PETERSON REVIEWS
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You Wish ‘Geronimo: An American Legend’ Unfolded from a Different Vantage Point
Walter Hill’s movie is both clear-eyed about the monstrousness of the American government and prone to preferencing the perspectives of white characters.
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‘Clearcut’ is Far Sharper Than Most Revenge Movies
Graham Greene is a force in Ryszard Bugajski’s chilling, thought-provoking 1991 thriller.
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‘Dumb Money’ Plays Like a Better-Than-Average Reenactment
The comedy, based on the GameStop short squeeze of 2021, is well-acted and -written, but little about it suggests dramatization was necessary.
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Seattle Has a Problem: On Beyoncé at Lumen Field
The icon brought her Renaissance Tour to the Emerald City last night.
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‘The Nun II’ is a Barely Serviceable Sequel to a Barely Serviceable Spin-Off
Habit-clad demon Valak returns to wreak even more terror after being seemingly damned back to Hell in 2018’s ‘The Nun.’
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The Dark Beauty of ‘Elvira Madigan’
Detractors tend to say that the overwhelming pastoralism of Bo Widerberg’s doomed romance undermines the bleak direction in which the film eventually goes. That’s hardly the case.
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How the Cascade Music Alliance is Uplifting the South Sound Music Community
Musician and co-founder Brittany Danielle says that, with the resource, she wants to build ‘a bigger pie so that we all have enough to eat.’
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‘Deep Rising’ is a Charmless Monster Movie
On Stephen Sommers’ post-‘Jurassic Park’ creature feature.
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‘A Love Song’ is a Quiet, Minor-Key Romance
Revisiting the movie that put character actors Dale Dickey and Wes Studi at the forefront.
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Ayo Edebiri and Rachel Sennott Do Top-Tier Work in ‘Bottoms’
Plus: Virginie Efira is the reason to see twisty psychological thriller ‘Madeleine Collins.’
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SYML is Just Getting Started
In a new profile, the Sammamish-based musician discusses his new album, working with Lana Del Rey, his relationship with the Northwest, and more.
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‘Harlan County USA’ Still Feels Urgent
Revisiting Barbara Kopple’s excellent documentary about unionization efforts in Southeast Kentucky in the summer of 1973.
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
May 25, 2026
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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