@seattlecritics.bsky.social's Marina Coates interviews director Kelsey Taylor and DP Adam Lee of the Little Red Riding Hood-inspired To Kill a Wolf. I recommend seeking it out. Kelsey and Adam, who I met over the summer, feel like old friends at this point, and I can't wait to see what they do next.

@shouldiseeit.bsky.social interviews Wolf Land director Sarah Hoffman, DP Bryce Yukio Adolphson, and editor David Wullzen at @seattlecritics.bsky.social's PNW award nominee screening at @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center. Wolf Land is streaming on @cascadepbs.org; we screened the director's cut.

What would you do with 📽️ETERNITY? -- Morgen has some questions about a charming, silly, and sentimental visit to the afterlife with Miles Teller, Elizabeth Olsen, and Callum Turner. In theaters this weekend.

Shih-Ching Tsou’s solo directorial debut, LEFT-HANDED GIRL (2025) is an entertaining and emotionally resonant film. It’s a story of family, resilience, and tradition within the hustle and bustle of Taipei. My Review. macguff.in/film-reviews... @seattlecritics.bsky.social @ofcs.bsky.social #Filmsky

Though there are many great movies to watch this holiday weekend, don't sleep on the LEFT-HANDED GIRL. Directed by Shih-Ching Tsou from a script she co-wrote with Sean Baker, it proves to be more sweet than bitter while feeling just as alive as their past works. See it (*checks notes*) on Netflix 📽️

ZOOTOPIA 2: Failing to creatively expand the playfulness of its predecessor, it's a sequel jammed with references to classics of cinema, painfully basic puns it keeps beating you over the head with, characters built around a single gag, and little else 📽️ My review: www.inlander.com/screen/zooto...

The best movie in theaters this weekend just might be WAKE UP DEAD MAN, the latest in Rian Johnson's KNIVES OUT comedy mystery series. Josh O'Connor's a knockout, but Seattle viewers will have to go to Shoreline to see him, Daniel Craig, and the rest of the all-star cast of schemers.

Also finding wider release this weekend, Joachim Trier's exquisite family drama 📽️ SENTIMENTAL VALUE. With Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård, Elle Fanning (and a revelatory Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas), it's among the year's finest films.

The more I keep thinking about it, the more I can’t stop chuckling over #Zootopia2. It’s just so much goofy fun (and far smarter than you’d initially expect). moviefreak.com/zootopia-2-2...

'Hamnet' film review: Emotionally raw summation of 'to be or not to be' #Hamnet opens in select cities (including #Seattle) today - and opens nationwide on Dec. 5. film review: www.escapeintofilm.com/home/hamnet-... @seattlecritics.bsky.social

Full of humor, dazzling animation, and thoughtful commentary on the world around us, ZOOTOPIA 2 is a strong return to form for Disney Animation Studios. Playing around the clock at a theater near you and throughout Thanksgiving weekend and the holiday season. @seattlecritics.bsky.social

Just in time for the holidays, fall festival movies are making their ways to the masses. Chloe Zhao's 📽️HAMNET, with heartrendingly cathartic performances from Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley, arrives in local theaters tonight, including at @SIFFnews.bsky.social. Bring tissues.

Will have more on it quite soon, but resharing my rave review of Rian Johnson’s wonderful WAKE UP DEAD MAN now that you can see it in theaters. It's not only the best, most fun KNIVES OUT yet, but also the most spiritual with the power to make even Johnson’s greatest doubters into true believers 📽️

'Zootopia 2' delivers exactly what a family movie should: pure fun for kids, a little thematic meat for adults, and enough cross-generational jokes to keep everyone laughing. silverscreenriot.com/zootopia-2/

Devastating yet ultimately cathartic, Chloé Zhao's #Hamnet explores the personal loss that may have inspired Shakespeare’s classic tragedy. Be prepared for a crying hangover. moviepie.com/hamnet-2025/

@eclectichutch.bsky.social interviewing WTO/99's Ian Bell and Gavin Sullivan at @seattlecritics.bsky.social sold out screening at @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center. Staffers had to turn people away, but the doc plays @nwfilmforum.bsky.social Dec 5-14 before expanding. More dates: www.wto99doc.com

Over the weekend SFCS Awards Coordinator Mike Ward (@shouldiseeit.bsky.social) was joined by the filmmakers of 📽️WOLF LAND for a Q&A at @SIFFnews.bsky.social Film Center for our Best of the PNW series. Catch up with his conversation with Sarah Hoffman, Bryce Yokio Adolphson, and David Wulzen!

We were fortunate to have 📽️ NOT ONE DROP OF BLOOD's Lachlan Hinton (co-director) and Tony Castle (producer) in town to talk about their illuminating documentary with SFCS's Eric Zhu (@ezhu.bsky.social) for Q&A at @SIFFnews.bsky.social on Sunday to close our best of the PNW series.

On Sunday evening SFCS VP Chase Hutchinson (@eclectichutch.bsky.social) spoke with Ian Bell (director) and Gavin Sullivan (consulting producer) about their SFCS award-nominated documentary 📽️ WTO/99 at @SIFFnews.bsky.social Film Center. Hear what they had to say during the insightful Q&A here.

Last week, we hosted a screening of the five films nominated for SFCS's inaugural Best of PNW Shorts at Northwest Film Forum where filmmakers from each joined Thomas Stoneham-Judge for a Q&A and panel discussion. youtu.be/BegpZPYZ-vs

For @seattletimes.com, spoke to legendary Palme d'Or-winning director Jafar Panahi while he was in town touring his incisive IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT. We talked making films for yourself, creating art in the shadow of authoritarianism, and his fears for America 📽️ www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...

A profoundly moving portrait of family, tragedy, and how art binds us, ‘Hamnet’ is a stunning return to form for director Chloé Zhao, boasting one of the year’s best performances from Jessie Buckley and sure to leave you emotionally hammered. silverscreenriot.com/the-tragedy-...

Back on @citycastseattle.bsky.social to talk all things TRAIN DREAMS, the state of local film production in Seattle and Washington, Harbor Island being on the chopping block, what's up at SIFF, & more (alt title for the episode: why I was so tired this past week)📽️ seattle.citycast.fm/podcasts/wha...

Amoeba I reviewed earlier this year and liked quite a bit, when it played one of the fall festivals (Toronto maybe? they all run together) www.thechinesecinema.com/amoeba-tan-s...

I haven't seen A Foggy Tale yet, but I'm a big fan of Chen's previous work The Village of No Return and My Missing Valentine www.thechinesecinema.com/chen-yu-hsun/

Our Best PNW Films of 2025 series concludes today with two thought-provoking docs. Join us at @siffnews.bsky.social this afternoon!

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

Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande are great. Their movie? Not so much, unfortunately. It’s kind of a bewildering dud. 🤷‍♀️ #WickedForGood moviefreak.com/wicked-for-g...

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.

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

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. macguff.in/film-reviews... @seattlecritics.bsky.social @ofcs.bsky.social #Filmsky

#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...

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

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...

EOY Roundup #2: Nouvelle Vague, Collective Monologue Link: https://theinsert.substack.com/p/eoy-roundup-2-nouvelle-vague-collective

@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...

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!

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.

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...

Someone, please ask Sweeney who his favorite Sailor Senshi is.

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.

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

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.)

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...

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...

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