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

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

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 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

We’re living in the Golden Age of Laziness. A legendary epoch of sloth. A shining era of indolence. This stage in history will go down as the moment when it was decided that we, as a society, just couldn’t be bothered to put on pants anymore. And to be honest,

What, we can’t just say “the new season of Tim Robinson’s hilariously weird series ‘I Think You Should Leave’ arrives this month, that’s all you need to know about Netflix this May?”  Oh, all right.  Robinson’s off-kilter humor might not amuse everyone.  Fortunately, this month is packed with other entertaining

For seekers of more intentional entertainment on Netflix, this month has a trio of promising women in politics dramas, one of which stars Keri Russell in the lead role.  A new season of science fiction actioner “Sweet Tooth” makes a long-awaited return.  And because foiling Nazis (or their modern day

Netflix starts off March with the first (and best) of “The Hangover” movies and the immortal “National Lampoon’s Animal House.”  The latter film does sag a bit during the road trip sequence, but it’s hard not to laugh at the film’s food fight scene or the immortal line “I think