PETERSON REVIEWS
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‘Conan the Destroyer’ is a Lame Sequel
It does have its moments, though.
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‘Catwalk’ is a Slight, But Fun, Fashion Documentary
Using the not-that-interesting Christy Turlington as its dramatic conduit, ‘Catwalk’ gives us an entertaining peek behind the curtain of the fashion industry circa 1994.
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River Deep, Mountain High: Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival Brings New Programming to North Bend
After a stop by the North Bend Theatre in December, the world-touring Banff event returns this month with a fresh spate of shorts.
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Nicolas Cage Vamps It Up in ‘Renfield’
‘Renfield’ is unsurprisingly best when Cage is on screen.
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‘Designing Woman’ is Colorful Nonsense
This romantic comedy is bad at pretty much everything it tries, yet it manages to be pretty fun anyway.
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‘Air’ is Charming Nike Propaganda
Plus: ‘How to Blow Up a Pipeline’ is a tense eco-thriller.
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‘Vamp’ is a Showcase for Grace Jones’ Mere Presence
The multihyphenate doesn’t nearly get enough to do, but her handful of scenes loom largely over a surprisingly strong teen horror movie.
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You Feel Like You Could Watch ‘Unzipped’ Forever
On one of the great fashion documentaries.
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Pop Culture Road Trips of the Pacific Northwest
Our collection of summer road-trip ideas is inspired by fan-favorite shows, movies, and books influenced by or made in the Pacific Northwest.
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Short Takes: ‘Rye Lane,’ ‘Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields,’ and ‘Dungeons & Dragons’
A rom-com, a documentary, and a fantasy comedy.
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‘Absence of Malice’ is an Inert Journalism Drama
On the one hand the narrative is uninvolving; on the other Sally Field’s character is such a reckless reporter that you spend most of the movie mad that she hasn’t been fired.
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Paul Newman is ‘Nobody’s Fool’
The movie would not be nearly as moving without Newman’s performance at the front.
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
