PETERSON REVIEWS
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Survivors
‘All That’s Left of You’ and ‘28 Years Later: The Bone Temple,’ reviewed.
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Mind Games
Mohammad Reza Aslani’s gorgeously shot melodrama ‘Chess of the Wind’ is a revelation that was very nearly lost forever.
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The Wintry, Melancholy Loveliness of ‘The Dead’
On John Huston’s posthumously released swan song.
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All in the Family
‘The Chronology of Water,’ ‘Father Mother Sister Brother,’ and ‘Rosemead,’ reviewed.
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Desperados
‘Marty Supreme,’ ‘No Other Choice,’ and ‘Dead Man’s Wire,’ reviewed.
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My 10 Favorite Movies of 2025
In alphabetical order.
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My Favorite First-Time Watches of 2025
The best movies I saw in 2025 that weren’t released in 2025.
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Odds & Ends: 2025 Releases
Notes on a few 2025 releases I got to later than I’d planned on.
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Amanda Seyfried Gives One of the Year’s Great Performances in ‘The Testament of Ann Lee’
Mona Fastvold and Brady Corbet’s follow-up to ‘The Brutalist’ is characteristically bold and brainy.
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The Hunger
Antonio Pietrangeli’s 1965 black comedy ‘I Knew Her Well’ is one of its decade’s most undersung works.
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Josh O’Connor Makes ‘Wake Up Dead Man’ Seem Better Than It Is
The latest ‘Knives Out’ movie is a step down from its predecessors.
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‘The Mastermind’ and ‘The Secret Agent’ Aren’t What You Think
For 425: New movies from Kelly Reichardt and Kleber Mendonça Filho, reviewed.
JUNE 2026
The Theme is ‘Pride’
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‘Desperate Living’ Feels Like the End of an Era
John Waters’ last movie before making his foray into the mainstream is among his most underrated.
May 25, 2026
May 13. 2026
March 27, 2026
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
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