PETERSON REVIEWS
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The Love Games of ‘César and Rosalie’
The movie is so likable and spiritedly acted that its flaws are only incidental in our overall enjoyment of it.
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Bright Eyes — Older, Wiser, and with a New Album — Returns to the Stage
The rock trio, whose ‘comeback’ was thwarted by the pandemic, comes to Seattle in June.
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There Are Scary Movies. Then There’s ‘Threads’
‘Threads’ reinforces the truth that no spectacle-driven horror movie is ever as scary as war.
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‘eXistenZ’: Sins of the Flesh
‘eXistenZ’ is the closest Cronenberg has come to making a nifty, economic thriller meant above all to be escapist.
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‘Death Watch’ is an Inspired, Prescient Reality-TV Satire
Romy Schneider gives a mesmeric performance wavering from heartrendingly restrained to unselfconsciously exposed.
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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.
JUNE 2026
The Theme is ‘Pride’
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‘By Hook or By Crook’ is a Moving Ode to Friendship
Despite its low budget and the sometimes-amateurishness of its performances, it isn’t obvious that 2001’s ‘By Hook or By Crook’ was made by people who came into filmmaking practically on a whim.
May 25, 2026
May 13. 2026
March 27, 2026
Superheroines
On Julia Loktev’s towering, terrifying ‘My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow.’
March 30, 2026
Everything Everywhere
William Greaves’ ‘Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One’ is almost 60 years old and still feels ahead of the curve.
March 11, 2026
Next Big Things
Gregory La Cava’s ‘Stage Door’ is often at once hysterically funny and brutally pragmatic about the personal toll a career in entertainment can take.
March 4, 2026
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