PETERSON REVIEWS
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She’s Done It Again: On Grace Jones at the Moore Theatre
The legendary septuagenarian put on a characteristically singular show in Seattle on Wednesday.
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An Unforgettable Night with Kehlani
The pop star powered through what felt like a cursed stop on their Blue Water Road Trip tour Sunday evening at Seattle’s WAMU Theater.
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‘The Woman King’ is a Towering, Complicated Action Epic
Plus: ‘Pearl,’ a prequel to the great neo-slasher film ‘X,’ disappoints.
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‘The Killing Floor’ is an Essential Historical Drama
‘The Killing Floor’ is as much an illuminating history lesson as it is a great, impassioned movie about the indignities of labor and the importance of fighting for a seat at the table.
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‘The Devil and Miss Jones’ Did ‘Undercover Boss’ First
Like how the film offers the unrealistic fantasy of a for-the-people mogul, we can only fantasize about a smarter, bolder version of ‘The Devil and Miss Jones.’
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‘Norma Rae’ Still Invigorates
‘Norma Rae’ isn’t electrifying by force. Instead, just by carefully dramatizing the process of unionization, it captures the simple thrills of workplace organization — the pleasurable charge felt when you realize it’s possible to have a say in an arena where you never thought you’d have one.
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‘Barbarian’ is One of the Year’s Best Horror Movies
Plus: ‘Hold Me Tight’ is an inconsistent meditation on grief.
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‘Chameleon Street’ Still Feels a Step Ahead
Faking it till you make it is rarely as literal as it is in ‘Chameleon Street.’
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‘Strike!’ Keeps Things on the Surface
‘Strike!’ is slight but pleasant, redeemed by a charming cast and a writer-director, Sarah Kernochan, whose fondness for her characters and subject matter is infectiously clear.
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High Hopes and Uncertain Futures in ‘Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.’ and ‘Funny Pages’
Reviewing a new satire and a coming-of-age comedy.
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‘Brubaker’ is Admirable But Thin
‘Brubaker’ comes to epitomize what beleaguers so many so-called message movies: elucidating the macro issue of the hour with such hyperfixation that anything on the micro remains decorative.
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The Rise of Enumclaw
The Tacoma-based four-piece, whose debut album arrives in October, is among the most buzzed-about bands to emerge from the South Sound in years.
NOVEMBER 2026
The Theme is ‘Sibling Bonds’
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‘Twins of Evil’ is Sharper Than You’d Think
Though mostly made to capitalize on the newly minted sex symboldom of identical-twin sisters Mary and Madeleine Collinson, this 1971 horror movie ends up being a decent critique of puritanical hypocrisy.
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
