PETERSON REVIEWS
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Frenemy Melodrama ‘The Turning Point’ Lets Shirley MacLaine and Anne Bancroft Down
The 1977 Oscar nomination-gobbling soap opera is far more tedious than one might expect.
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Romantic Commitment is a Nightmare in ‘Together’
For South Sound: ‘Together’ and ‘The Naked Gun,’ reviewed.
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Brighter Days Ahead
Lino Brocka’s ‘Manila in the Claws of Light,’ from 1975, has rightfully long been heralded as the crown jewel of Filipino cinema.
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Sexy Beast
Alain Delon was at his most astonishing-looking in ‘Purple Noon,’ René Clément’s 1960 adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s dark, seductive ‘The Talented Mr. Ripley.’
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Iggy Pop’s Raw Power
For 425: What I saw at the rock iconoclast’s show at Redmond’s Marymoor Park.
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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.
SEPTEMBER 2026
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In ‘Menus-Plaisirs – Les Troisgros,’ It’s All in the Process
Revisiting Frederick Wiseman’s 44th documentary, which trains its gaze on the Troisgros family and its various culinary pursuits.
August 19, 2026
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May 13. 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
Working Girls
‘Broken Mirrors,’ Marleen Gorris’ 1984 follow-up to her still-transcendent feminist drama ‘A Question of Silence,’ expands on its predecessor’s themes while dramatically improving on its writer-director’s aesthetic command.
July 9, 2026
Found Connections
Donna Deitch’s ‘Desert Hearts’ was a breakthrough for lesbian representation in cinema. It also achieves another rarified thing: Characters who feel like they exist outside a screenplay’s bounds.
June 30, 2026
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