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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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FFCC members on Debra Granik’s survivalist drama Leave No Trace.
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FFCC members on Bart Layton’s dramatic heist movie American Animals