Board of Directors
- PRESIDENT – Kathy Fennessy
- VICE PRESIDENT – Thomas Stoneham-Judge
- TREASURER – Steve Reeder
- SECRETARY – Michael Clawson
- AWARDS COORDINATOR – Josh Bis
- MEMBERSHIP COORDINATOR – Silas Lindenstein
- COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR – Chase Hutchinson
- TRUSTEES: Taylor Baker, Ryan Bordow
Our Members
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SFCS “Class of 2023” highlighted below.
Aaron White
Favorite Movies:
The Lords of the Rings, The Princess Bride, Top Gun
Favorite Directors:
Christopher Nolan, Denis Villeneuve, Makoto Shinkai, Ridley Scott, Damien Chazelle
Favorite Actors:
Anna Kendrick, Matt Damon, Tom Cruise, Jake Gyllenhaal, Ana de Armas
Adam Gehrke
AdamGehrke.com, Fox 13 Seattle
Favorite Movies:
Snatch, Baraka, Dodgeball
Favorite Directors:
The Coen Brothers, Alejandro G. Inarritu, Stanley Kubrick, Guy Ritchie, Terry Gilliam
Favorite Actors:
Gary Oldman, Rebecca Ferguson, Brad Pitt
Cate Blanchett, Daniel Day-Lewis
Allen Almachar
Favorite Movies:
Taxi Driver, In the Mood for Love, Vertigo
Favorite Directors:
Martin Scorsese, Wong Kar-Wai, Alfred Hitchcock, Agnès Varda, Billy Wilder
Favorite Actors:
Robert De Niro, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Ida Lupino, Robert Mitchum, Cate Blanchett
Blake Peterson
425, South Sound, Peterson Reviews
Favorite Movies:
The Big Sleep, Suspiria (1977), Singin’ in the Rain
Favorite Directors:
David Lynch, John Carpenter, Agnès Varda, Brian de Palma, Powell & Pressburger
Favorite Actors:
Isabelle Huppert, Pam Grier, Gene Hackman, Humphrey Bogart, Denzel Washington
Brent McKnight
Favorite Movies:
Point Break, Out for Justice, Rubin and Ed
Favorite Directors:
Kathryn Bigelow, John Carpenter, Isaac Nabwana,
Favorite Actors:
Crispin Glover, Lee Byung-hun, Patrick Swayze, Michelle Yeoh, Sigourney Weaver
Calvin Kemph
Favorite Movies:
Claire’s Knee, My Winnipeg, Under the Skin
Favorite Directors:
Robert Altman, Jonathan Glazer, Kelly Reichardt, Éric Rohmer, Agnès Varda
Favorite Actors:
Juliette Binoche, Matt Farley, Song Kang-ho, Barbara Stanwyck, Orson Welles
Candice McMillan
Seattle Refined, Seattle’s Child
Favorite Movies:
Superbad, Singin’ in the Rain, Aliens
Favorite Directors:
Chris Nolan, Rian Johnson, Tim Burton, Ti West, Guillermo del Toro
Chase Hutchinson
Favorite Movies:
Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles; Under the Skin; Synecdoche, New York
Favorite Directors:
Charlie Kaufman, Chantal Akerman, Kelly Reichardt, Jordan Peele, Bong Joon-ho
Favorite Actors:
Denzel Washington, Lily Gladstone, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Cate Blanchett
Lupita Nyong’o
Collier Jennings
Collider, That Hashtag Show, AIPT Comics
Favorite Movies:
Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse, Robocop
Seven Samurai
Favorite Directors:
Akira Kurosawa, Jordan Peele, Joe Johnston
Guillermo del Toro, Brad Bird
Favorite Actors:
Idris Elba, Brad Pitt, John Boyega, Hiroyuki Sanada, Cate Blanchett
Erik Samdahl
Favorite Movies:
The Godfather, The Prestige, Apollo 13
Favorite Directors:
Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino, David Fincher, Christopher Nolan, Kathryn Bigelow
Favorite Actors:
Daniel Day-Lewis, Leonardo DiCaprio, Christian Bale, Natalie Portman, Saoirse Ronan
Joan Marie Amenn
Favorite Movies:
Singin’ in the Rain, Blade Runner (1982) Director’s Cut,
Casablanca
Favorite Directors:
Mabel Normand, Sidney Lumet, Stanley Kubrick,
Greta Gerwig, Ridley Scott
Favorite Actors:
Humphrey Bogart, Cate Blanchett, Katherine Hepburn, Peter O’Toole, Gene Tierney
Joe Hammerschmidt
Favorite Movies:
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), Pulp Fiction,
Blade Runner
Favorite Directors:
Wes Anderson, Steven Spielberg, Edgar Wright, Terry Gilliam, John Carpenter
Favorite Actors:
Tom Hanks, Samuel L. Jackson, Harrison Ford, Spencer Tracy, Margot Robbie
Josh Bis
Favorite Movies:
Fantastic Mr. Fox, Phantom Thread, Encounters at the End of the World
Favorite Directors:
Paul Thomas Anderson, Wes Anderson, Sofia Coppola, Greta Gerwig, Mike Mills
Justin Moore
Favorite Movies:
Anchorman, Drive, Before Sunrise
Favorite Directors:
Steven Speilberg, Richard Linklater, Damien Chazelle,
Greta Gerwig, Judd Apatow
Favorite Actors:
Florence Pugh, Will Ferrell
Ryan Gosling, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jessica Chastain
Kathy Fennessy
Seattle Film Blog, Video Librarian
Favorite Movies:
Nights of Cabiria, Le Samouraï, Stranger Than Paradise
Favorite Directors:
Alfred Hitchcock, Jean-Pierre Melville, Joseph Losey, Kelly Reichardt, Jim Jarmusch
Favorite Actors:
Cary Grant, Montgomery Clift, Marcello Mastroianni, Cate Blanchett, Tony Leung
Linda Gwilym
Favorite Movies:
A Room With a View, Gone With the Wind, Purple Rain
Favorite Directors:
Hirokazu Koreeda, Peter Weir, Hayao Miyazaki, James Ivory, Thomas Vinterberg
Favorite Actors:
Kate Winslet, Tony Leung, Toni Collette, Mads Mikkelsen, Catherine Keener
Marc Morin
Favorite Movies:
Star Wars, Do the Right Thing, Avengers: Infinity War
Favorite Directors:
Quentin Tarantino, Spike Lee, The Russo Brothers, Lulu Wang
Favorite Actors:
Michelle Yeoh, Denzel Washington, Zoe Saldana
Gemma Chan, Song Kang-ho
Matt Lynch
Favorite Movies:
Empire Strikes Back, Blade Runner, Pulp Fiction
Favorite Directors:
QuentinTarantino, Michael Mann, John Carpenter, John Woo, Brian De Palma
Favorite Actors:
Lee Van Cleef, Maura Tierney, Kim Dickens, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kurt Russell
Matt Oakes
Favorite Movies:
The VVitch , Roar, The Shining
Favorite Directors:
Yorgos Lanthimos ,Billy Wilder, Stanley Kubrick, Denis Villeneuve, Robert Eggers
Favorite Actors:
Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Harrison Ford,
Jack Nicholson, Emma Stone
Michael Clawson
Favorite Movies:
Irma Vep, Millennium Mambo, City Lights
Favorite Directors:
Olivier Assayas, Tsai Ming-liang, Kelly Reichardt, Paul Thomas Anderson, Douglas Sirk
Favorite Actors:
Juliette Binoche, Michelle Williams, Lee Kang-sheng, Laura Dern, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Michael Medved
Favorite Movies:
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Casablanca
Favorite Directors:
Frank Capra, John Ford, Steven Spielberg, Michael Curtiz , David Lean
Favorite Actors:
James Stewart, Katharine Hepburn, Daniel Day-Lewis, Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks
Mike Ward
Favorite Movies:
Citizen Kane, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Do the Right Thing
Favorite Directors:
Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick, Spike Lee, Martin Scorsese, David Lynch
Favorite Actors:
Cate Blanchett, Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep, Frances McDormand, Leonardo DiCaprio
Morgen Schuler
The SunBreak
Favorite Movies:
The Jerk, Cool Hand Luke, Howl’s Moving Castle
Favorite Directors:
Wes Anderson, Hayao Miyazaki, Adam McKay, Jordan Peele, Lynn Shelton
Favorite Actors:
Timotheé Chalamet, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Ewan McGregor, Jonathan Majors, Janelle Monáe
Paul Carlson
Favorite Movies:
Casablanca, The Dark Knight, To Kill a Mockingbird
Favorite Directors:
Richard Linklater, Céline Sciamma, Greta Gerwig, Alfonso Cuarón, David Lynch
Favorite Actors:
Jessica Chastain, Ryan Gosling, Amy Adams, Saoirse Ronan, Christopher Abbott
René Sánchez
Favorite Movies:
Todo Sobre Mi Madre (All About My Mother), Y Tu Mamá También, The Double Life of Veronique
Favorite Directors:
Pedro Almodovar, Luis Bunuel, Alfonso Cuarón, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Martin Scorsese
Favorite Actors:
Juliette Binoche, Arturo de Cordova, Catherine Deneuve, Isabelle Huppert, Franz Rogowski
Ryan Bordow
AZ Big Media, Sitting in the Cinema
Favorite Movies:
Before Sunset, Holy Motors, Peeping Tom
Ryan Oliver
The Good, The Bad, and the What!?; Patreon
Favorite Movies:
Mirror (1975), All That Jazz (1979), Malcolm X (1992)
Favorite Directors:
Andrei Tarkovsky, Martin Scorsese, David Lynch, Spike Lee, Olivier Assayas
Favorite Actors:
Faye Dunaway, Roy Schieder, Gene Hackman, Laura Dern, Denzel Washington
Sean Gilman
The Chinese Cinema, Seattle Screen Scene
Favorite Movies:
Seven Samurai, Chungking Express, Casablanca
Favorite Directors:
John Ford, Yasujiro Ozu, Howard Hawks, Tsui Hark, Orson Welles
Favorite Actors:
Barbara Stanwyck, James Stewart, Tony Leung, Chow Yun-fat, Audrey Hepburn
Silas Lindenstein
You’re Watching A Movie With Silas Lindenstein, Black & A Half
Favorite Movies:
Star Wars, It’s A Wonderful Life, Good Will Hunting
Favorite Directors:
Steven Spielberg, Tim Gunn, Rian Johnson, Mel Brooks
Favorite Actors:
Matt Damon, Viola Davis, Denzel Washington, Kate Winslet, Robert De Niro
Steve Reeder
Favorite Movies:
8 1/2, Rules of the Game, Citizen Kane
Favorite Directors:
Federico Fellini, Ingmar Bergman, Martin Scorsese, Akira Kurosawa, Susanne Bier
Favorite Actors:
Jack Nicholson, Denzel Washington, Penélope Cruz, Humphrey Bogart, Catherine Deneuve
Taylor Baker
Favorite Movies:
Vertigo, Citizen Kane, Apocalypse Now
Favorite Directors:
Steven Soderbergh, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Preston Sturges, Woody Allen, Chuck Jones
Favorite Actors:
Katharine Hepburn, Tommy Lee Jones, James Stewart, Scarlett Johansson, Marilyn Monroe
Thomas Stoneham-Judge
Favorite Movies:
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers,
The Return of the King
Favorite Directors:
JJ Abrams, Guillermo Del Toro, Bong Joon-Ho, Christopher Nolan, Damien Chazelle
Favorite Actors:
Donald Glover, Anya Taylor-Joy, Alex Wolff, Jake Gyllenhaal, Riz Ahmed
Timothy Hall
Favorite Movies:
Halloween (1978), The Thing (1982), Marvel’s Avengers
Favorite Directors:
David Fincher, Denis Villenueve, Kathryn Bigelow, Christopher Nolan, Jordan Peele
Favorite Actors:
Emily Blunt, Walton Goggins, Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Viola Davis
Vaughn Swearingen
Favorite Movies:
Alien (1979), Before Sunrise (1995), Fallen Angels (1995)
Favorite Directors:
Abbas Kiarostami, Wong Kar-wai, Richard Linklater, Dario Argento, Jacques Demy
Favorite Actors:
Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Ethan Hawke, Juliet Binoche, Maggie Cheung, Song Kang-ho
Warren Cantrell
Favorite Movies:
The Shawshank Redemption, Mad Max Fury Road, Jaws
Favorite Directors:
Steven Spielberg, Quentin Tarantino, Wes Anderson, Greta Gerwig, Spike Jonze
Favorite Actors:
Charlize Theron, Benicio del Toro, Paul Newman, James Dean, Cate Blanchett
Other Members
Emeritus Members
- Moira Macdonald
- Tom Tangney
Associate Members
- Brian Taibl
- Jas Keimig
- John Reviewer
Want to become a member?
The application period re-opens in Spring 2024.
All applications are reviewed by a Membership Committee, in advance of any being made on offering membership by the SFCS Board. Read here for details about SFCS membership what it takes to become a member.