famed for his free solo ascents of El Capitan, speaks at Yosemite National Park, Calif., on October 26, 2025. AFP by way of Getty Images In a latest episode of his podcast, world well-known rock climber Alex Honnold obtained candid about what he describes as being “cast as the villain”…
All world wide, “Star Wars” nerds are spending Monday celebrating the holiest day within the galaxy: May the Fourth. Stemming from a cheeky pun primarily based on a little bit of Jedi jargon (“May the force be with you”), the day has develop into an excuse to rally across the lore of what very properly…
Olivia Wilde provides an interview at 2026 SFFILM Festival Opening Night at Swedish American Hall on April 24, 2026 in San Francisco, California. Miikka Skaffari/Getty Images In Olivia Wilde’s new film “The Invite,” a San Francisco condo turns into an interpersonal battleground. The claustrophobic, not-so-romantic comedy directed by Wilde is set in the City by…
A portrait of John Waters. Photo by Greg Gorman John Waters is rebelling just by being right here. “I never thought I’d be 80,” he instructed the viewers at Berkeley’s UC Theatre, only a week or so shy of his present birthday. “[Life] goes quicker. “You don’t get enough time.” But the world’s wickedest octogenarian…
The life and legacy of excessive climber and BASE jumper Dean Potter will likely be explored in a brand new four-part HBO docuseries airing Tuesday night. “The Dark Wizard” is described by Warner Bros. as an “up-close and unflinching portrait” of Potter, who created a reputation for himself by his infamously treacherous free solo climbs,…
No disrespect to Outside Lands or Hardly Strictly Bluegrasshowever few San Francisco musical traditions are as universally beloved as Stern Grove Festival. Every summer time from June to August, Sigmund Stern Recreation Grove on the fringe of the Parkside and West Portal neighborhoods transforms into the most well liked music venue on the town. It…
