PETERSON REVIEWS
I’m on Spring Break. Posts will resume on April 20.
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The Slow Simmer of ‘Summer of Sam’
Much about Spike Lee’s last movie of the 1990s is dynamic and engaging, but it’s hard not to feel, after a while, like he’d explored much of what it covers better earlier in his career.
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Holy Smoke
On ‘The Burning.’
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‘No Way Out’ is Pleasantly Preposterous
Kevin Costner’s breakthrough movie only gets more ridiculous as it goes on, but there’s a charm to its silliness.
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‘Let’s Do Something Bigger’: Filmmaker Erica Tremblay on ‘Fancy Dance’
I caught up with the writer-director to discuss her feature-directing debut, which has Northwest ties.
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‘Twisters’ Gets Lost in the Vortex
Plus: ‘National Anthem’ is a flawed, but moving, story of self-discovery.
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The Double Vision of ‘A Summer at Grandpa’s’
Hou Hsiao-hsien’s 1984 coming-of-age movie seldom goes where you think it will.
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‘Summer with Monika’’s Haunted Honeymoon Phase
Being young and carefree eventually takes a toll in this early Ingmar Bergman drama.
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‘Bull Durham’ is a Charmingly Loony Romantic Comedy
Susan Sarandon is the best thing about Ron Shelton’s feature-directing debut.
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Manhunters
On ‘Longlegs.’
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The Darkness and Light of ‘A Perfect World’
Kevin Costner is tremendous in Clint Eastwood’s winding, affecting road movie.
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Good Vibes, Bad Vibes in ‘The Endless Summer’
The myopia of Bruce Brown’s groundbreaking surf-culture documentary is alternately pleasant and rancid.
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Dressed to Kill
On ‘MaXXXine.’
APRIL 2026
The Theme is ‘High Anxiety’
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The Unrelenting Grimness of ‘Frozen River’
Misty Upham and especially Melissa Leo are excellent in this frostbitten drama.
March 27, 2026
February 4, 2026
November 6, 2025
Superheroines
On Julia Loktev’s towering, terrifying ‘My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow.’
March 30, 2026
Everything Everywhere
William Greaves’ ‘Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One’ is almost 60 years old and still feels ahead of the curve.
March 11, 2026
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.
March 4, 2026
Peterson Reviews 