PETERSON REVIEWS
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‘Presence’: Steven Soderbergh’s Audacious Take on Haunted-House Horror
Shot from a ghost’s-eye view, the adventurous filmmaker’s not-quite-horror movie has more tricks up its sleeve than its ingenious formal gimmick.
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‘Black Coal, Thin Ice’ is a Smart, Chilly Detective Noir
The way writer-director Diao Yinan manages to spin a potentially lurid murder mystery without a whiff of sensationalism is impressive.
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‘One of Them Days’ Might Make You Yearn for More Mid-Budget Studio Comedies
Keke Palmer and SZA are fantastic in this delightful buddy comedy.
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‘Cool Runnings’ Makes Sports-Movie Clichés Slightly More Bearable
The Disney-sanctioned account of how Jamaica’s first bobsleighing team came together packs few surprises, but you mostly don’t mind.
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‘Cliffhanger’ Keeps You on Edge
This Renny Harlin-directed Sylvester Stallone vehicle is ridiculous action-filmmaking gold.
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‘Last Holiday’ is the Right Kind of Corny
Queen Latifah is a beacon of light in Wayne Wang’s heartwarming comedy-drama.
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The Comic Comforts of ‘Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl’
The first Wallace and Gromit movie since 2005’s ‘The Curse of the Were-Rabbit’ is predictably delightful.
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Operatics
‘Maria’ and ‘The Brutalist,’ reviewed.
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Vampires
‘Hard Truths’ and ‘Nosferatu,’ reviewed.
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My Favorite Movies of 2024
In no particular order.
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My Favorite First-Time Watches of 2024
The best movies I saw in 2024 that weren’t released in 2024.
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Jagged Edges
‘Babygirl,’ ‘The Last Showgirl,’ and ‘Queer,’ reviewed.
MARCH 2026
The Theme is ‘Acting’
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‘Hollywood Shuffle’ Cuts Deep
The movie established director-actor-co-writer Robert Townsend not only as an astute critic but a limber comedy performer in the improv tradition.
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
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