PETERSON REVIEWS
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Odds & Ends: December 2023
Notes from the last month.
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In ‘Menus-Plaisirs – Les Troisgros,’ It’s All in the Process
Ninety-three-year-old Frederick Wiseman’s 44th documentary trains its gaze on the Troisgros family and its various culinary pursuits.
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The Pleasures and Horrors of Self-Discovery in ‘Poor Things’ and ‘Monster’
New movies from Yorgos Lanthimos and Hirokazu Kore-eda, reviewed.
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‘Soul Food’’s Toxic Flavors
The film asks its central family unit to forgive and forget quite a lot for the sake of its happy ending.
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Maneaters
On ‘Eating Raoul’ and ‘Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills.’
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Cooking Dreams
‘Tampopo’ is a touching, fancifully funny movie shot with great original style.
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The Limits of Fantasy in ‘The Boy and the Heron’ and ‘Eileen’
New movies from Hayao Miyazaki and William Oldroyd, reviewed.
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The Pressure-Cooker Dramas of ‘Dinner Rush’
Bob Giraldi’s fourth movie takes place over the course of a night where things feel predestined to explode.
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‘Simply Irresistible’ is a Harmless, Old-Fashioned Rom-Com
A magical crab is both a blessing and a curse in this neither-that-good-nor-that-bad Sarah Michelle Gellar-led romantic comedy.
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‘What’s Cooking?’ is a Charming Ensemble Comedy
Four families try to make it through Thanksgiving unscathed in Gurinder Chadha’s 2000 dramedy.
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Short Takes: ‘The Taste of Things,’ ‘Fallen Leaves,’ and ‘All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt’
New movies from Trần Anh Hùng, Aki Kaurismäki, and Raven Jackson.
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Odds & Ends: November 2023
Notes from the last month.
JANUARY 2026
The Theme is ‘Endings’
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‘In the Bedroom’ is a Powerful Meditation on Grief
On actor turned director Todd Field’s first effort as a filmmaker.
November 6, 2025
October 27, 2025
September 17, 2025
The Hunger
Antonio Pietrangeli’s 1965 black comedy ‘I Knew Her Well’ is one of its decade’s most undersung works.
December 18, 2025
Parallel Lines
Zeinabu irene Davis’ one and only feature-length movie, 1999’s ‘Compensation,’ has gotten a well-deserved second life this year.
December 3, 2025
Do the Right Thing
Abbas Kiarostami’s Koker trilogy-commencing ‘Where is the Friend’s House?’ empathetically sees the world through a particularly well-meaning child’s eyes.
November 12, 2025
Peterson Reviews 