PETERSON REVIEWS
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‘To a Land Unknown’ is a Harrowing, Deeply Compassionate Thriller
Danish-Palestinian filmmaker Mahdi Fleifel’s long-in-the-making second feature is one of the year’s best movies.
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‘The Inkwell’ is Marred by Bad Judgment
Matty Rich’s second — and surprisingly last — movie is a pretty good coming-of-age drama until it reaches its ill-conceived conclusion.
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The Fascinating Parallels of ‘Million Dollar Mermaid’
Esther Williams plays, in this 1952 biopic, the only person who came close to her unusual type of stardom.
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Fools for Love
‘Pauline at the Beach,’ one of Éric Rohmer’s many vacation-set movies, is also among his best.
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‘Big Wednesday’ is an Elegiac Ode to the Joys of Youth
John Milius’ 1978 coming-of-age film effectively evokes nostalgic bittersweetness but is hampered by thinly written characters.
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‘Sorry, Baby’: Eva Victor’s Shattering, Clear-Eyed Filmmaking Debut
For 425: The comedian turned filmmaker’s first movie is by turns devastating and wryly funny.
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The Simple Pleasures of ‘Bhaji on the Beach’
Gurinder Chadha’s slice-of-life 1993 debut emotionally creeps up on you.
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How the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art is Celebrating a Seminal Northwest Artist
For 425: ‘James W. Washington, Jr.: Many Hats, One Spirit’ debuted at the museum on July 4.
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Proto-Noir ‘Out of the Fog’ is Engaging But Ineffective
The 1941 drama’s antifascist messages are muddled by its celebrations of conformity and the status quo.
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Back in Action
‘F1,’ ‘M3GAN 2.0,’ and ‘The Day the Earth Blew Up,’ reviewed.
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Odds & Ends: June 2025
Notes from the last month.
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‘Drunktown’s Finest’ is an Affecting Ensemble Drama
Sydney Freeland’s 2014 drama’s realism doesn’t undercut its sensitivity.
DECEMBER 2025
The Theme is ‘Wild Cards’
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More Than You Know
On ‘The Fabulous Baker Boys.’
November 6, 2025
October 27, 2025
September 17, 2025
Do the Right Thing
Abbas Kiarostami’s Koker trilogy-commencing ‘Where is the Friend’s House?’ empathetically sees the world through a particularly well-meaning child’s eyes.
November 12, 2025
Get Shorty
It doesn’t matter that Howard Hawks’ 1946 adaptation of ‘The Big Sleep’ doesn’t make any sense.
September 15, 2025
Candy Land
Jacques Rivette’s free-wheeling 1974 epic ‘Céline and Julie Go Boating’ is charmingly confounding.
August 28, 2025
Peterson Reviews 