PETERSON REVIEWS
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‘Real Women Have Curves’ is an Early Showcase for America Ferrera
Especially now, her 2002 feature-acting debut feels like the announcement of a fully formed performer.
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‘Sacramento’ Doesn’t Go Far Enough
Directed, produced, written by, and starring Michael Angarano, this quasi-buddy comedy has moments of poignancy but stays too close to the surface.
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Jeffrey Wright is the Reason to Watch ‘Basquiat’
Julian Schnabel’s 1996 biopic is handsomely mounted, well-cast, and a little hollow.
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Brandon Bird is Inspired Every Day
For 425: The Northwest African American Museum’s recently appointed president and CEO discusses early successes, what he’s looking forward to in 2025, and why it isn’t necessarily a point of stress to always be thinking about work.
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The Shops Around the Corner
On Agnès Varda’s ‘Daguerréotypes.’
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‘Dolls’ is a Different Kind of Children’s Horror Movie
Stuart Gordon’s 1987 horror-comedy strikes a nice balance between the horrific and humorous.
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Ordinary People
‘Death of a Unicorn’ and ‘Bob Trevino Likes It,’ reviewed.
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Being Man’s Best Friend is Serious Business in ‘Pick of the Litter’
Following a quintet of puppies as they train to become guide dogs, this 2018 documentary is equal parts fascinating and feel-good.
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How the Northwest-Shot ‘Marcie’s’ Meets the Moment
For 425: Northwest filmmaker John Helde’s new Seattle- and North Bend-shot movie began development in 2019, but the professional and personal anxieties it captures haven’t lost their sense of urgency.
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‘Max, My Love’ Could Stand to Be Sillier
This preposterously plotted comedy plays things a little too straight.
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The Everyday Brutality of ‘Au Hasard Balthazar’
On Robert Bresson’s account of a donkey’s hard life.
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‘Kedi’: A Charming, Easygoing Love Letter to Cats
The straightforward 2016 documentary gets to know Istanbul’s eye-poppingly large stray-cat population.
MARCH 2026
The Theme is ‘Acting’
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‘Hollywood Shuffle’ Cuts Deep
The movie established director-actor-co-writer Robert Townsend not only as an astute critic but a limber comedy performer in the improv tradition.
February 4, 2025
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October 27, 2025
Disobedience
John Sayles’ groundbreaking ‘Lianna’ was a landmark — albeit a criminally underseen one — for lesbian representation in cinema.
February 25, 2026
Trouble in Paradise
On the screwball-comedy perfection of 1937’s ‘The Awful Truth.’
February 23, 2026
The Heart of the Matter
Asghar Farhadi’s ‘A Separation’ more than sidesteps divorce-movie expectations.
February 16, 2026
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