“As far as Ukrainians are concerned, the war has been going for eight years already,” The truth of award-winning Ukrainian director Sergey Loznitsa’s statement can be seen in his scathing satire “Donbass” as well as the other three films that will be presented at the upcoming Ukrainian Film Series. The

How many environmental-themed film festivals would willingly program a film about homicidal blue jeans? Were this question asked in other parts of the country, the answer would be difficult. Fortunately, here in the City we have the Green Film Festival Of San Francisco (hereafter “Green Film”) which had no qualms

I’ve got some awesome news! We received a grant from the Civic Joy Fund to put out a literary magazine celebrating SF and acting to counter the stupid “Doom Loop” narrative. It’s a gift to the people of San Francisco. And after months of working on this project it’s now available

It’s not surprising that the upcoming series finales of “Grace And Frankie” and “Ozark” have drawn a lot of April Netflix chatter.  The Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda comedy is the streamer’s longest running original series.  Meanwhile, the intense crime drama starring Jason Bateman and Laura Linney still has viewers

Hulu in April will give “Twilight” fans a huge binging opportunity courtesy of their streaming of all the movie adaptations of the books.  This writer will admittedly not be one of these bingers.  Taking these vampire films seriously got ruined thanks to hearing the great Rifftrax quip “‘Twilight: Breaking Dawn’…because

March may proverbially come in like a lion.  But as far as Netflix’s March offerings are concerned, the number and variety of movies and shows premiering means that for the time-challenged, this month comes in like a lion and mauls the s**t out of the unwary viewer.   In hopes of

Hulu wins March by offering some really bold premieres. A documentary history of socialism in America makes clear Faux News is full of it and that Americans owe a huge debt to this political belief.  An award-winning Australian drama about a transgender teen starting her second year of high school

the curiosity to try filmmakers different from the same-old same-old predicted by Netflix algorithmic recommendations.  Whether the visitor’s motivation is reacquaintance with an old classic or being pleasantly surprised by a filmmaker they may not have heard of before, there are some good choices to check out this season.    

Valentine’s Day may make February the month of love. But the more interesting premieres on Netflix wind up changing up love stories with a little extra something. There’s love between a woman whose features change one week out of the month and a man who can’t remember faces (“The Beauty