PETERSON REVIEWS
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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.
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The Bold and Bawdy Sex Comedy of ‘Vixen!’
Russ Meyer’s commercial breakthrough is a fascinating nexus point in his career.
OCTOBER 2026
The Theme is ‘Thrills and Chills’
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The Surprising Sensitivity of ‘The Leopard Man’
This proto-slasher from 1943 takes pains to show that its victims are more than their fates.
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
