PETERSON REVIEWS
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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.
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Make Me Over
‘The Substance,’ reviewed.
SEPTEMBER 2026
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In ‘Menus-Plaisirs – Les Troisgros,’ It’s All in the Process
Revisiting Frederick Wiseman’s 44th documentary, which trains its gaze on the Troisgros family and its various culinary pursuits.
August 19, 2026
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May 13. 2026
Strong, Stoic Types
Director-star Paul Newman’s 1971 treatment of Ken Kesey’s ‘Sometimes a Great Notion’ perceptively observes the corrosiveness of toxic masculinity.
August 7, 2026
Working Girls
‘Broken Mirrors,’ Marleen Gorris’ 1984 follow-up to her still-transcendent feminist drama ‘A Question of Silence,’ expands on its predecessor’s themes while dramatically improving on its writer-director’s aesthetic command.
July 9, 2026
Found Connections
Donna Deitch’s ‘Desert Hearts’ was a breakthrough for lesbian representation in cinema. It also achieves another rarified thing: Characters who feel like they exist outside a screenplay’s bounds.
June 30, 2026
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