• Hap Erstein — RIP

    Members of the Florida Film Critics Circle are heartbroken to learn that longtime colleague Hap Erstein died on July 5. According to Florida Theater On Stage, Erstein had been fighting Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease or COPD for years. A theater critic for The Palm Beach Post for 14 years until 2008 and for The Washington Times from 1982-1994, Erstein earned […]

  • “THE BEAST” DOMINATES FFCC AWARDS WITH THREE WINS, “DUNE: PART TWO” WINS TWO  

    December 21, 2024: A loose adaptation of a Henry James short story took the Florida Film Critics Circle’s top prize in its 2024 awards. “The Beast,” a visionary, sci-fi tinged portrait of doomed love across three different time periods, won Best Picture. The French-Canadian co-production also nabbed Best Director honors for Bertrand Bonello and Best […]

  • “The Boy and the Heron” flies high with Florida Film Critics

    December 21, 2023: For the first time in its history, the Florida Film Critics Circle awarded an animated film its top prize: The Boy and the Heron won Best Picture. Hayao Miyazaki’s first film in a decade, a somber, fiercely felt meditation on loss and its ripple effects, also secured Best Animated Film and Best […]

The Florida Film Critics Circle (FFCC) is an organization of film critics and writers from Florida-based print and online publications. Founded in 1996, the FFCC strives to recognize outstanding work in film, further the cause of good movies, and maintain the highest level of professionalism among film critics in Florida.

Features & News

FFCC members on ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’

FFCC members weigh in on J.J. Abram’s highly anticipated space opera Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Naji Abu Nowar, director of ‘Theeb,’ two-part interview by Hans Morgenstern

FFCC member Hans Morgenstern spoke to Naji Abu Nowar, the director of Theeb, Jordan’s entry to the best foreign language film competition at the Oscars.

FFCC members on ‘What Our Fathers Did: A Nazi Legacy’

  FFCC critics provide their takes on David Evans and Philippe Sands’ documentary What Our Fathers Did: A Nazi Legacy.

Laurent Cantet , director of ‘Return to Ithaca’, interview by Hans Morgenstern

FFCC member Hans Morgenstern spoke to the Oscar-nominated French director Laurent Cantet about Return to Ithaca, which had its U.S. premiere this past Friday, at Coral Gables Art Cinema.

FFCC members review Hou Hsiao-hsien’s ‘The Assassin’

FFCC members review Hou Hsiao-hsien’s first wuxia movie The Assassin.