PETERSON REVIEWS
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‘Funeral Parade of Roses’ is a Hypnotizing Swirl
Toshio Matsumoto’s 1969 movie is exhilaratingly unclassifiable.
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‘When Night is Falling’: Silly and Sensual
Patricia Rozema’s 1995 romantic drama’s self-seriousness sometimes induces laughter, but its endearingly earnest celebration of fantasy makes it (just barely) work.
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Average Joes
Greg Berlanti’s ‘The Broken Hearts Club’ feels like a classic hidden in plain sight.
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A Different Angle
On Isaac Julien’s slippery, thoughtful ‘Looking for Langston.’
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Emily Blunt Gives One of Her Best Performances in ‘Disclosure Day’
Plus: ‘Stop! That! Train!’ is a delightful spoof comedy slightly sabotaged by a special-effects controversy. (For 425)
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‘The Stroll’ is a Stirring, Deeply Personal Documentary
Homing in on a segment of the Meatpacking District that once was the stomping grounds of trans sex workers, the 2023 documentary powerfully builds on the experiences of subject and co-director Kristen Lovell.
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Self-Discoveries
André Téchiné’s ‘Wild Reeds’ is a beautifully shot, emotionally intelligent coming-of-age movie.
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Acting Out
‘Forastera’ and ‘Scary Movie,’ reviewed.
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Glamour Girls
On ‘The Queen,’ Frank Simon’s flawed but essential 1968 documentary.
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‘Backrooms’ Does More Than It Needs to
Kane Parsons’ adaptation of his popular web series is best when it leans into its mysteriousness.
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The Sledgehammer-Force Provocations of ‘Bamboozled’
Spike Lee’s 2000 TV satire has a reputation as a failure. It doesn’t deserve it.
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‘Breaking News’: Great Action Filmmaking with Pointed Critiques
Johnnie To’s 2004 thriller hosts both exemplary action sequences and sharp indictments of the police and media.
SEPTEMBER 2026
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In ‘Menus-Plaisirs – Les Troisgros,’ It’s All in the Process
Revisiting Frederick Wiseman’s 44th documentary, which trains its gaze on the Troisgros family and its various culinary pursuits.
August 19, 2026
May 25, 2026
May 13. 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
Working Girls
‘Broken Mirrors,’ Marleen Gorris’ 1984 follow-up to her still-transcendent feminist drama ‘A Question of Silence,’ expands on its predecessor’s themes while dramatically improving on its writer-director’s aesthetic command.
July 9, 2026
Found Connections
Donna Deitch’s ‘Desert Hearts’ was a breakthrough for lesbian representation in cinema. It also achieves another rarified thing: Characters who feel like they exist outside a screenplay’s bounds.
June 30, 2026
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