Robert Downey Jr.

San Francisco’s drizzling atmosphere resembles a wondrous childlike fantasy — a relevant creative vision in the context of director Chris Smith’s new biographical documentary about the late Robert Downey Sr. eponymously named “Sr.”

I think of Marvel and Disney’s ever-growing cinematic empire almost as a form of cultural stagnation brought on by the commercialization of art.

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen the bio, “6’1” ’cause I guess that matters.” And you know what? It kind of does matter. But it’s not our fault.

This year has proven that filmmakers’ original, engaging stories will always have the ability to unite audiences with their crucial explorations of our world.

Ten years into its chokehold on blockbuster culture, Marvel Studios is finally reaching the ostensible end of a rainbow with “Avengers: Infinity War.”

After 10 years, 32 post-credit scenes, two Hulks and one record-breaking opening weekend for “Black Panther,” it’s time to rank all 18 films set in the MCU.

It’s the height of summer, but theaters around the Bay Area are currently resplendent in a wide variety of amazing pictures right now, from tentpole superhero movies to quiet, meditative micro-budget films

The normalcy of Peter Parker (excellently portrayed by bright-eyed Tom Holland) carries this film and helps create a new blueprint for superhero movies — movies more interested in the lives of all of the people, rather than the spectacle of putting those lives at stake.

The films released between May and August are some of the most exciting of the year as blockbusting CGI-fests and Oscar contenders alike convene at the multiplex.