PETERSON REVIEWS
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Out of the Past
‘My First Film’ and ‘Rebel Ridge,’ reviewed.
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‘The Anderson Tapes’ Can’t Transcend Its Gimmick
And it doesn’t even use its gimmick that effectively.
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Summer Sun
‘Bitter Rice’ is both an incisive commentary on labor struggle and a captivating romantic melodrama.
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You Can’t Take Your Eyes Off Melina Mercouri in ‘Topkapi’
Jules Dassin’s breezy caper is technically an ensemble movie, but nobody captures your attention as much as Mercouri.
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‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ is an Inspired Resurrection
Tim Burton’s new sequel is about as good as the original.
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What to Expect from This Year’s Gig Harbor Film Festival
The event’s executive director, Pamela Holt, talks 2024 upgrades, special guests, favorite films, and more.
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‘How to Steal a Million’ is Frivolous Fun
You’d forget this 1966 caper if not for Audrey Hepburn’s and Peter O’Toole’s affable performances.
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Voyages
On ‘Alien: Romulus’ and ‘Between the Temples.’
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‘The Juniper Tree’: A Feminist Spin on a Fairy Tale Featuring a Pre-Fame Björk
Nietzchka Keene’s most famous feature is more admirable than absorbing, but it has some stunning black-and-white visuals and a performance from a 21-year-old Björk that shows how fully formed her singularity was from the outset.
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The Influential Thrills of ‘A Better Tomorrow’
On John Woo’s pioneering 1986 actioner.
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The Style and Shaky Substance of ‘Blink Twice’
Actress Zoë Kravitz’s first effort behind the camera carries on in the tradition of movies like ‘Don’t Worry Darling’ and ‘Promising Young Woman.’
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‘Bones’ Feels a Little Fractured
Ernest Dickerson’s 2001 horror movie has a solid concept, but its stunt casting of Snoop Dogg feels like a mistake.
NOVEMBER 2026
The Theme is ‘Sibling Bonds’
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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.
October 16, 2026
August 19, 2026
May 25, 2026
Smoke and Mirrors
Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s inventive documentary isn’t just about the disgraced entrepreneur Elizabeth Holmes.
October 19, 2026
Ghost World
Kaneto Shindō’s ‘Kuroneko’ is still forward-looking in its contempt for patriarchal devastation.
October 15, 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
