PETERSON REVIEWS
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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.
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‘Visible Secret’ is a Low-Key, Surprisingly Spooky Romantic Comedy
Ann Hui’s 2001 movie posits what a rom-com might look like with a ‘Sixth Sense’-esque underlay.
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World-Class Sinners
‘Conclave’ and ‘The Shadow Strays,’ reviewed.
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‘The Happiness of the Katakuris’’ Audacity Can Only Get It So Far
Takashi Miike’s exceedingly odd horror-comedy-musical hybrid is, at the very least, truly original.
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Sweating It Out with Charli XCX and Troye Sivan
For 425: The pop stars concluded their coheadlining Sweat Tour at Seattle’s Climate Pledge Arena this week.
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Heaven and Hell
‘Island of Lost Souls’ is still chilling nearly a century later.
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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.
FEBRUARY 2026
The Theme is ‘Divorce’
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The Slow-Burning Dread of ‘Affliction’
‘Affliction’ is a frightening drama about the ripple effects of abuse.
November 6, 2025
October 27, 2025
September 17, 2025
Next Lifetime
Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s ‘Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives’ is a deceptively serene meditation on mortality.
January 29, 2026
Final Hours
Michael Roemer’s ‘Dying’ is breathtakingly honest about the emotional realities of terminal illness.
January 26, 2026
Mind Games
Mohammad Reza Aslani’s gorgeously shot melodrama ‘Chess of the Wind’ is a revelation that was very nearly lost forever.
January 19, 2026
Peterson Reviews 