Three years ago, the Chronicle published what turned out to be my final Houston restaurant review — until now. As I begin considering Houston restaurants with a critical eye again, I’ve been thinking ...

As in The Quicksand Pony, picture book author/artist Lester sets her multifaceted second novel on an Australian cattle farm. Resourceful, responsible Dusty Riley loves working alongside her father, a ...

Although Alison Brie and husband Dave Franco have shared the screen in the past, they truly sink into each other with some skin-crawling, albeit heartfelt and hilarious performances in writer-director ...

The real-life couple brings nuance to a body-horror story that can’t make sense of its own allegory. Photo: Neon Together, which was written and directed by Michael Shanks, caused a stir with its body ...

You’d think pairing John Cena and Alison Brie into an action comedy would be casting gold, but that is apparently not the case for their new movie Freelance. The film dropped into theaters over the ...

This review was contributed by former Seven Days associate editor Ruth Horowitz, who now lives in Providence, R.I. She and her husband, David Christensen, recently headed to Manhattan to see Fun Home ...

Ross Bonaime is the Senior Film Editor at Collider. He is a Virginia-based critic, writer, and editor who has written about all forms of entertainment for Paste Magazine, Brightest Young Things, ...

It’s a jam-packed week in Indie Basement, with reviews of Alison Goldfrapp‘s solo debut, plus new albums from BC Camplight, MEMORIALS (members of Electrelane and Wire), Rahill of Habibi, Simian Mobile ...

The new season of The Great British Bake Off just started on Netflix, and already the rave reviews are rolling in. Fans are particularly loving the addition of television personality Alison Hammond as ...

A perceptive critic, Lurie (Don't Tell the Grown-Ups) has long been a close observer of children's literature. This welcome volume collects a number of her essays on the subject, most of which ...