PETERSON REVIEWS
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Faster, Pussycat!
On ‘Grindhouse.’
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The ‘Mission: Impossible’ Franchise Defies the Odds — Again
Notes on the latest addition to a series that, in the last decade, seems only to get better and better.
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A Local Connection to ‘Oppenheimer’
Talking with the site manager of the Manhattan Project National Historical Park’s Hanford location before the release of ‘Oppenheimer.’
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The Profound Blandness of ‘Krull’
‘Krull’ famously bombed at the box office, only to in recent years be heralded by many as a fantasy movie actually worth savoring. I can’t say I’m among them.
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‘Wham!’ and ‘Joy Ride’ Celebrate the Good Times
A new documentary and a new comedy, reviewed.
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Bombs Away
On ‘Cutthroat Island’ and ‘The Long Kiss Goodnight,’ two infamous collaborations between Renny Harlin and Geena Davis.
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Though Overlong, ‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’ (Mostly) Delivers
Plus: Margaret Qualley and Christopher Abbott electrify the otherwise slight ‘Sanctuary.’
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Caped Crusaders
On the two movies that put a halt to the comic-strip movie boom of the early-to-mid-1990s.
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Richard Gere and Debra Winger Take ‘An Officer and a Gentleman’ to the Next Level
Taylor Hackford’s “An Officer and a Gentleman” is well-made and acted and sometimes emotionally effective. Its trouble is a fundamentally not that interesting premise.
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‘The Mack’ Benefits from Its Director’s Disinterest in Romanticization
None of the movie is rendered with the heightened, pulpy quality of similarly conceived movies of its decade — 1972’s ‘Superfly’ and 1975’s ‘Dolemite’ come to mind — even when some of its dialogue is unintentionally funny.
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In ‘No Hard Feelings,’ Jennifer Lawrence Finally Lets Loose
Plus: Elevated by a quietly stellar Scarlett Johansson performance, ‘Asteroid City’ is Wes Anderson’s best movie in nearly a decade.
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One Rhythm Nation, Under a Groove: On Janet Jackson at Climate Pledge
Jackson’s show at the Seattle venue was a reminder of her greatness.
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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