PETERSON REVIEWS
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Crown Jewels
You like living inside ‘The Thomas Crown Affair.’
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‘Car Wash’ is a Winning Slice-of-Life Comedy
There are some memorable moments of slapstick in Michael Schulz’s affable ensemble film, but the movie is much more than its silliness.
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A Phoned-In ‘Getaway’
Almost nobody involved with ‘The Getaway’ seems very invested in the material.
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Minute Men
Both versions of ‘Gone in 60 Seconds,’ reviewed.
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‘The Driver’ Cuts to the Chase
Walter Hill’s 1978 movie is a cat-and-mouse thriller at its most distilled.
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‘Bullitt’: An Aerodynamic Police Procedural
There’s nothing narratively remarkable about this by-the-books detective thriller; what is is its cool style and Steve McQueen’s artfully insouciant performance.
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Pain and Pleasure in ‘Perfect Days’ and ‘The Color Purple’
New movies from Wim Wenders and Blitz Bazawule, reviewed.
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Sleater-Kinney Forever
The influential Olympia rock outfit is releasing a new album this month — and celebrating 30 years as a band.
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Burning Out
‘American Fiction,’ ‘The Iron Claw,’ and ‘Ferrari,’ reviewed.
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Favorite Movies of 2023
Obligatory, belated end-of-the-year list alert.
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Favorite Discoveries of 2023
The best movies I watched this year not released in 2023.
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Odds & Ends: December 2023
Notes from the last month.
SEPTEMBER 2026
The Theme is ‘Based on an Article’
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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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