Category: Review
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Portraits
‘Sweetheart Deal’ and ‘Exhibiting Forgiveness,’ reviewed.
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Strange Invader
On the horrifying violations of 1982’s ‘The Entity.’
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‘The Book of Stone’: Slow-Burning Horror Done Right
Carlos Enrique Taboada’s fourth film as a director extols the virtues of taking your time in a genre prone to revealing too much too soon.
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Liv Victorino Would Like to Reintroduce Herself
For 425: Armed with a new single, with another on the way soon, the Sammamish-raised singer-songwriter is looking to expand the sound and scope first heard on her debut EP.
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‘Phenomena’ Sticks the Landing
Otherwise, Dario Argento’s 1985 return to the supernatural is mostly a slog.
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The Homemade Charms of ‘Bugged’
Notable for being a rare monster movie with a nearly all-Black cast, this 1996 horror comedy’s lack of budget is mostly more of a feature than a bug.
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Haunted Houses
On Michael Roemer’s startling family drama ‘Vengeance is Mine.’
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The Surprising Sensitivity of ‘The Leopard Man’
This proto-slasher from 1943 takes pains to show that its victims are more than their fates.
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A New Way of Seeing Nirvana
For South Sound: Storied Northwest photographer Charles Peterson released a photo book, ‘Charles Peterson’s Nirvana,’ earlier this year. Now, it’s being expanded into a Tacoma Art Museum exhibit.
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Abbey Blackwell’s Next Chapter
For 425, I spoke with the Everett-raised singer-songwriter about her new album, why she left Alvvays, the joys of teaching, and more.
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‘The Thomas Crown Affair’ Comes Close to the Original’s Glory
The glamorous fun of the 1968 classic is nearly matched in the enjoyable 1999 remake.
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Make Me Over
‘The Substance,’ reviewed.
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