Adam Sandler, who has recently been spotted around the Bay Area while in town for film work, will not attend a White House UFC event after reportedly being invited by Dana White.

Special events featuring documentaries galore and Japanese classics return to the film scene this week. Also today: Agnes Varda and two new releases.

Hollywood has long embraced the Bay Area’s many charms, filling countless films with scenes of the Golden Gate Bridge, cityscapes and rolling hills. The islands of San Francisco Bay have gotten their share of close-ups over the decades, appearing in box ...

Kane Parsons became the youngest person to open a movie at No. 1 at the North American box office with the San Jose-set "Backrooms," leading a new generation of filmmakers.

Allie Light was a celebrated San Francisco-based documentary filmmaker whose career spanned half a century and brought her both an Academy Award and an Emmy. Yet one film she never made was the extraordinary story of her own life. That story began in a ...

Hollywood's biggest night breathed life into Bay Area cinema as movie lovers gathered at the Cinelounge in Tiburon. "I'm smiling ear to ear because it's such a great moment where people are celebrating film again," said Christian Meoli, Owner of Cinelouge.

Bay Area filmmakers Jamal Trulove, known for his breakout role in "The Last Black Man in San Francisco" and D'Lo Lewis, who got his start in film with mentor Ryan Coogler, discuss Bay Area Film Night, which features their short films and the work of other ...

Gay Iraqi Ghazwan Alsharif's story about his journey to freedom has been a decade in the making. Next week, Bay Area audiences will have the opportunity to see the award-winning documentary "From Baghdad to The Bay." The documentary, by award-winning ...

So take our word for it, the summer movie season is underway, even if summer doesn’t officially begin until June 21. The good news is that there’s already been a fleet of films (“Project Hail Mary,” “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie,