PETERSON REVIEWS
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‘A Poet’ is No Redemption Story
Simón Mesa Soto’s tragicomedy, about a failed poet who finds something to live for in a talented young student, seems poised to be conventionally uplifting before taking some knottier turns.
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The Calculated Cruelty of ‘Salaam Cinema’
Mohsen Makhmalbaf’s not-quite-documentary is revelatory — and gets its hands a little dirty in the process.
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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.
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Arrangements
‘Pillion’ and ‘Mistress Dispeller,’ reviewed.
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Disobedience
John Sayles’ groundbreaking ‘Lianna’ was a landmark — albeit a criminally underseen one — for lesbian representation in cinema.
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Trouble in Paradise
On the screwball-comedy perfection of 1937’s ‘The Awful Truth.’
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‘Shoot the Moon’: An Underrated Reminder of Diane Keaton’s Generational Genius
Alan Parker’s 1982 divorce drama is among the genre’s most emotionally evocative works.
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Short Takes: ‘Wuthering Heights,’ ‘My Father’s Shadow,’ and ‘Nirvanna’
For South Sound: New movies from Emerald Fennell, Akinola Davies Jr., and Matt Johnson, reviewed.
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The Heart of the Matter
Asghar Farhadi’s ‘A Separation’ more than sidesteps divorce-movie expectations.
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Recent History
‘The Moment’ and ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab,’ reviewed.
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‘Heartburn’ Sticks Too Close to the Surface
Meryl Streep is lovable as Nora Ephron’s stand-in in the 1986 adaptation of the latter’s same-named novel, but you can’t help but want it to mine its divorce plot more thoroughly.
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‘Waiting to Exhale’ is Easy to Love
The 1995 dramedy is satisfyingly pessimistic about love and relationships and dead serious about the power of friendship.
MARCH 2026
The Theme is ‘Acting’
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‘Hollywood Boulevard’ is a Goofy Send-Up of the B-Filmmaking World
And Mary Woronov, played a big-headed diva, is the best part.
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
Peterson Reviews 