PETERSON REVIEWS
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Golden Hours
‘Janet Planet’ and ‘Kinds of Kindness,’ reviewed.
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‘Waterworld’ Sinks Fast
This sopping-wet riff on the ‘Mad Max’ series has a couple of terrific action sequences and not a lot else.
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The Life-Affirming Melancholy of ‘Certain Women’
Kelly Reichardt’s sparse, elliptical drama finds power in what it doesn’t say.
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‘Young Soul Rebels’ Still Thrums with Urgency
Notes on Isaac Julien’s multifaceted thriller.
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‘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.
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The Studied Allure of ‘The Bikeriders’
Plus: ‘Ghostlight’ is one of the best movies of the year so far.
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‘Bound’ is a Sexy, Dynamic Thriller
Jennifer Tilly and Gina Gershon have crackling chemistry in Lana and Lilly Wachowski’s fantastic first feature.
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‘Big Eden’ Leans Into the Fantasy
Though it doesn’t always work, this 2000 romantic comedy’s insistent sweetness is refreshing.
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Specters
On Kristen Stewart’s collaborations with Olivier Assayas.
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
