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Eric Zhu @ezhu.bsky.social · 20h

VIFF: Sentimental Value, Miroirs No. 3
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Silver Screen Riot - Matt @silverscreenriot.bsky.social · 23h

Sure, 'TRON: Ares' looks and sounds pretty cool (that NIN score is 🔥) but it's accompanied by a story that fails to make you feel anything at all. A real algorithmic uncanny valley of a movie-going experience.
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‘TRON: ARES’ Is a Pretty Husk Wishing It Were a Real Boy - Silver Screen Riot

A movie review of 'Tron: Ares' directed by Joachim Rønning and starring Jared Leto, Greta Lee, and Evan Peters.

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🎥 Kathy 📼 Fennessy 📽️ @kcfennessy.bsky.social · 22h

I'll be moderating Seattle Film Society's In Focus showcase of the short documentaries of Georgia Krause on Thurs, Oct 16, at @nwfilmforum.bsky.social (SFC is unrelated to @seattlecritics.bsky.social, though we collaborate on occasion).

Tickets: www.brownpapertickets.com/event/6720305

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Seattle Film Society In Focus: Georgia Krause
(Georgia Krause, United States)

The Seattle Film Society’s IN FOCUS series returns with a showcase for one of the Seattle area’s brightest up and coming documentarians, Emmy-award winner Georgia Krause. We’ll be screening five of Georgia’s short films including their previous Locals Only selection Small Talk. The screening also will be accompanied by a Q&A led by Seattle Film Critics Society President, Kathy Fennessy.

Films in this program include:
Crown of Thorns

Portrait of a Mechanic
Simmer
Have a Heart
Small Talk

Thu Oct 16: 7.00pm PDT

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Seattle Film Critics @seattlecritics.bsky.social · 22h

All six nominees will screen at @siffnews.bsky.social in October and November, many with filmmakers in attendance.

Tickets now available at www.siff.net/programs-and...

Seattle Film Critics Society PNW Award Nominees 2025

Screenings of the six nominated films for the Seattle Film Critics Society's 2025 Pacific Northwest Filmmaking Award.

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Seattle Film Critics @seattlecritics.bsky.social · 22h

SFCS's PNW 2025 nominees:

Not One Drop of Blood (Jackson Philip Caumiant Devereux, Lachlan Hinton)

To Kill A Wolf (dir. Kelsey Taylor)

Train Dreams (dir. Clint Bentley)

Twinless (dir. James Sweeney)

Wolf Land (dir. Sarah Hoffman)

WTO/99 (dir. Ian Bell)

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The Seattle Film Critics Society announces Nominees for the Pacific Northwest Filmmaking Award and Local Screenings at SIFF. - Seattle Film Critics Society

Each year, the Seattle Film Critics Society (SFCS) honors Pacific Northwest filmmaking as part of their annual awards. A nominating committee carefully considered films released throughout the year wh...

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Seattle Film Critics @seattlecritics.bsky.social · 22h

Announcing the nominees for the Seattle Film Critics Society's 2025 Best Pacific Northwest Film award with a screening series at @siffnews.bsky.social

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Chase 'Hutch' Hutchinson 📽️ @eclectichutch.bsky.social · 23h

Hello Tacoma! Got some good news for you: the Tacoma Film Festival kicks off this week @thegrandcinema.bsky.social with the essential WTO/99 and I'm moderating a Q&A with director Ian following the 7 p.m. Thursday showing. Be there to see then talk one of 2025’s most vital documentaries 📽️

A poster for Ian's Bell documentary film WTO/99 with a group of peaceful protestors sitting opposite armored police in Seattle 1999.

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Silver Screen Riot - Matt @silverscreenriot.bsky.social · 1d

Kathryn Bigelow enlists an A-list cast to tell the story of a rogue nuclear mission barreling towards the United States. A movie about stakes and nuclear holocaust, it succeeds as a detail-rich procedural but doesn't really land as a compelling whole.

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Kathryn Bigelow’s ‘A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE’ Certainly Provokes A Response - Silver Screen Riot

A film review of 'House of Dynamite' directed by Kathryn Bigelow and starring Anthony Ramos, Rebecca Ferguson, and Idris Elba.

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drinkinthemovies.bsky.social @drinkinthemovies.bsky.social · 1d

It Was Just an Accident

Written by Eric Zhu

"While on first glance, this is one of Panahi’s weaker films, there’s still evident thought put into the deployment of theatrical artifice. The film pointedly alternates between urban neorealism...and the abstracted stage of the..."

VIFF 2025: It Was Just an Accident

Written by Eric Zhu "While on first glance, this is one of Panahi’s weaker films, there’s still evident thought put into the deployment of theatrical artifice. The film pointedly alternates between urban neorealism (all the more effective for how rare it is in Panahi’s recent films), and the abstracted stage of..."

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Eric Zhu @ezhu.bsky.social · 3d

VIFF: The Last One For the Road (Francesco Sossai)
Link: https://theinsert.substack.com/p/viff-the-last-one-for-the-road-francesco

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The SunBreak @thesunbreak.bsky.social · 3d

📽️ Family drama brings Daniel Day-Lewis back to the screen in ANEMONE -- the three-time Oscar winner is out of retirement and back in theaters this weekend.

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Family drama brings Daniel Day-Lewis back to the screen in Anemone - The SunBreak

Anemone (2025 | UK, USA | 126 minutes | Ronan Day-Lewis) Most adult sons have to contrive ways to hang out with …

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🎥 Kathy 📼 Fennessy 📽️ @kcfennessy.bsky.social · 4d

Lucile Hadžihalilović's fourth feature, The Ice Tower, is now playing some US cities, but not Seattle (I don't recall an opening for Earwig either, which I caught up with via screener). In some ways, the new work plays like a sequel or companion to Innocence, her first. @seattlecritics.bsky.social

Hans Christian Andersen Meets the Brothers Grimm in Lucile Hadžihalilović's <i>The Ice Tower</i>

THE ICE TOWER / La Tour de Glace (Lucile Hadžihalilović, France/Germany/Italy, 2025, 117 minutes) How beautiful she was. So perfect! --...

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Eric Zhu @ezhu.bsky.social · 4d

NYFF: Mare's Nest (Ben Rivers)
Link: https://theinsert.substack.com/p/nyff-mares-nest-ben-rivers

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📽️ Moviepie.com - Movie and Film Reviews @moviepie.bsky.social · 4d

It's impossible for Daniel Day-Lewis to give a bad performance, even in an overly arty and ultimately unsatisfying film like #Anemone. #DanielDayLewis moviepie.com/anemone-2025/

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Chase 'Hutch' Hutchinson 📽️ @eclectichutch.bsky.social · 4d

SHELL: While it lives in the shadow of THE SUBSTANCE, stand by what I wrote last year on this Kate Hudson and Elisabeth Moss film and why horror cinema can be a big tent. The finale especially made me much less crabby. It's now streaming on VOD 📽️

My review: www.thewrap.com/shell-review...

Kate Hudson (left) and Elizabeth Moss (right) look into a mirror with pensive expressions in a still from the film THE SHELL.

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📽️ Moviepie.com - Movie and Film Reviews @moviepie.bsky.social · 5d

As a drama #TheSmashingMachine doesn’t have an interesting enough cinematic arc to be satisfying, and as a sports film I was left still not knowing a heck of a lot about what was going on. moviepie.com/the-smashing...

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Sara Michelle Fetters @moviefreaksara.bsky.social · 5d

Terrific performance from its adorable canine lead Indy aside, this mangy spin on secluded backwoods paranormal activity is a frustrating letdown. #GoodBoy sadly was not for me.

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Mike Ward @shouldiseeit.bsky.social · 4d

Dwayne Johnson gives his all to a movie less about brawling and MMA and more about his character's internal struggles.

His Oscar buzz is legitimate. However, with THE SMASHING MACHINE, has a movie ever been this afraid of its own shadow?

Now playing everywhere.

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Should I See It-The Smashing Machine (2025)

MMA fighter Mark Kerr reaches the peak of his career but faces personal hardships along the way.

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Allen Almachar @allenalmachar.bsky.social · 4d

THE LOST BUS (2025) does not reach the heights of director Paul Greengrass' more acclaimed work, but it shows him still fully capable of creating pulse pounding action and suspense. My review.
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Film Review - The Lost Bus | The MacGuffin

Allen Almachar reviews the thriller The Lost Bus, from director Paul Greengrass and starring Matthew McConaughey and America Ferrera.

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Silver Screen Riot - Matt @silverscreenriot.bsky.social · 6d

'The Smashing Machine' sees Dwayne (“Don’t Call Him The Rock Anymore”) Johnson actually turn in a serious, actorly performance but this UFC biopic is shockingly flat and fails at the most basic aspects of filmmaking. It's quite bad.
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‘THE SMASHING MACHINE’ is a Shockingly Flat Affair - Silver Screen Riot

A film review of 'The Smashing Machine' directed by Benny Safdie and starring Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt and Ryan Bader.

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Chase 'Hutch' Hutchinson 📽️ @eclectichutch.bsky.social · 5d

THE SMASHING MACHINE: Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson has never disappeared into a role quite like how he does in Benny Safdie’s latest. It gives him room to triumph as the great actor we always knew he could be. See it starting today @siffnews.bsky.social 📽️

My review: www.inlander.com/screen/revie...

The cover of The Inlander's screen section with the headline It Doesn't Matter What Your Name Is! and the subhead Benny Safdie's The Smashing Machine proves Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson can cook up a great perfromance with a still of the actor holding up a belt in victory.

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Silver Screen Riot - Matt @silverscreenriot.bsky.social · 6d

The dark Irish drama 'Anemone' features the return of legendary performer Daniel Day-Lewis in a movie written and directed by his own son. It's not a movie that will likely connect with mass audiences but there's something eerily mystifying about the union. silverscreenriot.com/anemone-flow...

‘ANEMONE’ Flows Into Something Poignant, Eventually - Silver Screen Riot

A film review of 'Anemone' directed by Roman Day-Lewis and starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Sean Bean, and Samantha Morton.

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Eric Zhu @ezhu.bsky.social · 6d

NYFF: Drunken Noodles, Last Night I Conquered the City of Thebes
Link: https://theinsert.substack.com/p/nyff-drunken-noodles-last-night-i

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Chase 'Hutch' Hutchinson 📽️ @eclectichutch.bsky.social · 6d

Since everyone is talking stand-up comedy this week, wanted to reshare this piece from the summer where I spoke to Marc Maron about his new film ARE WE GOOD? and the late, great Lynn Shelton. You can read that below then see the doc this Sunday @siffnews.bsky.social and @thegrandcinema.bsky.social 📽️

Chase 'Hutch' Hutchinson 📽️ @eclectichutch.bsky.social · Jun 13

For @indiewire.com, I spoke to @marcmaron.bsky.social back at SXSW about his comedy, the new documentary ARE WE GOOD? (now screening at #Tribeca), & the late, great Seattle filmmaker Lynn Shelton. It was a really great conversation I'd appreciate you giving a read 📽️
www.indiewire.com/features/int...

Veteran comedian and actor Marc Maron performing stand-up on stage through red curtains in Steven Feinartz's documentary ARE WE GOOD? that premiered back at SXSW and is screening at Tribeca.

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