PETERSON REVIEWS
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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.
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‘The Black Stallion’’s Beautiful Surfaces
Though Carroll Ballard’s 1979 movie is one of the most ravishingly shot children’s films ever made, one might wish its storyline were as carefully crafted as its aesthetic splendor.
APRIL 2026
The Theme is ‘High Anxiety’
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Jean Gillie is the Reason to See ‘Decoy’
Jack Bernhard’s 1946 noir never completely grabs you, but Gillie’s impressively vicious performance almost makes up for it.
March 27, 2026
February 4, 2026
November 6, 2025
Superheroines
On Julia Loktev’s towering, terrifying ‘My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow.’
March 30, 2026
Everything Everywhere
William Greaves’ ‘Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One’ is almost 60 years old and still feels ahead of the curve.
March 11, 2026
Next Big Things
Gregory La Cava’s ‘Stage Door’ is often at once hysterically funny and brutally pragmatic about the personal toll a career in entertainment can take.
March 4, 2026
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