About

Welcome to The Insert, a newsletter on arthouse film, experimental film, and moviegoing in Seattle! Here, you can expect regular capsules on new releases, festival dispatches, moviegoing recommendations, and more all written and curated by me, Eric Zhu.

Since graduating from Pomona College in 2022, I’ve been using The Insert as a way to channel my cinephilia. In the ensuing years, I’ve joined both the Seattle Film Critics Society and the Cascadia Film and TV Critics Association while also dabbling in film programing for Northwest Film Forum, lending a hand with the 2024 editions of Children’s Film Festival Seattle and Local Sightings. Generally, the writing posted here will follow the whims of my cinematic interests, which tend towards international, independent, and arthouse films.

As a subscriber, you can expect one to two reviews a week with at least a few reviews a month focusing on new releases. Beginning in 2025, there will also be monthly Seattle theatrical recommendations!