Even if the rhetorical buzzwords “capitalist exploitation” and “blue gold” are not uttered throughout Will Parrinello’s award-winning documentary Water For Life, the wrongs embodied by those buzzwords are shown so straightforwardly in this film that using the actual terms would be superfluous. Perhaps that’s why PBS (the Public Broadcasting System)

SFFILM is a 11-day festival featuring over 150 films from 50 countries, offering a diverse range of cinematic experiences, from dystopian thrillers to documentaries about rural life in Norway.

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Hulu’s April offerings include a range of genres, including true crime, science fiction, horror, comedy, and drama, with notable titles such as American Monster, Arrival, Black Swan, Dying For Sex, and The Stolen Girl.

Netflix is offering a variety of new and returning shows in April, including “Black Mirror” and “The Age of Innocence”, as well as a new docuseries about the NFT market and a reality show about running a B&B on Ulleungdo Island.

Hulu has won March with its streaming premiere of one of 2024’s best films, which swept many of the major awards, and is also offering a crime comedy concerning two Pakistani-American brothers, a sleeper drama about a successful Black artist, and a Korean crime drama involving online gambling and a cryptocurrency scam.

Tired of hearing yet another verbal volley of terrible things being said about Israelis or Palestinians? This Friday, March 14, offers the seeds for a different way of approaching the subject of Israeli-Palestinian conflict. A documentary and a “post screening processing space” with a meal offer two spiritually conjoined evening events

Netflix’s March highlights include a new Shondaland series about a murder investigation at the White House, a Korean thriller about the clash between revenge and faith, and a Spanish thriller about a prison riot.

The Berkeley Art Museum Pacific Film Archive’s Spring 2025 film series offers a range of international and independent films, including “All We Imagine As Light,” “Nayola,” “Camp de Thiaroye,” and “Media And Migration On Screen,” showcasing diverse stories and experiences.