Sundance 2026 is in full-swing in Park City, Salt Lake City, and — beginning on January 29 — online
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All That’s Left of You views generations of conflict through the lens of family.
Cherien Dabis traces one family’s journey through pivotal time points: a businessman’s expulsion from Jaffa an internment in a forced labor camp in 1948, his son’s life as an idealistic teacher in a refugee camp in 1978, the teen’s life a decade later in 1988, and beyond.
Marty Supreme dreams big and delivers
Marty Supreme (2025 | USA | 150 minutes | Josh Safdie) From an explosive introduction — complete with a vibrant Alphaville-scored health …
Seattle Film Critics name One Battle After Another best film of 2025
This afternoon, the Seattle Film Critics Society (which counts a few of us as members) announced nominations for the 2025 SFCS Awards. Dominating the nominations was Ryan Coogler’s Sinners with fourteen, Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another with twelve, and Clint Bentley’s Pacific Northwest-set Train Dreams with eight.
Notes from the Screener Pile: My Undesirable Friends, The Secret Agent, Resurrection
In this dispatch a trio of very long movies about life under authoritarianism: prescient, reflective, and futuristic.
Josh’s Favorite Films of 2025
As the year winds to a close, we’re sharing lists of our favorite films we’ve seen (so far).
Seattle Film Critics announce 10 best films of 2025 and nominees for annual awards
This afternoon, the Seattle Film Critics Society (which counts a few of us as members) announced nominations for the 2025 SFCS Awards. Dominating the nominations was Ryan Coogler’s Sinners with fourteen, Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another with twelve, and Clint Bentley’s Pacific Northwest-set Train Dreams with eight.
Rian Johnson’s terrific Knives Out mysteries hit peak form with Wake Up Dead Man
The latest Knives Out finds onetime boxer turned small town priest wrapped up in a thorny and inexplicable murder of a controversial Monsignor. A warm embrace in a world of wolves, this third iteration in the ongoing Benoit Blanc series represents a major emotional leap for the franchise while demonstrating its dexterity to reshape itself to meet the the current mood.
Neither art or family come easy in Joachim Trier’s exquisite Sentimental Value
It’s been quite a year for films about fathers reckoning with the consequences of having prioritizing careers over family or making art as a balm for old wounds, none yet have come close to holding a candle to the carefully-crafted emotional effectiveness of Joachim Trier’s spectacular Sentimental Value.
Chloe Zhao ponders an undiscovered country in Hamnet
Notes from Saturday at Telluride where the festival saw the world premiere of Hamnet and North American premieres of Bugonia and Pillion.