More bad news for Washington theaters: Redmond’s IPIC Theater is closing on April 28 and 64 employees will be laid off, according to a notification filed with the state of Washington late last week and posted Tuesday. Never went, but still a sad headline to see📽️ www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...

Aidan Zamiri’s THE MOMENT, the mockumentary but also not a mockumentary, about Charli XCX, music, & fame, is now available on VOD. Satirical yet also sincere, it's a deceptively fascinating work with a great finale. Finally, you can now be a 365 Party Girl from the comfort of your own home (IYKYK) 📽️

Despite the return of original screenwriter Kevin Williamson and star Neve Campbell, SCREAM 7 (2026) ends up being a low point for the long running franchise. My review. macguff.in/film-reviews... @seattlecritics.bsky.social @ofcs.bsky.social #Filmsky

... and here we thought the SFCS award for Youth Performance was going to be the most unique statue presented to Jacobi Jupe this season. Well played, SAG.

Late last November, I spoke with Jafar Panahi about filmmaking, the state of the world, and his latest Palme d'Or-winning film IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT (now on Hulu). You should give that a read below and see this searing new film as well as all his past work which is now more essential than ever 📽️

What happens when you're blamed for breaking up the biggest band of all time? MAN ON THE RUN explores Paul McCartney's run through the 1970s - following the end of the Beatles, his marriage to Linda, and the formation of Wings. Now streaming on Amazon Prime.

In Robinson Devor's entrancing SUBURBAN FURY, Sarah Jane Moore spins her own myth in recounting a life that led to her firing a bullet in the general direction of Gerald Ford. One of the stronger entries from last year's SIFF festival, it plays @SIFFnews.bsky.social film center beginning tonight.

#ICYMI I spoke to director Robinson Devor, who'll be at SIFF for a Q&A tonight, about his fascinating new doc SUBURBAN FURY and its long, winding journey. At one point, Jennifer Jason Leigh or Olivia Colman could've played Sara Jane Moore who attempted to assassinate a president. Read that below 📽️

THE BLUFF (2026) strikes a good balance between serious and silly. This is one of those “Turn Your Brain Off For Two Hours” movies and shouldn’t be seen as anything more than that. My review. macguff.in/film-reviews... @seattlecritics.bsky.social @ofcs.bsky.social #Filmsky

Ghostface is back, and so is Sidney Prescott, but that doesn’t stop #Scream7 from stabbing the franchise right in the heart. So frustrating. ⭐️1/2 moviefreak.com/scream-7-2026-movie-review/

SCREAM 7 is a moral and artistic failure www.decodingeverything.com/scream-7-rev...

For @seattletimes.com, spoke to Robinson Devor, the longtime Seattle filmmaker behind classics POLICE BEAT and ZOO, about why he's had a presidential assassination attempt on his mind for 15+ years and his great new doc SUBURBAN FURY📽️ Read that in print or here: www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...

DREAMS (2025) has themes involving sex, immigration, class division, and power, but doesn’t articulate any of them well on screen. We walk away confused over what it wants to say about anything. My review. macguff.in/film-reviews... @seattlecritics.bsky.social @ofcs.bsky.social #Filmsky

A reflective and surprisingly moving look at Paul McCartney’s post-Beatles reinvention, #ManOnTheRun is an engaging intro to the messy, misunderstood, and ultimately triumphant rise of his band Wings. moviepie.com/man-on-the-r...

An adorkable young man has his sexual awakening as a submissive in #Pillion, a leather-clad dom-com that’s as laugh-out-loud funny as it is surprisingly sweet. moviepie.com/pillion-2025/

#ICYMI I wrote about the journey of TRAIN DREAMS that kicked off with a rough plane landing, became what multiple people told me was one of the hardest films they've ever worked on, with one comparing it to APOCALYPSE NOW, and how the crew scrambled to successfully land the plane. Read that below 📽️

Recommend checking out @seasluganimation.bsky.social which, among many great things, is entirely created by people with no AI allowed. In other words, it's about slugs and not slop. Read about all that and the festival’s highlights in my piece @thestranger.com 📽️: www.thestranger.com/film/2026/02...

NEW: TRAIN DREAMS, Clint Bentley’s transcendent Washington film may fly high at the Oscars, but it began with an unexpectedly rough plane landing. This is the story of the little film that could which one producer called their APOCALYPSE NOW📽️ My piece @inlander.com: www.inlander.com/culture/trai...

Now on VOD, Kaouther Ben Hania’s THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB remains one of the most essential films of the year that, at one key point near the end, makes use of screens in a way I'll never be able to forget. It's a shattering, necessary confrontation with the violence consuming so much of our world 📽️

On the return of a terrific film. "Actors and directors sometimes meet at just the right time, and that was the case with Shortland, who was making her first feature after several shorts, and Cornish, who was playing her first lead after several supporting roles." @seattlecritics.bsky.social

Just noticed that Kahlil Joseph's outstanding visual album as documentary mixtape 📽️BLKNWS: TERMS AND CONDITIONS, one of the stars of last year's SIFF, is back in Seattle with some showings this weekend at Northwest Film Forum. Revisit it or see it for the first time on Saturday and Sunday.

John Patton Ford’s HOW TO MAKE A KILLING is entertaining enough, but fails to really say anything or do anything with all of its potential. #SFCS Check out our full review for more: www.filmfroth.com/how-to-make-...

📽️HOW TO MAKE A KILLING taps the breaks on the Glen Powell Experience -- The Glenaissance hits a speed bump in this frustratingly dull death march comedy of murders.

📽️ PILLION brings BDSM to the multiplex -- we were charmed by Harry Lighton's unconventional rom-com starring Harry Melling & Alexander Skarsgård at Telluride. It motors into Seattle theaters this weekend.

New for subscribers only: Yuen Woo-ping returns with a familiar yet spectacular wuxia starring Wu Jing, Zhang Jin, The Other Tony Leung, Chef Nic, and Jet Li www.thechinesecinema.com/blades-of-th...

Wrote my yearly Oscar Shorts Superlative piece about the best nominated films most don't know about but should. Specifically, I recommend BUTTERFLY (PAPILLON), BUTCHER’S STAIN, PERFECTLY A STRANGENESS, RETIREMENT PLAN, THE DEVIL IS BUSY, and THE SINGERS 📽️ Read here: www.inlander.com/screen/spotl...

Catching up with last weekend's releases, Marina has a review of Bart Layton's latest, 📽️CRIME 101, which features Chris Hemsworth masterminding a series of Los Angeles freeway robberies. With supporting performances from Mark Ruffalo and Halle Berry, the film is now in theaters.

Minneapolis folks, go to this screening both because it is one of the best, most urgent documentaries (named 2025's best by @seattlecritics.bsky.social) you'll ever see, but you'll be able to hear from one of the minds behind it (@prophetkotto.bsky.social) + also support a good cause in the present📽️

‘How to Make a Killing’ is a stylish crime caper about a man murdering his way toward a faster inheritance, but its inability to cut beneath the surface of its characters leaves it feeling as vacuous as the ultra-wealthy figures it aims to lampoon. silverscreenriot.com/how-to-make-...

A few more words about the soundtrack, because...*dang.*

"There's no guarantee that a film that opens with a great song will live up to it, but it's something that always puts me at ease. Set during June 1977, the film opens with Parliament's 'P. Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up)' before segueing into X-Ray Spex's 'Identity'... #BlackHistoryMonth

Nia DaCosta’s fascinated, flawed, and formidable 28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE is now available to watch on VOD. Debates will rage about if this or its predecessor is better, though I remain won over by both in different ways with Ralph Fiennes really outdoing himself with this one. What a film 📽️

CRIME 101 (2026) is not just a stellar crime drama, but a thoughtful examination of time, self-worth, and the nature of violence. This is an excellent picture. My review. macguff.in/film-reviews... @seattlecritics.bsky.social @ofcs.bsky.social #Filmsky

GOOD LUCK, HAVE FUN, DON’T DIE (2026): While I admire the film’s ambition, I was never able to get on its wavelength. It does a lot while preaching to the choir. My review. macguff.in/film-reviews... @seattlecritics.bsky.social @ofcs.bsky.social #Filmsky

I wrote about Michael Almereyda's richly atmospheric 1994 mood piece Nadja, which looks fantastic in its new 4K restoration from @arbelosfilms.bsky.social. It opens in Seattle today at the Beacon Cinema. @seattlecritics.bsky.social

'Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die' delivers on its primary mission: to have a laugh at the absurdity of the present while issuing a very serious warning about an apocalyptic future we seem determined to meet halfway. silverscreenriot.com/good-luck-ha...

THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB: Kaouther Ben Hania’s Oscar-nominated latest is the most urgent film you'll see all year. A rejection of numbness, this is no thriller but instead a slow, unflinching procession toward what we know is an inevitable, immense loss 📽️ My review: www.inlander.com/screen/kaout...

WONDERFUL NEWS TO START OUT THE DAY: Rafael Manuel’s outstanding feature debut FILIPIÑANA will be getting a theatrical release later this via the folks at Kino Lorber. It was the best film of #Sundance2026 and will also be one of the best of the year. Read my rave review from back at the fest below📽️

For @seattletimes.com, spoke to Gore Verbinski about his new film, GOOD LUCK, HAVE FUN, DON'T DIE, the legacy of his Seattle-set horror classic THE RING, embracing the enigmatic in film, that one scene on the ferry, and why he'll never look to AI to make art 📽️ www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...

NEW: The Boeing IMAX Theater in Seattle, closed since Feb. 1, has been sold to a new owner: the Space Needle Corporation. Staff I spoke to are concerned new ownership aren't interested in showing first-run movies like THE ODYSSEY 📽️ My story for @thestranger.com: www.thestranger.com/arts/2026/02...

Listen to Anne. COLOSSAL is terrific. moviefreak.com/colossal-201...

Magellan (Lav Diaz, 2025) Link: theinsert.substack.com/p/magellan-l...

A ton of vintage movie posters from beloved theaters like the Harvard Exit and Egyptian (RIP 🥹) are currently up for auction to support @SIFFnews.bsky.social. Take a look, some very cool finds in there! live.classy.org/register/awa...

Not without its issues, Emerald Fennell’s over-the-top take on ‘Wuthering Heights’ makes for a deliciously devious dark romance with alluring lead performances from Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi. The production elements are electrifying across the board. silverscreenriot.com/love-is-warf...

The uncensored version of Spanish master Carlos Saura's 1959 directorial debut, Los Golfos, is out now on Blu-ray thanks to @filmsradiance.bsky.social. The 1957 short, La Tarde del Domingo, is a perfect addition. Another terrific release from the UK distributor. @seattlecritics.bsky.social

Really enjoy #TheInnkeepers, but it is DEFINITELY a slow-burn supernatural shocker. If you thought HOUSE OF THE DEVIL took its time getting to its destination, this one might be a test of patience. Still watch it, though. ☺️ #TheLastDriveIn #MutantFam moviefreak.com/innkeepers-2...

My rundown of the bests of the Sundance film fest, award winners, and all the rest. silverscreenriot.com/the-best-of-...

WHISTLE (2025) follows too much of a familiar horror blueprint without adding enough of a twist to stand on its own. My review. macguff.in/film-reviews... @seattlecritics.bsky.social @ofcs.bsky.social #Filmsky

Charli XCX's Moment + Notes on Sundance Link: theinsert.substack.com/p/charli-xcx...