PETERSON REVIEWS
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The Nasty, Brutish, and Short ‘Three on a Match’
This entertaining, bite-size soap is almost absurdly bleak.
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The Late-Period Hits and Misses of ‘Honey Don’t!’ and ‘Highest 2 Lowest’
For 425: New movies from Ethan Coen and Spike Lee, reviewed.
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Crispin Glover Isn’t the Best Thing About ‘Rubin & Ed’
Despite giving the flashiest performance in Trent Harris’ giddily weird comedy, it’s the lower-key Howard Hesseman who runs away with the movie.
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Avery Cochrane’s Pop Confections
For 425: The Seattle-based singer-songwriter discusses her new single, her artistic process, the perils of social media, and what inspires her.
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Paths of Resistance
‘A Special Day,’ Ettore Scola’s moving, antifascist two-hander from 1977, features stunning work from Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni.
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The Powerful Testimonies of ‘Sudan, Remember Us’
Journalist and filmmaker Hind Meddeb’s latest project is an indispensable, multiperspective account of resistance.
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‘The Five Heartbeats’ Invigorates the Biopic Form
Director-star-co-writer Robert Townsend’s initially shrugged-at, decades-spanning drama about the lives and careers of Black, 1960s vocal-group members is lovable even when it’s employing genre clichés.
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‘Powwow Highway’ is an Exemplary Road Movie
A Martinez and Gary Farmer are terrific in Jonathan Wacks’ 1989 comedy-drama.
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‘Weapons’ is a Step Down for Zach Cregger
A busy narrative approach and some resonant topicality can’t obscure the much-buzzed-about movie’s limitations.
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The Boundless Energy of ‘She Shoots Straight’
Corey Yuen’s 1990 revenge thriller is a masterclass in action filmmaking.
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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.
NOVEMBER 2026
The Theme is ‘Sibling Bonds’
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‘Visible Secret’ is a Low-Key, Surprisingly Spooky Romantic Comedy
Ann Hui’s 2001 movie posits what a rom-com might look like with a ‘Sixth Sense’-esque underlay.
October 16, 2026
August 19, 2026
May 25, 2026
Smoke and Mirrors
Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s inventive documentary isn’t just about the disgraced entrepreneur Elizabeth Holmes.
October 19, 2026
Ghost World
Kaneto Shindō’s ‘Kuroneko’ is still forward-looking in its contempt for patriarchal devastation.
October 15, 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
