Michael review: Michael Jackson biopic is bad, is bad, you know it “Michael” isn’t a movie. It’s a filmed playlist in search of a story.

Let me be straight with you: MICHAEL is horrid.

My review via @ebertvoices.bsky.social

Erupcja is a poetic portrait from humble origins, with filmmaker Pete Ohs, Charli XCX, and their collaborators all working in perfect harmony to make something really special.

Our review: bit.ly/4tqJR8q

Great news! UNION COUNTY, the fantastic feature debut from writer-director Adam Meeks with a never-better Will Poulter, was just picked up by Oscilloscope Laboratories for a theatrical release to come in summer/fall 2026. Read my review below from back at Sundance to get ready 📽️

Hey everybody! I am taking the helm of this classic American institution with @theonion.com and want to know what you fine folks would like to see from us.

‘Union County’ Review: Will Poulter Shines in Humane Portrait of Addiction and Recovery 'Union County' Review: Will Poulter shines in Adam Meeks' humane, haunting portrait of addiction and recovery

Oscars are whatever, but definitely think, depending on how the year shakes out, Poulter would be an incredibly deserving person to have in the conversation (which, based on the timing of the release, he very well could be) 📽️

www.thewrap.com/creative-con...

Great news! UNION COUNTY, the fantastic feature debut from writer-director Adam Meeks with a never-better Will Poulter, was just picked up by Oscilloscope Laboratories for a theatrical release to come in summer/fall 2026. Read my review below from back at Sundance to get ready 📽️

“It’s a sneak attack of a movie, one that invites your laughter, even as it jabs you in the ribs.” Manohla Dargis, The New York Times

Radu Jude’s new film KONTINENTAL ’25 plays next Monday at 7pm. Presented by us at NW Film Forum!

grandillusioncinema.org/film/kontine...

HOKUM - Final Trailer - Only In Theaters May 1 YouTube video by NEON

youtube.com/watch?v=qU_i5e48KzQ&feature=youtu.be

The Calculated Uplift of “I Swear” Kirk Jones’s bio-pic of the activist John Davidson, who has worked to destigmatize Tourette’s syndrome, is effective as an educational tool but mechanical as a drama.

“What’s a man to do when, in striving to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth, his best-faith efforts are mistaken for the opposite? ‘I Swear’ serves up an ingratiating answer to that question,” Justin Chang writes. Read his full review: newyorkermag.visitlink.me/4ZKw8B

Another story that makes one wonder what Seattle has gained from a decade-plus of wealthy newcomers flooding in for tech

Costs skyrocketing, institutions struggling, arts shrinking

Could we look back and realize all this money, rather than an infusion, was like an antibiotic hitting the gut biome

Smith Tower from Pioneer Square

Downtown Seattle from Kerry Park

Downtown from the water's edge at Pier 62

Folks at UW quad enjoying cherry blossoms

I love Seattle.

The Supreme Court long relied on careful, time-tested procedures to issue decisions. But secret memos by the justices, obtained by The New York Times, show how the court decided to bypass those procedures and create its modern “shadow docket.” See key takeaways: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...

Seattle union says police agreement on crisis response should be tossed The complaint gets at the heart of an ongoing frustration in Seattle City Hall: that the city’s primary solution to police violence coming out of 2020 has been delayed.

Seattle’s largest union says the city’s agreement with SPOG on alternative response should be tossed.

Included in the story, details on efforts by high ranking SPD officials to hold a strict line on when to wave off crisis responders www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

The Inside Story of Five Days That Remade the Supreme Court

it is, among other things, incredibly striking to see that roberts was so solicitous of the burden the clean power plan might put on fossil fuel executives, when, a decade later, he is indifferent to the way trump’s moves have thrown hundreds of thousands of lives into turmoil.

Kash Patel’s Erratic Behavior Could Cost Him His Job The FBI director has alarmed colleagues with episodes of excessive drinking and unexplained absences.

This is a big one. Stellar reporting from Sarah Fitzpatrick. To call it a must-read is an understatement: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

At the top of my list (now even more so!)

WAKE UP SEATTLE: Tickets are now on sale for the general public for the Seattle International Film Festival that kicks off @siffnews.bsky.social in May. To get ready, read my initial recs in @thestranger.com below that ended up being documentary & locally focused of the great stuff you should see 📽️

Blue Heron movie review & film summary A reminder of the power of filmmaking to turn the deeply personal into relatable art, and an announcement of a major talent

"It’s also a reminder of the power of filmmaking to turn the deeply personal into relatable art, and an announcement of a major talent, one who has made the best film of the year to date,” writes @briantallerico.bsky.social in his 4/4 star review of BLUE HERON.

Blue Heron movie review & film summary A reminder of the power of filmmaking to turn the deeply personal into relatable art, and an announcement of a major talent

The best movie of the year so far starts in limited release today.

‘Robby Has Never Been Your Daddy’ On the set of The Pitt finale, the acclaimed series zooms in on its main character.

we have a lot of pitt finale coverage 2nite at @vulture.com; 1st is @kvanaren.bsky.social's S2 finale set visit, which does a very graceful job getting at how increasingly (I would say, disappointingly) narrow this show has become as it zeroes in so fully on robby:

www.vulture.com/article/the-...

A mustached Charles Melton wearing the uniform of a swanky club while goofily smiling & looking offscreen as he holds a pillow in Beef Season 2.

Much to appreciate about the stellar second season of BEEF, but, for me, it's Charles Melton who steals the show at every turn. In particular, a key scene he gets near the end is one I'll be thinking about for a very long time. He's outstanding 📺

My review: www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...

A screenshot of the City Cast Seattle website on April 16, 2026 with the headline Overwhelmed Public Defenders, a New Downtown Home for Artists, and SIFF’s Big Documentary Lineup with a handy little embed of said podcast below that waiting for you to click it and give it a listen.

On @citycastseattle.bsky.social, talked Washington’s public defenders crisis, a new artist housing space in Downtown Seattle, the great films to see at the Seattle International Film Festival + more w/ @janehu.bsky.social & gramsofgnats.bsky.social 📽️

Listen here: seattle.citycast.fm/podcasts/ove...

Reminder that Yamada’s The Heike Story is one of the best movies/tv shows of the decade so far and would be a perfect fit for The Channel (it’s currently streaming on Crunchyroll and VOD).

bit.ly/m/erupcja

Back to where it all began!

This is not a drill! @ghostdoc2026.bsky.social is coming to SIFF!

Iran War Live Updates: Trump Announces Lebanon-Israel Cease-Fire

Breaking News: President Trump said Israel and Lebanon agreed to a 10-day cease-fire. Israel and Hezbollah did not immediately confirm. Follow live updates.

BEEF S2: great! "The country club isn’t a respite in Beef — it’s the whole world — and Lee’s new story is more wacky, condescending, romantic, and nastily, wonderfully furious than the already nastily and wonderfully furious first season." @vulture.com:

www.vulture.com/article/beef...

The transcendent new season of ‘Beef’ is darkly hilarious | Review Charles Melton delivers a standout performance in the new season of "Beef," premiering April 16 on Netflix.

It’s a much messier season, but there’s also something in it that lingers a bit longer. Lee finds his own brilliance in this cracked-mirror version of his first season, leaning into the darker side of the characters and the cruel world they’re falling prey to 📺

www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...

A mustached Charles Melton wearing the uniform of a swanky club while goofily smiling & looking offscreen as he holds a pillow in Beef Season 2.

Much to appreciate about the stellar second season of BEEF, but, for me, it's Charles Melton who steals the show at every turn. In particular, a key scene he gets near the end is one I'll be thinking about for a very long time. He's outstanding 📺

My review: www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...