PETERSON REVIEWS
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Snow White, Remixed, in ‘Ball of Fire’
In which Barbara Stanwyck stands in for the princess as a fast-talking lounge singer named Sugarpuss and seven stuffy professors do the dwarves.
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‘Fuego’ Lives Up to Its Title
Isabel Sarli has genuine star power.
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Sex with a Smile
On the two truest distillations of Mae West’s screen image.
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Death and Desire in ‘The Kneeling Goddess’
Roberto Gavaldón’s ‘The Kneeling Goddess’ is about people who not only won’t get what they most desire — the pursuit of it will bring them to their ruin.
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‘No Man of Her Own’ Makes You Take a Silly Premise Seriously
‘No Man of Her Own’ is as good as it is — at least before it fulfills its melodramatic obligations — because its writers and director Mitchell Leisen give it all maybe more emotional legitimacy than it needs.
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Talk to the Hand: On ‘Talk to Me’
In ‘Talk to Me,’ the hand that feeds also bites back.
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A Fresh Start Gone Rotten in ‘East Side, West Side’
In ‘East Side, West Side,’ marriage becomes less a haven — something one should always aspire to — but something to be wary of.
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‘Claudine’ Finds Magic When It Can
Diahann Carroll and James Earl Jones have immediate chemistry in this great romantic comedy.
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Fly Me to the Moon
‘Flash Gordon’’s very-intentional one-dimensionality and arch artifice add up to something delectable and fun.
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Disasters
On ‘John Carter,’ ‘Battleship,’ and ‘Savages,’ the movies that made Taylor Kitsch’s infamous 2012.
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New Worlds, New Problems in ‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer’
Happy Barbenheimer Weekend to all who celebrated.
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The Superhuman Spectacle of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour
The singer-songwriter, more popular than ever, stopped by Lumen Field for a two-night residency over the weekend.
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 