PETERSON REVIEWS
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‘The Thing’ is an Early High for John Carpenter
Though initially poorly received, Carpenter’s 1981 masterpiece is now rightfully recognized for what it always was.
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‘Stir of Echoes’ Feels Longer Than It Is
On a Kevin Bacon vehicle from 1999.
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A Fast and Frightening Night with L7
The iconic rock act celebrated the 30th anniversary of the seminal ‘Bricks Are Heavy’ at the Neptune on Sunday.
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Trouble in ‘Paradise’ and ‘Stars at Noon’
George Clooney and Julia Roberts reunite, and Claire Denis releases her second movie of 2022.
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‘Clockers’ is a Deeply Felt Coming-of-Age Movie
It’s not as much the murder itself ‘Clockers’ is most preoccupied with; it’s the context in which it takes place that interests Lee.
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‘Triangle of Sadness’ is a Nauseously Funny Black Comedy
New movies from Ruben Östlund and Dario Argento.
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Though a Historical First, ‘Hellbent’ is Only So-So
‘Hellbent’ is often billed as the first gay slasher movie.
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‘Dead Presidents’ Works Well, to a Point
On The Hughes Brothers’ follow-up ‘Menace II Society.’
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The Camera as a Vampire in ‘Rapture’
Iván Zulueta’s tech horror movie — in which a camera turns into a deadly force — blazed a trail for tech horror classics like ‘Pulse’ and ‘Ringu.’
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Cate Blanchett Gives Her Best Performance Yet in ‘Tár’
Plus: Christian Tafdrup’s ‘Speak No Evil.’
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‘Walker’ is Alex Cox at His Best
‘Walker’ starts not at the beginning of its subject’s life but just before he started down the path to his doom.
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More Scary Movies to Watch in the Dark
What I’m watching to get in the Halloween spirit.
MARCH 2026
The Theme is ‘Acting’
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‘The Bad and the Beautiful’ is an Essential Hollywood Melodrama
Vincente Minnelli doesn’t mince anything here.
February 4, 2025
November 6, 2025
October 27, 2025
Disobedience
John Sayles’ groundbreaking ‘Lianna’ was a landmark — albeit a criminally underseen one — for lesbian representation in cinema.
February 25, 2026
Trouble in Paradise
On the screwball-comedy perfection of 1937’s ‘The Awful Truth.’
February 23, 2026
The Heart of the Matter
Asghar Farhadi’s ‘A Separation’ more than sidesteps divorce-movie expectations.
February 16, 2026
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