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,

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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. 

Immersing yourself in new/old Japanese pop culture turns out to be a great way to be cool in July with Hulu.  This month, there’s a railway tunnel which grants wishes for a price, an acclaimed tale of a high school yuri relationship, and the fate of the world dependent on

Feel the call of adventure from your couch?  It might be because some of this July’s Netflix offerings are calling to you.  This July, you could be scaling Mount Everest with the first female sherpa or hanging with Admiral Janeway in the new Voyager-A.  But the line might need to

Catching films being screened at the 48th San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival (hereafter “Frameline 48”) is the best kind of cinematic insult to Christian nationalists and other right-wing homophobic slime.  More than 80 programs of queer-friendly stuff await interested viewers.  From Lil Nas X to the legendary Sally Gearhart,

Call the Summer 2024 program at the Berkeley Art Museum Pacific Film Archive (hereafter “BAMPFA”) one filled with gateway drug cinema.  From a film noir series brimming with acknowledged genre classics to a series featuring a local filmmaker who introduced audiences to the joys of garlic and zydeco music to

Unlike Hulu, Netflix’s June 2024 programming does not seem to prioritize LGBTQ+ content despite June being Pride Month.  Seeing Sean Baker’s “Tangerine” and a documentary history of queer stand-up comedians feels more like a sop rather than an answer to demands for more queer-friendly programming.  Queer folks can only go