SFCS is thrilled to welcome Micah Rickard as a new member for 2026! You can read Micah's writing on micahrickard.com, Think Christian, Christ and Pop Culture & APA Philosophy of Film

SFCS is thrilled to welcome Matt Erspamer as a new member for 2026! You can read Matt's work at The Normal Newsletter normalnewsletter.substack.com

SFCS is thrilled to welcome Li Lai as a new member for 2026! You can read Li's work on Mediaversity Reviews & Common Sense Media

SFCS is thrilled to welcome Caleb Masters as a new member for 2026! You can read Caleb's work on The Cinematropolis www.thecinematropolis.com

SFCS is thrilled to welcome Zach Youngs as a new member for 2026! You can read Zach's writing on InSession Film insessionfilm.com

Last Thursday, SFCS hosted a screening of First Cow as part of our celebration of 10 years of SFCS! We still have four screenings in our series featuring special guests and other fun celebrations! Grab your tickets today: nwfilmforum.org/series/sfcs-...

Honorable mentions went to: 📽️ MĀRAMA (Taratoa Stappard) 📽️ I LOVE BOOSTERS (Boots Riley) 📽️ AGAIN AGAIN (Mia Moore, Heather Ballish) 📽️ SILENT FRIEND (Ildikó Enyedi)

On Sunday, we joined SIFF's Golden Space Needle festivities to present the Seattle Critics Award for #SIFF2026 ... voted on by attending media, this year's winner was 📽️OBSESSION (directed by Curry Baker).

Member reviews: Mother Mary -- Bob Foster "With mostly Hathaway and Coel playing off of each other, they are astounding. The pair gives gripping, full-bodied performances." www.cinema-crazed.com/blog/2026/04...

Member reviews: Forbidden Fruits -- Bob Foster www.cinema-crazed.com/blog/2026/04...

Are you a Seattle-based film critic looking to get plugged in to the Seattle film scene? SFCS is the place for you! 🎥 Find more information and the application on our website! . . #SeattleFilmCritics #SeattleCritics #SeattleMovies

... and here we thought the SFCS award for Youth Performance was going to be the most unique statue presented to Jacobi Jupe this season. Well played, SAG.

A ton of vintage movie posters from beloved theaters like the Harvard Exit and Egyptian (RIP 🥹) are currently up for auction to support @SIFFnews.bsky.social. Take a look, some very cool finds in there! live.classy.org/register/awa...

SFCS co-signs this rating, although we only gave Indy a special citation for animal acting.

... and David Chen from Decoding Everything (@decodingeverything.com), too. www.decodingeverything.com/david-chens-...

Josh at the SunBreak --> thesunbreak.com/2025/12/07/j...

... and finally, Erik Samdahl of FilimJabber www.filmjabber.com/movie-blog/2...

René Sánchez: of Cine Sin Fronteras (@cinesinfronteras.bsky.social) cinesinfronteras.com/2025/12/31/l...

Brent McKnight (@brentmmcknight.bsky.social) of The Last Thing I See www.thelastthingisee.com/2025/12/top-...

Timothy Hall of The People's Critic thepeoplescriticblog.com/2025/12/28/m...

Sara Michelle Fetters (@moviefreaksara.bsky.social) has her top ten on Seattle Gay News, with more to come on Moviefreak.com www.sgn.org/story/161598...

Joseph Curtis runs down his favorites on YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=oh0A...

Sean Gilman's (@theendofcinema.bsky.social ) full list on Letterboxd letterboxd.com/theendofcine...

Vaughn Swearingen from Step Printed (@stepprinted.com) stepprinted.com/the-25-best-...

Morgen Schuler from The SunBreak (@thesunbreak.bsky.social) thesunbreak.com/2025/12/30/m...

Matt Oakes (@silverscreenriot.bsky.social) from Silver Screen Riot silverscreenriot.com/top-ten-film...

Kathy Fennessy on And More Again (@kcfennessy.bsky.social) kathleencfennessy.blogspot.com/2025/12/movi...

Allen Almachar (@allenalmachar.bsky.social) from The MacGuffin macguff.in/macguffin-co...

Joe Hammerschmidt at Warm 106.9 warm1069.com/category/mov...

Marina Coates at the SunBreak (@thesunbreak.bsky.social) thesunbreak.com/2026/01/01/m...