PETERSON REVIEWS
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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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What to Know About MoPOP’s New Keith Haring Exhibit
For 425: ‘Keith Haring: A Radiant Legacy’ opens today. Here’s what you should know.
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‘The Outrun’ and ‘Daaaaaalí’ Are Kaleidoscopic Character Studies
For 425: These new movies’ nonlinear approaches to character and narrative are inspired — for the most part.
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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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Francis Ford Coppola’s Messy, Fascinating ‘Megalopolis’
Plus: ‘His Three Daughters,’ now on Netflix, is a powerful family drama.
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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.
JANUARY 2026
The Theme is ‘Endings’
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‘In the Bedroom’ is a Powerful Meditation on Grief
On actor turned director Todd Field’s first effort as a filmmaker.
November 6, 2025
October 27, 2025
September 17, 2025
The Hunger
Antonio Pietrangeli’s 1965 black comedy ‘I Knew Her Well’ is one of its decade’s most undersung works.
December 18, 2025
Parallel Lines
Zeinabu irene Davis’ one and only feature-length movie, 1999’s ‘Compensation,’ has gotten a well-deserved second life this year.
December 3, 2025
Do the Right Thing
Abbas Kiarostami’s Koker trilogy-commencing ‘Where is the Friend’s House?’ empathetically sees the world through a particularly well-meaning child’s eyes.
November 12, 2025
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