The San Francisco Independent Film Festival (hereafter “SF IndieFest”) is back with its 26th edition. Running from February 8-18, 2024 principally at the Roxie Theater and online, this year’s edition features 55 short films and 35 feature films from 15 countries. SF IndieFest offerings may not be the cinematic version

It’s February, so of course films about romance are notably present among this month’s Netflix offerings.  But that fact doesn’t mean a few curves can’t be thrown.  Try a series from Taiwan about an Asian family trying to have frank conversations about sex.  Or how about a Thai series set

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

February on Hulu does the Black History Month celebrations with some great stuff. There’s a classic of African American cinema, a docudrama on the parallel lives of two Civil Rights icons, and a documentary going beyond “Hidden Figures” to trace Black involvement in the American space program against the backdrop

Do you visibly blanch or freak out at the thought of paying as much as $30 for an ordinary movie screening ticket? Then attending the in-person version of the 2024 festivals (Sundance from January 18 to 28, Slamdance from January 19 to 28) might be financially out of reach, especially

Netflix may begin the new year with Jason Momoa’s first Aquaman movie, the first three John Wick movies, and both “Mamma Mia” movies. But the more interesting titles this month aren’t Hollywood blockbusters. We’re talking about a tale of sibling artistic competition in the British rap world, which features some

It’s a new year for Hulu viewers, and 2024 kicks off with a little bit of everything.  There’s a well-known musical starring Patrick Swayze as a working-class dance instructor. True crime fans can learn the chilling tale of the Mormon Manson’s cult. Marvel’s newest mini-series follows a former Kingpin enforcer

Hooray, the SAG-AFTRA membership has voted to ratify their new contract!  This strike is officially over.  As an added bit of karmic justice, Netflix, who’s part of SAG-AFTRA’s opposite number the AMPTP, is dealing with the fallout of foolishly handing over $55 million to a director who failed to produce

Hi, we’re tentatively back!  For those who just came in, as this column tries to be a labor solidarity space, it went on voluntary hiatus in support of the Writers Guild of America’s (WGA) strike to get the members of the Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) to