PETERSON REVIEWS
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‘Harry and the Hendersons’ is a Slight But Likable Creature Comedy
It’s like ‘E.T.’ with Sasquatch and without the emotional weight.
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Greener Pastures
‘I Saw the TV Glow,’ ‘Furiosa,’ and ‘Evil Does Not Exist,’ reviewed.
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The Relatable Pains of ‘May’
Writer-director Lucky McKee makes us feel sympathy for the devil.
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‘Kindergarten Cop’ is Surprisingly Delightful
This preposterously conceived 1990 comedy comes together a lot better than you might think.
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How the Issaquah Film Festival is Scaling Up This Year
The festival, which debuted last year, is gearing up for a more ambitious second season.
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SIFF Diary: Rainbeers, Bad Grandmas, and Movies About Movies, Oh My!
What I’ve seen in the last week at the Seattle International Film Festival.
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‘Disturbing Behavior’: An Uneasy Riff on ‘The Stepford Wives’
It’s always watchable, but this ostensible horror comedy is never particularly scary or particularly funny.
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Anna Faris Works Her Magic on ‘The House Bunny’
She isn’t the film’s sole source of laughs, but it definitely wouldn’t work as well as it does without her.
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‘It’s Just the Beginning’: Directors of New Lily Gladstone-Narrated Doc Discuss Project
‘Bring Them Home’ is screening this week at the Seattle International Film Festival.
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‘Scorchy’ Makes the Most of Seattle
This cheaply made procedural is dramatically inert, but it beautifully captures the Northwest city in the mid-1970s.
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More Than You Know
On ‘The Fabulous Baker Boys.’
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‘The Fall Guy’ is a Breezy Action Comedy
Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt are endlessly charming in David Leitch’s latest.
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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