PETERSON REVIEWS
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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.
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‘Scary Movie’ is a Fast-Food Parody Film
Keenen Ivory Wayans’ 2000 comedy is by turns very funny and outrageously offensive.
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Anna Faris is Next Level in ‘Smiley Face’
I don’t know if hilarity would ensue as dependably as it does if Faris’ performance weren’t genuinely masterful.
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Byland Leans In
The Everett-based musician talks about her new album, upcoming Northwest tour dates, and more in a new interview.
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
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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
