Josh
@josh-c.bsky.social
Feels like 2008 all over again. Film editor at the SunBreak; Communications at Seattle Film Critics Society. Unlikely Mariners believer.
Tfw you wanted to quit watching a movie an hour in but the last frame makes it all worthwhile. International cinema!
December 12, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Tfw you wanted to quit watching a movie an hour in but the last frame makes it all worthwhile. International cinema!
The 2020s are a decade of how horrible it is to have been right
December 11, 2025 at 6:14 AM
The 2020s are a decade of how horrible it is to have been right
Almost finished watching MY UNDESIRABLE FRIENDS but I keep stopping to pack a go bag and taking screenshots of the most scorchingly relatable frames.
December 11, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Almost finished watching MY UNDESIRABLE FRIENDS but I keep stopping to pack a go bag and taking screenshots of the most scorchingly relatable frames.
Cris Ryan on SINNERS needs to be the season's hottest remix.
December 11, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Cris Ryan on SINNERS needs to be the season's hottest remix.
I saw a preview of FIRST COW at @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center in February 2020 before it disappeared into our new streaming reality.
Six years later it will be there again for one night.
www.siff.net/programs-and...
Six years later it will be there again for one night.
www.siff.net/programs-and...
December 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I saw a preview of FIRST COW at @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center in February 2020 before it disappeared into our new streaming reality.
Six years later it will be there again for one night.
www.siff.net/programs-and...
Six years later it will be there again for one night.
www.siff.net/programs-and...
Genuinely laughing out loud that the screener for RESURRECTION will not abide by the misguided desire to watch the movie in the morning.
December 10, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Genuinely laughing out loud that the screener for RESURRECTION will not abide by the misguided desire to watch the movie in the morning.
and then get weird and watch NOCTURAMA
December 9, 2025 at 1:33 AM
and then get weird and watch NOCTURAMA
The stock photos for the golden globe nominations are ... something. Somehow the funniest part is that Tessa Thompson is the only one with a film still.
December 8, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The stock photos for the golden globe nominations are ... something. Somehow the funniest part is that Tessa Thompson is the only one with a film still.
As I've said elsewhere the last time these three early groups aligned we got surefire Oscar winner The Social Network.
December 8, 2025 at 4:02 AM
As I've said elsewhere the last time these three early groups aligned we got surefire Oscar winner The Social Network.
Even 2/3 alignments rarely match with Oscars. Just No Country For Old Men and Hurt Locker in the 2000s.
December 8, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Even 2/3 alignments rarely match with Oscars. Just No Country For Old Men and Hurt Locker in the 2000s.
Congratulations to the year's THE KING'S SPEECH, I guess?
December 8, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Congratulations to the year's THE KING'S SPEECH, I guess?
brutally strategic non-anonymous critics group ballot revealed. Feel pretty good about mine and the resulting nominations, but until the very last minute I was consumed with anxiety over my ordering in Supporting Actress and am left wonder whether I should've done more to get Glenn closer.
December 6, 2025 at 1:47 AM
brutally strategic non-anonymous critics group ballot revealed. Feel pretty good about mine and the resulting nominations, but until the very last minute I was consumed with anxiety over my ordering in Supporting Actress and am left wonder whether I should've done more to get Glenn closer.
Being hated by John Waters is a pretty cool achievement for 2025.
(I did really like Misericordia and appreciated Sirāt, though.)
www.vulture.com/article/john...
(I did really like Misericordia and appreciated Sirāt, though.)
www.vulture.com/article/john...
December 4, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Being hated by John Waters is a pretty cool achievement for 2025.
(I did really like Misericordia and appreciated Sirāt, though.)
www.vulture.com/article/john...
(I did really like Misericordia and appreciated Sirāt, though.)
www.vulture.com/article/john...
Nominations for @seattlecritics.bsky.social due in ~ 4 hours and I have shuffled this list about a dozen times today.
December 2, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Nominations for @seattlecritics.bsky.social due in ~ 4 hours and I have shuffled this list about a dozen times today.
The extremely Seattle sigh of relief when Alaska moves your flight from the bus terminal to a regular gate.
December 1, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The extremely Seattle sigh of relief when Alaska moves your flight from the bus terminal to a regular gate.
Thought about going to see WAKE UP DEAD MAN again but it sold out *while* I was trying to get tickets.
November 29, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Thought about going to see WAKE UP DEAD MAN again but it sold out *while* I was trying to get tickets.
How it started / how it's going
November 28, 2025 at 10:24 PM
How it started / how it's going
Love to see Neon getting in on the Supporting Small Superlative Creators pullquote economy.
November 28, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Love to see Neon getting in on the Supporting Small Superlative Creators pullquote economy.
Perusing the local listings and need to study what is happening with anyone going into DIE MY LOVE at 11 pm. Is this a municipal intervention program for at risk cinephiles?
November 28, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Perusing the local listings and need to study what is happening with anyone going into DIE MY LOVE at 11 pm. Is this a municipal intervention program for at risk cinephiles?
A24 screener tiers for 2025.
Sideways = not yet watched. Not pictured, MARTY SUPREME hovering godlike several miles above in S-Tier.
Sideways = not yet watched. Not pictured, MARTY SUPREME hovering godlike several miles above in S-Tier.
November 27, 2025 at 4:01 AM
A24 screener tiers for 2025.
Sideways = not yet watched. Not pictured, MARTY SUPREME hovering godlike several miles above in S-Tier.
Sideways = not yet watched. Not pictured, MARTY SUPREME hovering godlike several miles above in S-Tier.
My sentiments on SENTIMENTAL VALUE, which I'll probably watch yet again now that it's going digital
November 24, 2025 at 4:09 PM
My sentiments on SENTIMENTAL VALUE, which I'll probably watch yet again now that it's going digital
Dear Neon, thank you for allowing me to learn that Steven Soderbergh's mother was a parapsychologist.
November 21, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Dear Neon, thank you for allowing me to learn that Steven Soderbergh's mother was a parapsychologist.
I love how there's one person with a finger on the "push notifications" button at the NYT who occasionally sneaks in a breaking news story about something like "turkey dinner, yum!"
November 21, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I love how there's one person with a finger on the "push notifications" button at the NYT who occasionally sneaks in a breaking news story about something like "turkey dinner, yum!"
If you've gotten screeners, I'd put Testament of Ann Lee and Marty Supreme near the top of the pile.
Eephus and Pavements are already on MUBI, absolute delights of vastly different speeds.
Eephus and Pavements are already on MUBI, absolute delights of vastly different speeds.
November 21, 2025 at 6:07 PM
If you've gotten screeners, I'd put Testament of Ann Lee and Marty Supreme near the top of the pile.
Eephus and Pavements are already on MUBI, absolute delights of vastly different speeds.
Eephus and Pavements are already on MUBI, absolute delights of vastly different speeds.