• 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’s Top Films of the Decade

In early 2020, long before the Covid19 global pandemic, members of the Florida Film Critics Circle were asked to share their individual lists of the Best Films of the 2010s. Like the members themselves, the lists were eclectic and diverse. Over 100 movies received a vote. After tabulating the results using a weighted ranking system […]

Marriage Story leads 2019 Florida Film Critics Awards Nominations

Winners to be announced December 23

FFCC members on ‘The Lighthouse’

FFCC members on Robert Eggers’ atmospheric horror movie The Lighthouse.

FFCC chair Hans Morgenstern interviews Andrew Hevia on his new art documentary

FFCC chair Hans Morgenstern spoke with Miami-raised and educated filmmaker Andrew Hevia (a producer of the Oscar-winning Moonlight) about his new documentary Leave The Bus Through The Broken Window. Here’s what Hevia had to say about the challenge of immersing himself in the Hong Kong art scene while knowing little about the language and culture […]

FFCC members on ‘Ad Astra’

FFCC members on James Gray’s space adventure Ad Astra.