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Seattle Film Critics Society is excited to present 4 more fantastic features nominated for the 2025 PNW Awards, including Saturday screenings of #WolfLand and #ToKillAWolf, and Sunday’s #WTO99 and #NotOneDropOfBlood!
www.siff.net/programs-and-events/seattle-film-critics-society-pnw-awards-2025
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November 22, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Seattle Film Critics Society is excited to present 4 more fantastic features nominated for the 2025 PNW Awards, including Saturday screenings of #WolfLand and #ToKillAWolf, and Sunday’s #WTO99 and #NotOneDropOfBlood!
www.siff.net/programs-and-events/seattle-film-critics-society-pnw-awards-2025
www.siff.net/programs-and-events/seattle-film-critics-society-pnw-awards-2025
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Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande are great. Their movie? Not so much, unfortunately. It’s kind of a bewildering dud. 🤷♀️
#WickedForGood
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#WickedForGood
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November 21, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande are great. Their movie? Not so much, unfortunately. It’s kind of a bewildering dud. 🤷♀️
#WickedForGood
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#WickedForGood
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As someone who was really a big admirer of WICKED: PART I, this was a bummer to write.
WICKED: FOR GOOD is a disappointment, despite a breakout leading performance by Ariana Grande, great craftsmanship, and a few fun individual moments. The rest of it - lackluster and sadly forgettable.
WICKED: FOR GOOD is a disappointment, despite a breakout leading performance by Ariana Grande, great craftsmanship, and a few fun individual moments. The rest of it - lackluster and sadly forgettable.
Should I See It-Wicked: For Good (2025)
Elphaba, now demonized as The Wicked Witch of the West, lives in exile, hidden within the Ozian forest. Glinda, meanwhile, has become the glamorous symbol of Goodness for all of Oz, With their singula...
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November 21, 2025 at 11:53 PM
As someone who was really a big admirer of WICKED: PART I, this was a bummer to write.
WICKED: FOR GOOD is a disappointment, despite a breakout leading performance by Ariana Grande, great craftsmanship, and a few fun individual moments. The rest of it - lackluster and sadly forgettable.
WICKED: FOR GOOD is a disappointment, despite a breakout leading performance by Ariana Grande, great craftsmanship, and a few fun individual moments. The rest of it - lackluster and sadly forgettable.
Our Best of the Pacific Northwest series moved over to SIFF Film Center tonight for a sold-out screening of TWINLESS! The series continues throughout the weekend.
November 22, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Our Best of the Pacific Northwest series moved over to SIFF Film Center tonight for a sold-out screening of TWINLESS! The series continues throughout the weekend.
Tonight's TWINLESS screening is almost sold out, but we have great films playing all weekend as part of our 🌲Best of the PNW series at @SIFFnews.bsky.social.
🐺 Saturday has Washington-based WOLF LAND (Sarah Hoffman) and Oregon-set TO KILL A WOLF (Kelsey Taylor). Both will be in attendance for Q&As
🐺 Saturday has Washington-based WOLF LAND (Sarah Hoffman) and Oregon-set TO KILL A WOLF (Kelsey Taylor). Both will be in attendance for Q&As
November 21, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Tonight's TWINLESS screening is almost sold out, but we have great films playing all weekend as part of our 🌲Best of the PNW series at @SIFFnews.bsky.social.
🐺 Saturday has Washington-based WOLF LAND (Sarah Hoffman) and Oregon-set TO KILL A WOLF (Kelsey Taylor). Both will be in attendance for Q&As
🐺 Saturday has Washington-based WOLF LAND (Sarah Hoffman) and Oregon-set TO KILL A WOLF (Kelsey Taylor). Both will be in attendance for Q&As
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TRAIN DREAMS (2025) is one of the best films of the year. It is not just the story of a single character's life, but a story of America going through rapid change. My review.
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Film Review - Train Dreams | The MacGuffin
Allen Almachar reviews the period drama Train Dreams, from director Clint Bentley and starring Joel Edgerton, Felicity Jones & Kerry Condon.
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November 21, 2025 at 7:48 PM
TRAIN DREAMS (2025) is one of the best films of the year. It is not just the story of a single character's life, but a story of America going through rapid change. My review.
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@seattlecritics.bsky.social @ofcs.bsky.social #Filmsky
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#ICYMI or are looking for some afternoon reading, best check out my interview with Lily Gladstone below or in today’s print edition of @seattletimes.com along with all their great work. We talked docs, history, and the (yes, still happening) THE MEMORY POLICE 📽️
www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...
www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...
November 21, 2025 at 8:12 PM
#ICYMI or are looking for some afternoon reading, best check out my interview with Lily Gladstone below or in today’s print edition of @seattletimes.com along with all their great work. We talked docs, history, and the (yes, still happening) THE MEMORY POLICE 📽️
www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...
www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...
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WICKED: FOR GOOD (2025): The magic of the first film is nowhere to be seen here. If anything, this shows that the entire musical adaptation was probably better suited as a single film. My review.
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@seattlecritics.bsky.social @ofcs.bsky.social #Filmsky
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@seattlecritics.bsky.social @ofcs.bsky.social #Filmsky
Film Review - Wicked: For Good | The MacGuffin
Allen Almachar reviews the musical Wicked: For Good, from director Jon M. Chu and starring Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:46 PM
WICKED: FOR GOOD (2025): The magic of the first film is nowhere to be seen here. If anything, this shows that the entire musical adaptation was probably better suited as a single film. My review.
macguff.in/film-reviews...
@seattlecritics.bsky.social @ofcs.bsky.social #Filmsky
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@seattlecritics.bsky.social @ofcs.bsky.social #Filmsky
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And look who's making their AVC debut with a nice piece on the regionalism of Train Dreams: bsky.app/profile/ecle...
🎉BUCKET LIST BYLINE ALERT🎉: For @avclub.com, I wrote about the transcendent, haunting TRAIN DREAMS (which is still playing @thegrandcinema.bsky.social ) and how it cuts into the Pacific Northwest. It's got history on its mind just as it urgently speaks to the present📽️
www.avclub.com/train-dreams...
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November 21, 2025 at 5:13 PM
And look who's making their AVC debut with a nice piece on the regionalism of Train Dreams: bsky.app/profile/ecle...
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🎉BUCKET LIST BYLINE ALERT🎉: For @avclub.com, I wrote about the transcendent, haunting TRAIN DREAMS (which is still playing @thegrandcinema.bsky.social ) and how it cuts into the Pacific Northwest. It's got history on its mind just as it urgently speaks to the present📽️
www.avclub.com/train-dreams...
www.avclub.com/train-dreams...
November 21, 2025 at 5:06 PM
🎉BUCKET LIST BYLINE ALERT🎉: For @avclub.com, I wrote about the transcendent, haunting TRAIN DREAMS (which is still playing @thegrandcinema.bsky.social ) and how it cuts into the Pacific Northwest. It's got history on its mind just as it urgently speaks to the present📽️
www.avclub.com/train-dreams...
www.avclub.com/train-dreams...
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EOY Roundup #2: Nouvelle Vague, Collective Monologue
Link: https://theinsert.substack.com/p/eoy-roundup-2-nouvelle-vague-collective
Link: https://theinsert.substack.com/p/eoy-roundup-2-nouvelle-vague-collective
November 20, 2025 at 8:09 PM
EOY Roundup #2: Nouvelle Vague, Collective Monologue
Link: https://theinsert.substack.com/p/eoy-roundup-2-nouvelle-vague-collective
Link: https://theinsert.substack.com/p/eoy-roundup-2-nouvelle-vague-collective
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@beingtsj.bsky.social introducing @seattlecritics.bsky.social screening of nominees for the first PNW short film award with filmmakers in attendance. A lot of people showed up, and Thomas did a great job hosting and moderating. Special thanks to @nwfilmforum.bsky.social. Winner announced Dec 15.
November 20, 2025 at 8:28 PM
@beingtsj.bsky.social introducing @seattlecritics.bsky.social screening of nominees for the first PNW short film award with filmmakers in attendance. A lot of people showed up, and Thomas did a great job hosting and moderating. Special thanks to @nwfilmforum.bsky.social. Winner announced Dec 15.
TOMORROW: Join us for a screening of 📽️ TWINLESS at SIFF Film Center. James Sweeney will be (virtually) joining us for a Q&A and we'll have movie-themed giveaways, including a Buoy shoulder plush for the next time you need a pal for a Kraken match!
🎟️ www.siff.net/programs-and...
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November 20, 2025 at 7:45 PM
TOMORROW: Join us for a screening of 📽️ TWINLESS at SIFF Film Center. James Sweeney will be (virtually) joining us for a Q&A and we'll have movie-themed giveaways, including a Buoy shoulder plush for the next time you need a pal for a Kraken match!
🎟️ www.siff.net/programs-and...
🎟️ www.siff.net/programs-and...
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Seattle film production facility Harbor Island Studios found its funding on the Metropolitan King County Council’s budgetary chopping block — but the show will go on for at least a while longer. However, a solution is needed soon 📽️ My story for @seattletimes.com: www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...
November 19, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Seattle film production facility Harbor Island Studios found its funding on the Metropolitan King County Council’s budgetary chopping block — but the show will go on for at least a while longer. However, a solution is needed soon 📽️ My story for @seattletimes.com: www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...
TONIGHT!! See you at NWFF, tickets still available!
TOMORROW! SFCS's inaugural celebration of shorts takes place at NW Film Forum. We're showing five PNW films and talking to the people who made them:
📽️ Style: A Seattle Basketball Story
📽️ A Fateful Weekend
📽️ Shelly’s Leg
📽️ Charlotte, 1994
📽️Songs of Black Folk
🎟️: nwfilmforum.org/films/seattl...
📽️ Style: A Seattle Basketball Story
📽️ A Fateful Weekend
📽️ Shelly’s Leg
📽️ Charlotte, 1994
📽️Songs of Black Folk
🎟️: nwfilmforum.org/films/seattl...
November 19, 2025 at 5:59 PM
TONIGHT!! See you at NWFF, tickets still available!
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The restoration of Angel's Egg is out in theatres today (at the Beacon and various Regal and Cinemark theatres in the Seattle area, plus the Grand in Tacoma tomorrow).
Great movie, don't miss it. I'll have a review of it and another Oshii Mamoru movie in a couple of days.
Great movie, don't miss it. I'll have a review of it and another Oshii Mamoru movie in a couple of days.
November 19, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The restoration of Angel's Egg is out in theatres today (at the Beacon and various Regal and Cinemark theatres in the Seattle area, plus the Grand in Tacoma tomorrow).
Great movie, don't miss it. I'll have a review of it and another Oshii Mamoru movie in a couple of days.
Great movie, don't miss it. I'll have a review of it and another Oshii Mamoru movie in a couple of days.
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For @seattletimes.com, spoke with Lily Gladstone about lending her voice to the documentary BRING THEM HOME (which premieres Nov. 24 on PBS), recording her narration at her regular Seattle studio, and how history echoes with her upcoming film THE MEMORY POLICE 📽️
www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...
www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...
November 19, 2025 at 2:06 AM
For @seattletimes.com, spoke with Lily Gladstone about lending her voice to the documentary BRING THEM HOME (which premieres Nov. 24 on PBS), recording her narration at her regular Seattle studio, and how history echoes with her upcoming film THE MEMORY POLICE 📽️
www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...
www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...
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Someone, please ask Sweeney who his favorite Sailor Senshi is.
November 13, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Someone, please ask Sweeney who his favorite Sailor Senshi is.
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Screenings of @seattlecritics.bsky.social' PNW nominees continue! Shorts w/filmmakers at @nwfilmforum.bsky.social Nov 19 and features w/filmmakers at @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center Nov 21-23: Twinless, Wolf Land, To Kill a Wolf, WTO/99, Not One Drop of Blood. We launched with Train Dreams Oct 29.
November 14, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Screenings of @seattlecritics.bsky.social' PNW nominees continue! Shorts w/filmmakers at @nwfilmforum.bsky.social Nov 19 and features w/filmmakers at @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center Nov 21-23: Twinless, Wolf Land, To Kill a Wolf, WTO/99, Not One Drop of Blood. We launched with Train Dreams Oct 29.
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In this modern re-imagining of Little Red Riding Hood, a social pariah discovers a teenage runaway and does his best to help her find a way home.
TO KILL A WOLF screens 11/22 for the Seattle Film Critics PNW Awards, with dir Kelsey Taylor & DP Adam Lee scheduled to attend: siff.info/tokillawolf-bs
TO KILL A WOLF screens 11/22 for the Seattle Film Critics PNW Awards, with dir Kelsey Taylor & DP Adam Lee scheduled to attend: siff.info/tokillawolf-bs
November 15, 2025 at 8:00 PM
In this modern re-imagining of Little Red Riding Hood, a social pariah discovers a teenage runaway and does his best to help her find a way home.
TO KILL A WOLF screens 11/22 for the Seattle Film Critics PNW Awards, with dir Kelsey Taylor & DP Adam Lee scheduled to attend: siff.info/tokillawolf-bs
TO KILL A WOLF screens 11/22 for the Seattle Film Critics PNW Awards, with dir Kelsey Taylor & DP Adam Lee scheduled to attend: siff.info/tokillawolf-bs
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Full list of IDA nominations here. Also happy to see Alex Megaro in the mix for WTO/99, which screens with director Ian Bell in attendance at @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center on Sun, Nov 23, at 3pm thanks to @seattlecritics.bsky.social.
(Sorry to put the face of Jair Bolsonaro in your feed.)
(Sorry to put the face of Jair Bolsonaro in your feed.)
IDA Documentary Awards Announces 2025 Nominees: ‘Apocalypse in the Tropics,’ ‘The Tale of Silyan,’ and More
The IDA Documentary Awards have announced their 2025 nominations, recognizing 'Apocalypse in the Tropics,' 'The Tale of Silyan,' and more.
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November 19, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Full list of IDA nominations here. Also happy to see Alex Megaro in the mix for WTO/99, which screens with director Ian Bell in attendance at @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center on Sun, Nov 23, at 3pm thanks to @seattlecritics.bsky.social.
(Sorry to put the face of Jair Bolsonaro in your feed.)
(Sorry to put the face of Jair Bolsonaro in your feed.)
TOMORROW! SFCS's inaugural celebration of shorts takes place at NW Film Forum. We're showing five PNW films and talking to the people who made them:
📽️ Style: A Seattle Basketball Story
📽️ A Fateful Weekend
📽️ Shelly’s Leg
📽️ Charlotte, 1994
📽️Songs of Black Folk
🎟️: nwfilmforum.org/films/seattl...
📽️ Style: A Seattle Basketball Story
📽️ A Fateful Weekend
📽️ Shelly’s Leg
📽️ Charlotte, 1994
📽️Songs of Black Folk
🎟️: nwfilmforum.org/films/seattl...
November 18, 2025 at 7:56 PM
TOMORROW! SFCS's inaugural celebration of shorts takes place at NW Film Forum. We're showing five PNW films and talking to the people who made them:
📽️ Style: A Seattle Basketball Story
📽️ A Fateful Weekend
📽️ Shelly’s Leg
📽️ Charlotte, 1994
📽️Songs of Black Folk
🎟️: nwfilmforum.org/films/seattl...
📽️ Style: A Seattle Basketball Story
📽️ A Fateful Weekend
📽️ Shelly’s Leg
📽️ Charlotte, 1994
📽️Songs of Black Folk
🎟️: nwfilmforum.org/films/seattl...
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First trailer just dropped for Kristen Stewart’s THE CHRONOLOGY OF WATER starring a never-better Imogen Poots and you're going to want to give that a watch then read my rave review below to get ready for what it has in store. More to come on it very soon 📽️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCBw...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCBw...
November 18, 2025 at 4:15 PM
First trailer just dropped for Kristen Stewart’s THE CHRONOLOGY OF WATER starring a never-better Imogen Poots and you're going to want to give that a watch then read my rave review below to get ready for what it has in store. More to come on it very soon 📽️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCBw...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCBw...
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WTO/99 is an archival doc that reanimates the clash between the then-emerging World Trade Organization (WTO) and 40,000+ people who took to the streets of Seattle to protest the WTO's impact.
Screens 11/23 for Seattle Film Critics PNW Awards, w/ dir Ian Bell scheduled to attend: siff.info/wto99-bsky
Screens 11/23 for Seattle Film Critics PNW Awards, w/ dir Ian Bell scheduled to attend: siff.info/wto99-bsky
November 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
WTO/99 is an archival doc that reanimates the clash between the then-emerging World Trade Organization (WTO) and 40,000+ people who took to the streets of Seattle to protest the WTO's impact.
Screens 11/23 for Seattle Film Critics PNW Awards, w/ dir Ian Bell scheduled to attend: siff.info/wto99-bsky
Screens 11/23 for Seattle Film Critics PNW Awards, w/ dir Ian Bell scheduled to attend: siff.info/wto99-bsky
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I wrote about something both new and old for Belgian duo Bruno Forzani and Hélène Cattet: a Eurospy thriller with giallo flare--black latex, crimson lipstick, eyeball peril. The whole bit. Plays Dec 3 at @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center thanx to @grandillusioncinema.org. @seattlecritics.bsky.social
The Eurospy Genre Lives Again in Bruno Forzani and Hélène Cattet's Dazzling, Dizzying Pastiche <i>Reflection in a Dead Diamond</i>
REFLECTION IN A DEAD DIAMOND / Reflet dans un Diamant Mort (Bruno Forzani and Hélène Cattet, 2025, Belgium/ Luxembourg/Italy/France, 87 min...
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November 17, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I wrote about something both new and old for Belgian duo Bruno Forzani and Hélène Cattet: a Eurospy thriller with giallo flare--black latex, crimson lipstick, eyeball peril. The whole bit. Plays Dec 3 at @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center thanx to @grandillusioncinema.org. @seattlecritics.bsky.social