PETERSON REVIEWS
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Misadventurers
‘Problemista’ and ‘The Sweet East,’ reviewed.
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Boo-Ya!
On ‘Jackie Brown.’
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‘Bandidas’ is Just Effective Enough to Do Its Dream Pairing Justice
Salma Hayek and Penélope Cruz, together at last.
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Pam Grier, in Charming Amateur Detective Mode, in ‘Friday Foster’
Grier’s final movie with American International Pictures is among her most effortlessly enjoyable vehicles.
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Guitar Hero Marnie Stern, Back and Better Than Ever, is Coming to Tacoma
The guitar god just put out her first album in a decade. Now, she’s hitting the road.
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‘Tótem’ is Moving Without Being Mawkish
Lila Avilés’ emotional second feature wisely doesn’t give into the melodramatic possibilities its gutting story poses.
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‘The Doll Squad’: An Inept Spy Thriller with an Undeniable Vision
Ted V. Mikels’ 1973 movie squanders its early promise, but it at least has the intriguing germ of an idea ‘Charlie’s Angels’ would soon improve on.
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Barbara Stanwyck Towers Over Everything in ‘Forty Guns’
Director Samuel Fuller seems to appreciate the veteran actress as if she were a national monument in this 1957 Western.
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How Pam Grier Elevates ‘Coffy’
The revenge thriller almost always feels a little off by virtue of being a sleazy piece of work that happens to host a premier-quality performance.
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A Pink Sunday with Nicki Minaj
The rapper, supporting ‘Pink Friday 2,’ stopped by Climate Pledge Arena over the weekend.
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On Seeing Madonna
Notes from her March 7 show at the Kia Forum.
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‘Lara Croft: Tomb Raider’ is Silly, Stylish Fun
Angelina Jolie is magnetic in this endlessly preposterous video game adaptation.
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
Peterson Reviews 