PETERSON REVIEWS
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‘In the Realm of the Senses’ is an Intoxicating Story of Obsession
‘In the Realm of the Senses” notoriousness obfuscates the extent of its power.
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Odds & Ends: October 2023
Halloween movies, 2023 edition.
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The Quiet Power of ‘Priscilla’
Sofia Coppola’s adaptation of Priscilla Presley’s ‘Elvis & Me’ is her best work since 2010’s ‘Somewhere.’
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‘Demon Knight’ is a Devilishly Good Time
The first cinematic extension of HBO’s ‘Tales from the Crypt’ is darkly funny and frequently thrilling.
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‘The Case of the Bloody Iris’ is a Solid, If By-the-Numbers, Giallo
Edwige Fenech is, as always, magnetic in a slasher movie you can’t help but wish were directed by frequent collaborator Sergio Martino.
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‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ and ‘Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour’ Find Artists at the Top of Their Game
New movies from Martin Scorsese and the Taylor Swift Industrial Complex.
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The Winking Fun of ‘The Last Horror Film’
This comedy-horror movie allows Caroline Munro and Joe Spinell to play with the images with which they’re associated.
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‘Retribution’ is a Sad, Scary Ghost Story
Like so many of Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s other horror movies, ‘Retribution’ does more than simply frighten.
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‘The Witch’s Mirror’: Inventive, To-the-Point Gothic Horror from Mexico
This 75-minute movie makes so many narrative pivots that it can feel like several films in one. That isn’t a bad thing.
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Sin and Vice
On ‘The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh,’ ‘Your Vice is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key,’ and ‘All the Colors of the Dark,’ an informal trilogy from Sergio Martino starring Edwige Fenech.
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‘I Vampiri’ is Both Nothing Special and Very Special
On Riccardo Freda’s stylish, historically significant horror movie.
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‘Baby Blood’ is Slippery, Gnarly Pregnancy Horror
Carrying a baby to term is already hard enough. What if you had to lug around a parasite forcing you to feed on human blood, too?
NOVEMBER 2026
The Theme is ‘Sibling Bonds’
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‘Visible Secret’ is a Low-Key, Surprisingly Spooky Romantic Comedy
Ann Hui’s 2001 movie posits what a rom-com might look like with a ‘Sixth Sense’-esque underlay.
October 16, 2026
August 19, 2026
May 25, 2026
Smoke and Mirrors
Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s inventive documentary isn’t just about the disgraced entrepreneur Elizabeth Holmes.
October 19, 2026
Ghost World
Kaneto Shindō’s ‘Kuroneko’ is still forward-looking in its contempt for patriarchal devastation.
October 15, 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
