On the off chance you're New Year's Day-ing at the movies, consider this great recommendation / review from @sinacolad.bsky.social of Bi Gan’s 'Resurrection.' Portlanders be warned; it's a pretty limited engagement for this sci-fi existential banger.

Announcing our award winners for 2025! Full list here (including runners-up): portlandcritics.com/awards/2025-2/

Portland Critics Association (PCA) Awards: 'One Battle After Another,' 'Sinners,' Timothée Chalamet, Rose Byrne and More

Counting votes over here! Our 2025 winners will be announced tomorrow. Nominees: portlandcritics.com/awards/2025-2/

NO OTHER CHOICE, one of my favorite movies of the year, starts New Years Day at @hollywoodtheatre.org and @cinema21-portland.bsky.social Find a solid blurb about why it's great topping my Top 10, published at the @portlandmercury.com

Portland Critics Association (PCA) Nominations

The ballots are in, and these are the Portland Critics Association's 2025 award nominations. "Sinners" and "One Battle After Another" were top vote-getters with 16 and 14, respectively. Winners announced Dec. 31. portlandcritics.com/awards/2025-2/

Chloé Zhao's "Hamnet" was a bit divisive among our members. Figure out where you fall! @spectrumculture.bsky.social spectrumculture.com/2025/11/30/h...

Many thanks to the @hollywoodtheatre.org, Jon Raymond, Stephen Rutledge, and everyone who made the PCA's first-ever screening a sellout! A watershed night for our organization, no doubt. Up next from us—our annual awards are less than a month away!

The first @portlandcritics.bsky.social screening at @hollywoodtheatre.org was a success! We screened DRUGSTORE COWBOY on 35mm, followed by a Q&A. Hope to attend many more PCA screenings in the future. #pca #portlandcriticsassociation #hollywoodtheatre #hollywoodtheatrepdx #drugstorecowboy

Took a trip to @moviemadness.org to see the new @portlandcritics.bsky.social shelf with a recommendation from yours truly! Be sure to go check out the PCA shelf while it’s up and rent a movie or ten.

My contribution to this lineup:

Thank you for the sacred space, @moviemadness.org! Right now, our members are highlighting the debut films of great directors. Swing by!

Big one here, gang. This list is the culmination of many things—8 years of reporting on local film, diving into Oregon film history during the pandemic, getting obsessed with Kelly Reichardt (though anyone can and should do that.) Thanks for the space, WW.

Our @sinacolad.bsky.social is helping bring "Evil Puddle" to Clinton Street Theater tomorrow (1 p.m.). It's the latest from prolific micro-budget directors Matt Farley and Charlie Roxburgh: www.portlandmercury.com/movies-and-t...

Our @mollyhenery.bsky.social has the early word on Yorgos Lanthimos' "Bugonia." "All three leads ... set fire to the screen." thebloggingbanshee.com/2025/10/15/f...

Hey, @portlandcritics.bsky.social is hosting its first public screening! Couldn't imagine a better fit. Nov. 30, @hollywoodtheatre.org, 35mm hollywoodtheatre.org/show/drugsto...

Really excited to help announce this @hollywoodtheatre.org screening of DRUGSTORE COWBOY in 35 mm, followed by a Q&A with Portland writer, screenwriter, icon Jon Raymond (who wrote the Criterion booklet), presented by the @portlandcritics.bsky.social

Dwayne Johnson: "Benny, it nearly killed me, but I hereby surrender my ego to you." Safdie: "Man, I'm thinking the hi-fi at Mark Kerr's house should sound CRAZY." foolswhodreammovies.com/the-smashing...

Oh hey, it’s me, your boy, quoted in this great article by David, all about how lucky we are to have the Hollywood and see so many wonderful movies on film

For Spin Magazine, our David Harris spotlights Portland's very own "movie mecca"—the @hollywoodtheatre.org 🍿🎥: www.spin.com/2025/10/port...

We feel quite honored to be featured by SPIN in this article by local film critic David Harris! We believe in our mission to help bring the Portland community a true #FilmOnFilm experience, and entertain, inspire, educate and connect our community through the art of film. Thank you all!

Our @mollyhenery.bsky.social is producing a whirlwind of coverage from #FantasticFest2025. Follow her reviews here: thebloggingbanshee.com/2025/09/22/f...

Thanks Oregon Artswatch for reminding folks about H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival, this weekend at the Hollywood, and the Portland Latin American Film Festival, which kicks off on Wednesday 9/24 with AUTOS, MOTA AND ROCK ’N’ ROLL

Our statement on the suspension of @jimmykimmel.com.

Irkalla - Gilgamesh’s Dream Full review & interview with Writer/Director Mohamed Al-Daradji www.scenethispod.com/post/irkalla... #TIFF #movies #moviesky #filmsky

IN THEATERS FRIDAY: The Long Walk is a bleak, emotional gut-punch of a film that still finds hope in a dismal world. Go to thebloggingbanshee.com/2025/09/08/t... for my full review. #horror #movie #film #review #TheLongWalk #StephenKing #FrancisLawrence #JTMollner #CooperHoffman #DavidJonsson

2 days down 5 more to go! Come join me at TIFF! #TIFF #Movies #MovieSky #Filmsky

Our @michaelornelas.bsky.social is at #TIFF this week! Follow along with his coverage: letterboxd.com/SceneThisPod/

What to see at Portland’s repertory theaters.

Satoshi Kon revealed the effect the internet would have on our psyches, with his predictions coming to pass in horrific ways. Learn more in this excellent piece by @marinermo.bsky.social... foolswhodreammovies.com/how-history-...

Our @sinacolad.bsky.social on a "singular" evening with Uncle Francis. (For @portlandmercury.com.)

IN THEATERS TOMORROW: WEAPONS is an unexpected, ambitious horror mystery that will have people laughing through the graphic terror. Go to thebloggingbanshee.com/2025/08/07/w... for my review. #horror #movie #film #review #Weapons #ZachCreggers #JuliaGarner #BenedictWong #JoshBrolin

It's true! Very happy to welcome Mike to our ranks.

IN THEATERS WEDNESDAY: TOGETHER delivers a relationship drama oozing with the kind of grotesque body horror guaranteed to ruin date night (in a good way). Go to thebloggingbanshee.com/2025/07/28/t... for my full review. #horror #movie #film #review #MichaelShanks #AlisonBrie #DaveFranco #Together

From over the weekend, two positive reviews of "The Fantastic Four: First Steps" from our @chadl.bsky.social and Marc Mohan (@orartswatch.org): spinningplatters.com/film-review-... www.orartswatch.org/filmwatch-we...

Ari Aster's "Eddington" is inspiring nothing if not strong reactions. Our David Harris reviewed for Spin. www.spin.com/2025/07/eddi...

The movie year is halfway in the books, and PCA's members are shouting out their 2025 favorites so far. Here's @bcfonfilm.bsky.social on "Materialists."

What’s up, Bluesky? We are a collection of Portland film critics, banded together to share writing, program events, and deliver annual film awards. Check out our past winners (2021-24) and current members via: portlandcritics.com