PETERSON REVIEWS
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Joyce at 86
In a new memoir, a pioneering filmmaker looks back on a remarkable life and career.
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‘Aftersun’ is a Delicate, Quietly Devastating Father-Daughter Story
Plus: Jennifer Lawrence and Brian Tyree Henry are outstanding in ‘Causeway.’
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Sissy Spacek Shines in ‘Raggedy Man’
This Flannery O’Connor-esque drama never totally comes together, but Spacek gives one of her most affecting performances in it.
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After Stints with SZA and Maggie Rogers, a Renton Musician Goes Solo
Kaley Puckett, who performs under the name Puck, is releasing their solo debut this month.
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Bad Love in ‘Decision to Leave’ and ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’
New movies from Park Chan-wook and Martin McDonagh, reviewed.
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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.
APRIL 2026
The Theme is ‘High Anxiety’
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The Unrelenting Grimness of ‘Frozen River’
Misty Upham and especially Melissa Leo are excellent in this frostbitten drama.
March 27, 2026
February 4, 2026
November 6, 2025
Superheroines
On Julia Loktev’s towering, terrifying ‘My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow.’
March 30, 2026
Everything Everywhere
William Greaves’ ‘Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One’ is almost 60 years old and still feels ahead of the curve.
March 11, 2026
Next Big Things
Gregory La Cava’s ‘Stage Door’ is often at once hysterically funny and brutally pragmatic about the personal toll a career in entertainment can take.
March 4, 2026
Peterson Reviews 