PETERSON REVIEWS
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Chaos and Crises in ‘On the Count of Three’ and ‘The Sadness’
A tightly wound black comedy and a boundary-pushing zombie movie, reviewed.
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Watching ‘Dagon’ is Like Living Through a Nightmare
‘Dagon’ is based on a novella by H.P. Lovecraft.
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Nilüfer Yanya’s Painlessly Great Rock Music
The English singer-songwriter, behind one of 2022’s best albums, stops by The Crocodile May 21.
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‘Innocents with Dirty Hands’ is Among Claude Chabrol’s Most Straightforwardly Entertaining Movies
In ‘Innocents with Dirty Hands,’ Chabrol’s uncharacteristically keyed-up thriller, few people say what they mean or are thinking what you think they are.
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The High Highs and Low Lows of ‘Anaïs in Love’ and ‘Sheryl’
A charming French comedy and a new music documentary, reviewed.
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Don’t Fence Amyl and the Sniffers In
The acclaimed Australian punk quartet comes to Seattle in May.
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Failed Ambitions and Thwarted Desires in ‘Paris, 13th District’ and ‘The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent’
Neither movie successfully achieves what it’s trying to accomplish.
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Time is Having All the Fun in ‘The Hourglass Sanatorium’
It moves over there when you want it to go here; relentlessly zigging and zagging, it plays by rules so cryptic that after a while you have to settle into the fact that linearity is only bent and swirled around here.
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‘Lucky’ is a Moving (Almost) Swan Song for Harry Dean Stanton
‘Lucky’ marks only the second time its 90-year-old star, prolific character actor Stanton, ever stood at the forefront of a movie.
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Short Takes: ‘The Northman,’ ‘Cha Cha Real Smooth,’ ‘Petite Maman,’ and ‘We’re All Going to the World’s Fair’
Four new movies.
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‘Shutter’ Makes Up for Its Lack of Originality with Clever Chills
This final twist in the story finds ‘Shutter’ at its best.
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You Love Looking at ‘One from the Heart’ and Not Much Else
Francis Ford Coppola’s follow-up to ‘Apocalypse Now’ is one of the best-looking not-so-good movies I’ve ever seen.
MARCH 2026
The Theme is ‘Acting’
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‘Notting Hill’: A Star-Crossed Romance
Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant do wonders to soften — but not completely distract from — the contrivances of Roger Michell’s romantic comedy.
February 4, 2025
November 6, 2025
October 27, 2025
Disobedience
John Sayles’ groundbreaking ‘Lianna’ was a landmark — albeit a criminally underseen one — for lesbian representation in cinema.
February 25, 2026
Trouble in Paradise
On the screwball-comedy perfection of 1937’s ‘The Awful Truth.’
February 23, 2026
The Heart of the Matter
Asghar Farhadi’s ‘A Separation’ more than sidesteps divorce-movie expectations.
February 16, 2026
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