INDIEWIRE
Filmmaker Hannah Peterson Learned from Sean Baker and Chloé Zhao — Now She’s Forging Her Own Fiercely Independent Path. By Kate Erbland.

COLLIDER
Mina Sundwall Talked to Real Gun Violence Survivors to Prepare for 'The Graduates'. By Taylor Gates.

AWARDS BUZZ
Interview: Mina Sundwall on Exploring the Aftermath of Gun Violence in ‘The Graduates’. By
Abe Friedtanzer.

BERK REVIEWS
THE GRADUATES — A THOUGHTFUL AND HEARTFELT EXPLORATION OF GRIEF AND MOVING FORWARD. By Jonathan Berk.

THE FILM STAGE
The Graduates Review: A Melancholic Look at a Community Bonded by Tragedy. By Dan Mecca.

SLANT MAGAZINE
‘The Graduates’ Review: A Quietly Somber Portrait of a Community Living Through Grief. Writer-director Hannah Peterson effectively suffuses the film with a mournful absence of life. By Pat Brown.

INDIEWIRE
From ‘Hundreds of Beavers’ to ‘The Graduates,’ the Future of Indie Film is Microdistribution: Bespoke release strategies, one-man distributors: Don't ever tell an indie filmmaker that their films won't see the inside of a theater. By Brian Welk.

ALLIANCE OF WOMEN FILM JOURNALISTS
The Graduates Review. By Valerie Kalfrin.

LOUD AND CLEAR
The Graduates Review: Healing Community Trauma. By Alise Chaffins.

VARIETY
‘The Graduates,’ Executive Produced by Chloé Zhao and John Cho, Gets Theatrical Release From The Future of Film Is Female (EXCLUSIVE). By Pat Saperstein