PETERSON REVIEWS
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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.
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The Lonely Souls of ‘Die My Love’ and ‘Frankenstein’
For South Sound: New movies from Lynne Ramsay and Guillermo del Toro, reviewed.
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‘There’s No One Entry’: How the MoPOP’s Newest Exhibit is Exploring Hip-Hop History
For 425: The launch of the Museum of Pop Culture’s ‘Beats + Rhymes: A Collective Narrative of Hip-Hop’ exhibition coincides with the start of Hip-Hop History Month.
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‘Pieces of April’’s Lived-In Tension
Peter Hedges’ 2003 Thanksgiving-set family drama steers clear of sentimentality.
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Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons Are Fantastic in ‘Bugonia’
Plus: Tessa Thompson gives one of the best performances of her career with the Ibsen-remixing ‘Hedda.’ (For 425)
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Odds & Ends: Halloween Edition
Notes from the last month.
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Breaking Points
‘If I Had Legs I’d Kick You,’ ‘Blue Moon,’ and ‘A House of Dynamite,’ reviewed.
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Danielle Davis’ House of 300(-ish) Zombie Barbies
For 425: Catching up with Kirkland’s self-described ‘zombie Barbie lady.’
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The Low-Budget Charms of ‘Blacula’
This 1972 reworking of the classic vampire story isn’t very good, but lead actor William Marshall’s performance can be winning.
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‘Stuck’ is Among Stuart Gordon’s Best Movies
The horror filmmaker’s swan song deftly mixes the horrific with the humorous.
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‘After the Hunt’’s Shades of Gray
Luca Guadagnino’s higher education-set follow-up to November 2024’s ‘Queer’ is ambiguous to the point of not saying much at all.
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Dancing the Night Away with Dua Lipa
For 425: What I saw at last night’s Dua Lipa concert in Seattle.
DECEMBER 2025
The Theme is ‘Wild Cards’
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More Than You Know
On ‘The Fabulous Baker Boys.’
November 6, 2025
October 27, 2025
September 17, 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
Get Shorty
It doesn’t matter that Howard Hawks’ 1946 adaptation of ‘The Big Sleep’ doesn’t make any sense.
September 15, 2025
Candy Land
Jacques Rivette’s free-wheeling 1974 epic ‘Céline and Julie Go Boating’ is charmingly confounding.
August 28, 2025
Peterson Reviews 