Chase 'Hutch' Hutchinson 📽️
@eclectichutch.bsky.social
Journalist/critic📽️
✍️ The A.V. Club • BW/DR • The Seattle Times • The Inlander • TheWrap • IGN • IndieWire • RogerEbert.com
authory.com/ChaseHutchinson
Hire me: [email protected]
VP Seattle Film Critics Society
SPJWash Winner for Criticism
✍️ The A.V. Club • BW/DR • The Seattle Times • The Inlander • TheWrap • IGN • IndieWire • RogerEbert.com
authory.com/ChaseHutchinson
Hire me: [email protected]
VP Seattle Film Critics Society
SPJWash Winner for Criticism
Pinned
THE CHRONOLOGY OF WATER: Kristen Stewart’s directorial debut is an expansive, evocative work of cinematic poetry with a career-best performance by Imogen Poots. It's a formally ambitious vision that shows Stewart has got the stuff 📽️
My #Cannes2025 review: www.thewrap.com/the-chronolo...
My #Cannes2025 review: www.thewrap.com/the-chronolo...
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Though there are many great movies to watch this holiday weekend, don't sleep on the LEFT-HANDED GIRL. Directed by Shih-Ching Tsou from a script she co-wrote with Sean Baker, it proves to be more sweet than bitter while feeling just as alive as their past works. See it (*checks notes*) on Netflix 📽️
LEFT-HANDED GIRL: Shih-Ching Tsou and Sean Baker make a bittersweet family dramedy that echoes TAKE OUT from 20 years ago. While it trades NYC for Taipei and a bike for a scooter, it maintains the same sense of attention to detail 📽️
My #Cannes2025 review: www.thewrap.com/left-handed-...
My #Cannes2025 review: www.thewrap.com/left-handed-...
November 28, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Though there are many great movies to watch this holiday weekend, don't sleep on the LEFT-HANDED GIRL. Directed by Shih-Ching Tsou from a script she co-wrote with Sean Baker, it proves to be more sweet than bitter while feeling just as alive as their past works. See it (*checks notes*) on Netflix 📽️
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At North Shore Movies this week I reviewed Shih-Ching Tsou and Sean Baker’s lovely LEFT-HANDED GIRL, which is like THE FLORIDA PROJECT except it doesn’t rip your heart out of your chest.
Review – Left-Handed Girl
LEFT-HANDED GIRL. With Nina Ye, Shih-Yua Ma, Janel Tsai, Ten-Hui Huang, Akio Chen. Written by Sean Baker and Shih-Ching Tsou. Directed by Shih-Ching Tsou. Rated R for sexual content and language. 1…
northshoremovies.wpcomstaging.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:41 PM
At North Shore Movies this week I reviewed Shih-Ching Tsou and Sean Baker’s lovely LEFT-HANDED GIRL, which is like THE FLORIDA PROJECT except it doesn’t rip your heart out of your chest.
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If the U.S. was at war, Pete Hegseth's order would be a war crime, a military lawyer said. Instead, it might just be murder. wapo.st/49KbUJ1
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM
If the U.S. was at war, Pete Hegseth's order would be a war crime, a military lawyer said. Instead, it might just be murder. wapo.st/49KbUJ1
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Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
Though there are many great movies to watch this holiday weekend, don't sleep on the LEFT-HANDED GIRL. Directed by Shih-Ching Tsou from a script she co-wrote with Sean Baker, it proves to be more sweet than bitter while feeling just as alive as their past works. See it (*checks notes*) on Netflix 📽️
LEFT-HANDED GIRL: Shih-Ching Tsou and Sean Baker make a bittersweet family dramedy that echoes TAKE OUT from 20 years ago. While it trades NYC for Taipei and a bike for a scooter, it maintains the same sense of attention to detail 📽️
My #Cannes2025 review: www.thewrap.com/left-handed-...
My #Cannes2025 review: www.thewrap.com/left-handed-...
November 28, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Though there are many great movies to watch this holiday weekend, don't sleep on the LEFT-HANDED GIRL. Directed by Shih-Ching Tsou from a script she co-wrote with Sean Baker, it proves to be more sweet than bitter while feeling just as alive as their past works. See it (*checks notes*) on Netflix 📽️
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Rian Johnson, profiled www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
The mind behind ‘Knives Out’ keeps pumping out capers. Here’s his secret.
With his latest Benoit Blanc movie “Wake Up Dead Man,” Rian Johnson has ‘dun it again.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Rian Johnson, profiled www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
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ZOOTOPIA 2: Failing to creatively expand the playfulness of its predecessor, it's a sequel jammed with references to classics of cinema, painfully basic puns it keeps beating you over the head with, characters built around a single gag, and little else 📽️
My review: www.inlander.com/screen/zooto...
My review: www.inlander.com/screen/zooto...
November 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
ZOOTOPIA 2: Failing to creatively expand the playfulness of its predecessor, it's a sequel jammed with references to classics of cinema, painfully basic puns it keeps beating you over the head with, characters built around a single gag, and little else 📽️
My review: www.inlander.com/screen/zooto...
My review: www.inlander.com/screen/zooto...
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A bit too on the nose for thanksgiving
ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
A bit too on the nose for thanksgiving
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OpenAI has lost a key discovery battle over internal communications related to the startup deleting two huge datasets of pirated books, a development that further tilts the scales in favor of authors suing the company.
OpenAI Loses Key Discovery Battle as It Cedes Ground to Authors in AI Lawsuits
OpenAI has lost a key discovery battle over internal communications related to the startup deleting two huge datasets of pirated books, a development that further tilts the scales in favor of authors suing the company.
bit.ly
November 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
OpenAI has lost a key discovery battle over internal communications related to the startup deleting two huge datasets of pirated books, a development that further tilts the scales in favor of authors suing the company.
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Will have more on it quite soon, but resharing my rave review of Rian Johnson’s wonderful WAKE UP DEAD MAN now that you can see it in theaters. It's not only the best, most fun KNIVES OUT yet, but also the most spiritual with the power to make even Johnson’s greatest doubters into true believers 📽️
WAKE UP DEAD MAN: Rian Johnson’s glorious, goofy gothic horror is the best KNIVES OUT movie yet with an outstanding duo in Daniel Craig & Josh O'Connor. Taking shots at STAR WARS and Netflix while reflecting on faith?, it's a damn miracle 📽️
My #TIFF review: www.thewrap.com/wake-up-dead...
My #TIFF review: www.thewrap.com/wake-up-dead...
November 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Will have more on it quite soon, but resharing my rave review of Rian Johnson’s wonderful WAKE UP DEAD MAN now that you can see it in theaters. It's not only the best, most fun KNIVES OUT yet, but also the most spiritual with the power to make even Johnson’s greatest doubters into true believers 📽️
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"Miles said her son and uncle were both detained by ICE agents who initially did not accept their tribal IDs before they were eventually let go."
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
"Miles said her son and uncle were both detained by ICE agents who initially did not accept their tribal IDs before they were eventually let go."
ZOOTOPIA 2: Failing to creatively expand the playfulness of its predecessor, it's a sequel jammed with references to classics of cinema, painfully basic puns it keeps beating you over the head with, characters built around a single gag, and little else 📽️
My review: www.inlander.com/screen/zooto...
My review: www.inlander.com/screen/zooto...
November 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
ZOOTOPIA 2: Failing to creatively expand the playfulness of its predecessor, it's a sequel jammed with references to classics of cinema, painfully basic puns it keeps beating you over the head with, characters built around a single gag, and little else 📽️
My review: www.inlander.com/screen/zooto...
My review: www.inlander.com/screen/zooto...
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Was not expecting this blatant xenophobia on my tv first thing in the morning...
November 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Was not expecting this blatant xenophobia on my tv first thing in the morning...
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Want to also add I too found the dialogue to be absolutely insufferable this season. Like an increasing number of recent streaming shows, it feels written for an audience only half paying attention & ultimately punishes those who are following each stilted sentence. Please, make it stop, I beg you 📺
Sorry kids, but #StrangerThings5 is off to a rough beginning of the end. The final season of the hit Netflix series has the longest episodes, but also the most painfully clunky dialogue. It only makes one nostalgic for its start nearly a decade ago 📺
My review: www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...
My review: www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...
November 27, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Want to also add I too found the dialogue to be absolutely insufferable this season. Like an increasing number of recent streaming shows, it feels written for an audience only half paying attention & ultimately punishes those who are following each stilted sentence. Please, make it stop, I beg you 📺
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BBC tells staff they cannot quote Trump line removed from Reith Lecture www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
BBC tells staff they cannot quote Trump line removed from Reith Lecture
Journalists not allowed to repeat Rutger Bregman’s corruption claims against US president in coverage of edit
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:29 PM
BBC tells staff they cannot quote Trump line removed from Reith Lecture www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
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Sorry kids, but #StrangerThings5 is off to a rough beginning of the end. The final season of the hit Netflix series has the longest episodes, but also the most painfully clunky dialogue. It only makes one nostalgic for its start nearly a decade ago 📺
My review: www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...
My review: www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...
November 27, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Sorry kids, but #StrangerThings5 is off to a rough beginning of the end. The final season of the hit Netflix series has the longest episodes, but also the most painfully clunky dialogue. It only makes one nostalgic for its start nearly a decade ago 📺
My review: www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...
My review: www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...
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Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
Native American actress gave ICE agents her tribal ID. They called it 'fake,' she says
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
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In contrast, I just finished this week's Pluribus, which would be entirely unwatchable unless you were looking at the screen most of the time.
And if you were watching, you would have been rewarded with the best physical comedy every performed by a drone.
And if you were watching, you would have been rewarded with the best physical comedy every performed by a drone.
Want to also add I too found the dialogue to be absolutely insufferable this season. Like an increasing number of recent streaming shows, it feels written for an audience only half paying attention & ultimately punishes those who are following each stilted sentence. Please, make it stop, I beg you 📺
Sorry kids, but #StrangerThings5 is off to a rough beginning of the end. The final season of the hit Netflix series has the longest episodes, but also the most painfully clunky dialogue. It only makes one nostalgic for its start nearly a decade ago 📺
My review: www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...
My review: www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...
November 27, 2025 at 2:45 AM
In contrast, I just finished this week's Pluribus, which would be entirely unwatchable unless you were looking at the screen most of the time.
And if you were watching, you would have been rewarded with the best physical comedy every performed by a drone.
And if you were watching, you would have been rewarded with the best physical comedy every performed by a drone.
Want to also add I too found the dialogue to be absolutely insufferable this season. Like an increasing number of recent streaming shows, it feels written for an audience only half paying attention & ultimately punishes those who are following each stilted sentence. Please, make it stop, I beg you 📺
Sorry kids, but #StrangerThings5 is off to a rough beginning of the end. The final season of the hit Netflix series has the longest episodes, but also the most painfully clunky dialogue. It only makes one nostalgic for its start nearly a decade ago 📺
My review: www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...
My review: www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...
November 27, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Want to also add I too found the dialogue to be absolutely insufferable this season. Like an increasing number of recent streaming shows, it feels written for an audience only half paying attention & ultimately punishes those who are following each stilted sentence. Please, make it stop, I beg you 📺
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Y'all we have gotta stop doing this second screen dialogue thing where characters just repeat plot points to each other to make sure everyone is up to speed and the audience isn't left behind.
Eventually it's just a bunch of people in a room talking about a TV show they're in.
Eventually it's just a bunch of people in a room talking about a TV show they're in.
For @dreadcentral.bsky.social, I reviewed the first volume of STRANGER THINGS 5, a messy but invigorating return that sees the show battling the weight of its own legacy through clunky dialogue, weird pacing, and yes, that old Hawkins magic.
‘Stranger Things 5 – Vol. 1’ Review: Netflix Saga Battles Its Own Legacy in Penultimate Showdown
The first four episodes of the final season of Stranger Things aim to unearth long-awaited answers and set up the show's big endgame.
www.dreadcentral.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Y'all we have gotta stop doing this second screen dialogue thing where characters just repeat plot points to each other to make sure everyone is up to speed and the audience isn't left behind.
Eventually it's just a bunch of people in a room talking about a TV show they're in.
Eventually it's just a bunch of people in a room talking about a TV show they're in.
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excited for these ancient children and also all of us as a society to finally move on from the upside goddamn down already
‘Stranger Things’ Review: The Final Season of Netflix’s Horror Hit Gets Stuck in the Upside Down
Linda Hamilton joins the cast for the show's fifth and last outing, consisting of eight chapters to be released in three chunks over the Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Eve holidays.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:17 AM
excited for these ancient children and also all of us as a society to finally move on from the upside goddamn down already
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Greetings, I have traveled through time from the year 2016 to remind you of something that has become increasingly difficult to believe in your time: Stranger Things used to be good.
It Might Be the Most Popular TV Show in the World. It Keeps Getting Worse and Worse.
There’s a pretty glaring problem with Stranger Things’ final season.
slate.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Greetings, I have traveled through time from the year 2016 to remind you of something that has become increasingly difficult to believe in your time: Stranger Things used to be good.
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STRANGER THINGS begins the end by again looping the narrative, which means the show now holds itself in the same regard as the '80s classics it's long fashioned itself after. that's a bolder move than most of the storytelling itself. @vulture.com:
www.vulture.com/article/stra...
www.vulture.com/article/stra...
November 27, 2025 at 1:14 AM
STRANGER THINGS begins the end by again looping the narrative, which means the show now holds itself in the same regard as the '80s classics it's long fashioned itself after. that's a bolder move than most of the storytelling itself. @vulture.com:
www.vulture.com/article/stra...
www.vulture.com/article/stra...
Sorry kids, but #StrangerThings5 is off to a rough beginning of the end. The final season of the hit Netflix series has the longest episodes, but also the most painfully clunky dialogue. It only makes one nostalgic for its start nearly a decade ago 📺
My review: www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...
My review: www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...
November 27, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Sorry kids, but #StrangerThings5 is off to a rough beginning of the end. The final season of the hit Netflix series has the longest episodes, but also the most painfully clunky dialogue. It only makes one nostalgic for its start nearly a decade ago 📺
My review: www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...
My review: www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...
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BREAKING: Two National Guard members have been shot in Washington, D.C., and their condition isn't known, AP source says.
Two National Guard members shot in Washington, D.C., and their condition isn't known, AP source says
Two National Guard soldiers were shot Wednesday near the White House and their conditions aren’t immediately known, according to a law enforcement official not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke to AP on condition of anonymity.Emergency vehicles were seen responding to the area.
bit.ly
November 26, 2025 at 7:55 PM
BREAKING: Two National Guard members have been shot in Washington, D.C., and their condition isn't known, AP source says.