No spoilers, but now that more people have seen Nia DaCosta’s #28YearsLaterTheBoneTemple, resharing my review and my brief thoughts about the exciting, effectively emotional ending of the film that has me looking forward to wherever this all goes next in a third film. It's really something special 📽️

Great news for Tacoma folks! You can now see NO OTHER CHOICE, the latest work from Park Chan-wook, starting today @thegrandcinema.bsky.social. It's a film of disquieting, delightful slapstick that demands to be seen in a theater. Need more convincing? Read my full review below then go see it ASAP 📽️

Shortlisted for this year's Oscar for Best International Film, Cherien Dabis's 📽️ALL THAT'S LEFT OF YOU plays this weekend in Seattle at @SIFFnews.bsky.social Film Center (courtesy of the @grandillusioncinema.org) and at the Beacon Cinema.

NIGHT PATROL (2025) is a mixed bag. Its story, characters, and themes are muddled, but its action, horror, and special effects are fun. This one lands right down the middle. My review. macguff.in/film-reviews... @seattlecritics.bsky.social @ofcs.bsky.social #Filmsky

Is This Thing On?, Good Valley Stories Link: theinsert.substack.com/p/is-this-th...

Jodie Foster and Daniel Auteuil are so terrific together that I’m more than willing to overlook just how goofy #APrivateLife can be at various times. It’s so gosh darn entertaining I just don’t care. moviefreak.com/private-life...

The first truly great major studio wide release of 2026 has arrived - and it’s only January. Nia DaCosta is on fire with this heavy metal monster masterwork. #TheBoneTemple is fantastic. moviefreak.com/28-years-lat...

Adding my voice to the chorus recommending Gus Van Sant’s DEAD MAN’S WIRE as it expands to more theaters as it's quite good and boasts interesting editing choices which led to one of my favorite exchanges I've ever had in an interview. As the kids say, Van Sant knows ball* *TETSUO: THE IRON MAN 📽️

28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE: Nia DaCosta’s bold, bonkers, and frequently beautiful look at the end of the world boasts the devilish joy that is Jack O'Connell just as it does Ralph Fiennes and Chi Lewis-Parry dancing with death. What a bloody joy 📽️ My review: www.inlander.com/screen/nia-d...

Nia DaCosta, who set out to put her own stamp on the series, has surpassed my expectations with her 28 Years Later sequel, The Bone Temple. Ralph Fiennes is in particularly fine form. Opens in Seattle today at @siffnews.bsky.social Cinema Downtown and the usual suspects. @seattlecritics.bsky.social

#Greenland2: Times are bleak when it takes a dystopian movie to remind us that a world led by kindness, compassion, and understanding is a better place. moviepie.com/greenland-2-... #GreenlandMovie #Greenland2Migration

VAST OF NIGHT lovers need wait no more as Andrew Patterson’s THE RIVALS OF AMZIAH KING 🐝 just got a summer release date! While it features Matthew McConaughey in rare form, it's an astounding Angelina LookingGlass who is the revelatory discovery. Read my rave review below and get ready for August 📽️

Nia DaCosta proves a steady hand in continuing the 28 Years Later story, this time framing it as an ideological battle between two opposing forces: Ralph Fiennes’ atheist humanist Dr. Kelso and Jack O’Connell’s sadistic satanist Jimmy. silverscreenriot.com/28-years-lat...

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple follows the wild ending of the last movie with an equally wild additive story, that brings the series back to its punkish roots. @seattlecritics.bsky.social

New for subscribers only, I watched all six Lone Wolf & Cub movies and thought about how the Shogun's Executioner would deal with our gangs of thugs calling themselves cops.

ICYMI: Here's the annual Should I See It list of the Best Performances in Movies, recapping the best work from 2025. Check out 20 amazing performances and several honorable mentions! Did your favorite performances make the list? Enjoy and watch more movies! @seattlecritics.bsky.social

DEAD MAN’S WIRE (2025) is a crime drama that I admired more than liked. Bill Skarsgård gives a solid performance and Gus Van Sant returns after a long absence, but the overall result was just ok. My review. macguff.in/film-reviews... @seattlecritics.bsky.social @ofcs.bsky.social #filmsky

2025 was… a year, to put it mildly. But, it was a great year for cinema. And one of my favorite things to do is cut my year-end Top 25 video. Give it a watch, and see you at the movies! youtu.be/5dWlwXODvH8?...

PRIMATE scratches and claws its way into theaters this weekend as one of the first major new release movies of this new year. Silly at times and absolutely not for the squeamish, yet somehow far more entertaining than it has any right to be. @seattlecritics.bsky.social

Father Mother Sister Brother (Jim Jarmusch, 2025), Where to Land (Hal Hartley, 2025) Link: theinsert.substack.com/p/father-mot...

The day is now here where everyone can see THE CHRONOLOGY OF WATER, the flooring feature directorial of Kristen Stewart starring an outstanding Imogen Poots that's based on the equally great memoir by Lidia Yuknavitch. Read my review and hurry to go see it starting today @thegrandcinema.bsky.social📽️

I wrote about Jim Jarmusch's new film, which opens today at @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center and Pacific Place. I may change the title, but couldn't come up with anything better in time. I briefly considered a certain Ramones song, which made me laugh, but doesn't fit. @seattlecritics.bsky.social

'Primate', the first studio release of 2026, is a shockingly gory horror movie that marries the thrills of a home invasion slasher with the brutality of torture porn. It's gnarly. See it immediately. silverscreenriot.com/brutal-rabid...

For @seattletimes.com, I spoke to the poetic prince of Pacific Northwest cinema Gus Van Sant about art, death, & his new film DEAD MAN’S WIRE. He told me that parts of the film were inspired by TETSUO: THE IRON MAN & reflected on the immense loss of Béla Tarr 📽️ www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...

“Olivier Assayas has always been, ‘You ARE a filmmaker’ And also Pablo Larraín. I have both of their voices in certain times when I need them ringing in my ear. There was just space they created around me to be purely visible.” Read my full interview with Kristen Stewart about filmmaking below 📽️

Back on @citycastseattle.bsky.social to talk more about my reporting on the state of SIFF with @janehu.bsky.social & @liamgbillingham.bsky.social plus find some bright spots of how you can support them. Listen below then tell me your favorite uncool coffee spot 📽️ seattle.citycast.fm/podcasts/sif...

The Twin Geeks Film of the Year is Sinners Also recognized: Black Bag, BLKNWS, Deathstalker, Eephus, Marty Supreme, No Other Choice, One Battle After Another, Train Dreams, and Testament of Ann Lee @seattlecritics.bsky.social

I wrote and narrated the video essay to be included in this release, a history of Johnnie To's romances.

Distant Voices, Still Lives (Terence Davies, 1988) Link: theinsert.substack.com/p/distant-vo...

Went on @kuow.org’s SOUNDSIDE to talk my SIFF reporting and recommended movies you should go see there: NO OTHER CHOICE, MARTY SUPREME, THE SECRET AGENT, THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE, RESURRECTION, OBEX, ROOM TEMPERATURE, THE CHRONOLOGY OF WATER, & FIRST COW 📽️ Listen here: www.kuow.org/stories/orga...

Congratulations to TRAIN DREAMS cinematographer Adolpho Veloso who just won the award for Best Cinematography at the Critics Choice. Spoke with him and his fantastic fellow crew members last year about bringing the rich beauty of Washington state to life in a way no one has ever quite seen before 📽️

I started the year by reviewing Grzegorz Królikiewicz's black-as-coal debut Through and Through. I can't say I've seen anything exactly like it before, and it's frustrating at first before ending in powerful fashion. First time on Blu-ray via @filmsradiance.bsky.social. @seattlecritics.bsky.social

Sent from a kind friend who spotted my NO OTHER CHOICE review for @seattletimes.com out in the wild. Be like this person by reading it in print today (or below) then go see it for yourself @siffnews.bsky.social 📽️

Sharing again if you're looking for a great movie to kick off 2026 with from 2025. Also recommend reading the other great picks that all the other lovely folks @ebertvoices.bsky.social selected as well. Here's hoping this year brings as many exciting and bold new discoveries as the prior one did 📽️

No Other Choice opens today at @siffnews.bsky.social Uptown (after a one-night IMAX screening Dec 8). Note from SIFF via @neon-rated.bsky.social: "From Jan 1 to 4, all 7pm showtimes will be presented in 35mm. Free exclusive translucent mini posters available at these screenings while supplies last."

My top 10 films of 2025. www.decodingeverything.com/david-chens-...

THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE is more musical adventure than religious awakening -- Morgen catches up with Amanda Seyfried's shaking Quaker.

As we embark on a new year, Seattle Critics Society Members reflect on their favorite films of 2025. seattlefilmcritics.com/2026/01/01/r...

Obligatory post about some of the work I did in 2025 I'm most proud of. It's been an immensely fulfilling one full of great opportunities and work I find quite meaningful, so thanks for all who've read anything I've done. In it for the love of the game and will continue to be in 2026 (and beyond) 📽️

I've ranked and/or classified every film I saw this year, plus a few related--mostly unranked--items. I only saw one play, Waiting for Godot, so I guess it's #1! Still working on my music list, which won't be as robust, but that's where I call out scores and soundtracks. @seattlecritics.bsky.social

Sometimes, the films that missed the best of year list are more interesting than the ones that do. Here are my 2025 Honorable Mentions #Filmsky boxd.it/R7KBE

I couldn't help but notice that many of the best flicks of 2025 seemed to reflect the anxiety and unrest that we are all feeling these days. Here are 10 of my favorite films from the year: moviepie.com/lindas-best-... #bestmoviesof2025

The Best Older Movies I Saw for the First Time in 2025 theendofcinema.net/2025/12/30/t...

As 2025 draws to a close, Morgen shares her favorite movies of the year 📽️

Here are the nominees for the 2025 Endy Awards theendofcinema.net/2025/12/30/2...

The Best Movies I Saw for the First Time in 2025 boxd.it/R9vzs

NO OTHER CHOICE: Park Chan-wook’s haunting, hilarious new thriller is essentially one extended joke where men will murder their fellow managers — even after they go to therapy. It's also great so best go see it starting Thursday @siffnews.bsky.social📽️ My review: www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...

The past year has given us several fantastic films that offered escape, entertainment, insight, and artistry. Here are my Top 15 Films of 2025. macguff.in/macguffin-co... @seattlecritics.bsky.social @ofcs.bsky.social #Filmsky

If you are looking to step out of the house and escape the world for two-and-a-half hrs, MARTY SUPREME is waiting at the multiplex. Timothée Chalamet gives the best performance of his career thus far in one of the most unique, fun, and unpredictable films of 2025. @seattlecritics.bsky.social

#ICYMI my review of Josh Safdie’s madcap and mesmerizing MARTY SUPREME is in today’s print edition of The Seattle Times. Timothée Chalamet is as outstanding as he's ever been, as is the production design by Jack Fisk, and the fraught, divisive ending is good 📽️ www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...