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The Seattle Film Critics Society is proud to announce the nominees for the 2026 PNW Short Film Award: Dicks-A-Thon dir. Dylan Young Katya dir. Timofey Pozhitkov Oh Whale dir. Winslow Crane-Murdoch Roll Modelz dir. Oliver Rodriguez Dickson & Yahir Tzec-Carrasco Scout's Honor dir. Isabel Pask

#Wildwood is out today. It’s a must-see in theaters, and at times transcendent.

I'm not a fan of #StreetFighterMovie. I wanted to love it. It's got creative ideas. But it exemplifies how bad editing and uneven pacing can ruin a dumb, fun movie night. My friends Chad Parizman and Alex Palmer disagree. Watch the podcast conversation: www.thecinematropolis.com/street-fight...

Absolutely heartbreaking news. Bioware made MASS EFFECT, a series formative to my college era, and one of the most compelling combinations of rich, innovative gameplay and cinematic storytelling.

Because the people had been BEGGING for a Shrek 2 remaster. At the gates!

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With #ResidentEvil and #StreetFighterMovie in theaters, we looked at games more closely in this podcast ice-breaker. What is the most cinematic moment in video games? Jo Light and Adam Courtliff joined The Cinematic Schematic. Full episode here: www.thecinematropolis.com/zach-cregger...

Anyone else find themselves thinking about The Prestige after watching You Can See Everything? They are obviously wildly different movies, but thematically, the overlap is striking.

#StreetFighter update

I’ve got a bad feeling about #StreetFighter, but I gotta admire the free poster design.

Opening this weekend: - You Can See Everything - Ken Russell’s The Devils - Your Mother x 3 - Street Fighter - Whalefall - Sense and Sensibility - Misty Green - Musk There’s certainly no shortage of choices for everyone* at the cinema. *Families who’ve seen Forgotten Island are SOL

#TheSocialReckoning didn’t make any real noise at the box office and it’s unlikely to have a big awards run. In this week’s The Cinematic Schematic podcast, we’re joined by @kevinely.bsky.social for a deep dive review. What went wrong? Check it out: www.thecinematropolis.com/the-social-r...

TOMORROW! We'll be screening GREEN ROOM, which features one of our favorite villains in SFCS history, at Northwest Film Forum. Stick around for Q&A with director Jeremy Saulnier afterwards! 🎟️https://nwfilmforum.org/films/sfcs-10-green-room/ 🤫 Gr33nR00m unlocks a special $7 friends-of-SFCS discount

Let’s see what Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim have been cooking up.

#Diggermovie may be one of the box office bombs of the century, but our podcast listeners were keen to keep the conversation going. By demand, we recorded a spoiler-filled bonus episode. Plus, our thoughts on the Warner Bros. acquisition. Check it out: www.thecinematropolis.com/is-digger-re...

AVATAR: SEVEN HAVENS is off to a very promising start. Switching to the 90s anime dystopian fantasy inspired setting was a huge swing that sets up compelling new directions. The cast of characters are immediately relatable and Jeremy Zuckerman’s synth-y score is an instant winner.

Failing up = subsidizing terrible leadership decisions at the cost of thousands of jobs. This should be illegal.

Who’s ready to see GREEN ROOM back on the big screen 🙋🏻‍♂️ Join @seattlecritics.bsky.social at @nwfilmforum.bsky.social 7 PM next Wednesday, featuring a post-film Q&A with director Jeremy Saulnier hosted by @silverscreenriot.bsky.social Get tickets now: nwfilmforum.org/films/sfcs-1...

SFCS is thrilled to announce screenings for the best films made in the PNW. In collaboration with @SIFFnews and support from 4Culture, Again Again, The Life We Leave, The Joyless Economy, Powwow People, and A Simple Machine play Nov 13-15 with filmmakers in attendance! 🎟️ Tickets: www.siff.net/sfcs

After 34 years taking their collection from 1,000 to over 150,000 movies, Scarecrow Video’s beloved longtime buyer Mark Steiner is calling it a career after having helped shape Seattle’s (and the world’s) largest physical media store📽️ My story @seattletimes.com: www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...

I am living in Silent Hill.

Introducing the five finalists of the @seattlecritics.bsky.social Pacific Northwest Awards! These films will be playing at the SIFF Film Center November 13-15. 🎥 A SIMPLE MACHINE 🎥 POWWOW PEOPLE 🎥 AGAIN AGAIN 🎥 THE JOYLESS ECONOMY 🎥 THE LIFE WE LEAVE More info & tickets: siff.info/sfcs26-bs

It’s been said multiple times all over the internet, but THE SOCIAL NETWORK really did have its fingers on the pulse of where the world was headed. Sixteen years later, it feels prophetic. Fincher and Sorkin didn’t just capture Facebook. They captured petty, status-obsessed tech disruptor culture.

First time experience—I almost got run over by a gang of twelvish year olds on E-bikes on today’s run. I thought South Park was being silly, but once again—satire is no longer as absurd as reality. Signed - mid-life man with no kids shaking fist at the sky

Here are my off the cuff thoughts on #Veritymovie. Thanks to the cast, I enjoyed my time, but I actually thought the whole film needed to be trashier. Get more reviews like this: thecinematropolis.com

#Digger is a bizarre role for Tom “Mr. Movies” Cruise. The cinematography & production design are impressive, and it has a few magic tricks up its sleeve. But when the takeaway is “art is futile,” what’s the point? Read more: www.thecinematropolis.com/digger-revie... @seattlecritics.bsky.social

#Verity: Granted, I’ve not seen a Colleen Hoover adaptation until now, but this was just passable. Michael Showalter doesn’t take the inherently pulpy material nearly far enough. Luckily the cast leans into the silliness for some laughable line deliveries. A surefire “made for Prime Video” classic.

#Digger: I'm genuinely torn. On one hand, it's technically impressive and striking in IMAX. Tom Cruise delivers his biggest performance in decades. I said "wow" a couple of times. On the other, Iñárritu's deeply felt cynicism is obnoxiously self-aware and painfully smug. I'm left feeling hollow.

#ForgottenIsland This is maximalist animated filmmaking that wears its millennial heart on every sleeve it can find. Its sweet heartfelt message about friendship is taken to the next level by exotic music video-style editing and the most visually vibrant artistic swings I’ve seen this year. See it!

Green Room is, low key, a favorite of mine from 2016. Super exciting to see it get a @seattlecritics.bsky.social 10th anniversary screening + Q&A w/director Jeremy Saulnier (hosted by @silverscreenriot.bsky.social) at @nwfilmforum.bsky.social on Oct. 14th @ 7PM. Snag a ticket while you still can!

Let’s blow the word of mouth on this up

Go on. Keep proving the point of the documentary, fellas.

ICYMI: Here's my in-depth #ResidentEvil review podcast with Laron Chapman, plus guests Jo Light and Adam Courtliff. We talked cinematic video game moments, how Zach Cregger reinvents the approach, and the incoming wave of video game adaptations. Watch here: www.thecinematropolis.com/zach-cregger...

My video review for #Primetime Robert Pattinson's next-level performance alone justifies the time and ticket price, and Lance Oppenheim's stylish direction is especially haunting. It's a bummer the script doesn't dig a little deeper. For more: www.thecinematropolis.com/primetime-is...