The Scumdance Film Festival makes a glorious return visit to the Bay Area on September 28, 2024. The Lost Church SF (988 Columbus, SF) plays host once again to a film festival that would cause the prestige seekers, deal makers, and other wannabe A-listers who haunt the Sundance Festival to

Netflix’s September lineup features a range of films and series, including a documentary about the Apollo 13 mission, a true-crime documentary about a mother’s search for her missing daughter, and a reality show featuring a martial arts officer and a probation officer working together.

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

Call the Fall 2024 programs at the Berkeley Art Museum Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) demonstrations of the possibilities of the cinematic medium.  There is nothing inherently wrong in watching a movie just to be entertained.  (This writer would add the caveat that the entertainment would have to be done well,

September is the month when the broadcast networks traditionally debut their new shows.  Hulu this September follows suit in its way with its streaming of interesting series from such places as Fox and FX.  Brian Jordan Alvarez headlines a dramedy about trying to be a gay teacher in a very

Does looking with interest at reality dating shows on Hulu mean the heat of these dog days has baked your brain?  Not when the dating shows in question promise to widen your images of Muslim-Americans and British lesbians.  Besides, more traditionally minded types can always go see new seasons of

The surprises in this August’s programming on Netflix may not reach “President Joe Biden declining to seek re-election” levels.  Yet a search through this month’s listings might reveal films or TV shows you didn’t know you needed until now.  See how a dance with their daughters helps incarcerated fathers transition

The 44th San Francisco Jewish Film Festival (hereafter SFJFF) reminds SF Bay Area filmgoers that there’s far more to being Jewish than their position regarding the Israeli government’s current actions against the Palestinians. Running from July 18 to August 4, 2024 at such Bay Area venues as the Roxie Theatre,

The festival’s name comes from the Fraenkel Gallery, the venerable Geary Boulevard gallery whose exhibitions explore “photography and its relation to other media.”  This year, the gallery celebrates its 45th anniversary by doing this fundraiser festival at the Roxie.