PETERSON REVIEWS
-
The Darkness and Light of ‘A Perfect World’
Kevin Costner is tremendous in Clint Eastwood’s winding, affecting road movie.
-
Good Vibes, Bad Vibes in ‘The Endless Summer’
The myopia of Bruce Brown’s groundbreaking surf-culture documentary is alternately pleasant and rancid.
-
Dressed to Kill
On ‘MaXXXine.’
-
Missy Elliott’s Seattle Show Was Out of This World
For 425: The second stop on the producer and rapper’s Out of This World tour was 75 minutes of relentless exhilaration.
-
Actorcraft is Cultivating Community — and Honing Acting Chops
For South Sound magazine: Actorcraft, which opened earlier this spring, is a joint venture from Jeremy Kent Jackson and Adrianne Alvarez-Jackson.
-
Emily Blunt is Still a Revelation in ‘My Summer of Love’
Blunt’s darkly charismatic performance in her debut film remains one of her best — and exemplifies the kind of intense, slippery work you wish she did more of.
-
Golden Hours
‘Janet Planet’ and ‘Kinds of Kindness,’ reviewed.
-
‘Waterworld’ Sinks Fast
This sopping-wet riff on the ‘Mad Max’ series has a couple of terrific action sequences and not a lot else.
-
The Life-Affirming Melancholy of ‘Certain Women’
Kelly Reichardt’s sparse, elliptical drama finds power in what it doesn’t say.
-
‘Young Soul Rebels’ Still Thrums with Urgency
Notes on Isaac Julien’s multifaceted thriller.
-
‘Edge of Seventeen’: A Wonderful Coming-of-Age Movie with Few False Notes
Even when the narrative of the film itself isn’t always, it’s a joy to watch a gay coming-of-age movie that neither sugarcoats things nor emphasizes hardship.
-
The Studied Allure of ‘The Bikeriders’
Plus: ‘Ghostlight’ is one of the best movies of the year so far.
JANUARY 2026
The Theme is ‘Endings’
ASDFJHGSD
‘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
Peterson Reviews 