PETERSON REVIEWS
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‘Hanna’ Should Have Stayed a Pitch
Joe Wright’s pivot to action filmmaking has flashes of intrigue but is mostly a slog.
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The Quiet Menace of ‘La Cérémonie’
Sandrine Bonnaire and Isabelle Huppert make for an unsettling pair in Claude Chabrol’s excellent psychological thriller.
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The Creeping Dread of ‘White Noise’ and ‘The Eternal Daughter’
Noah Baumbach tries his hand at adaptation, and Joanna Hogg expands her cinematic universe.
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‘Times Square’ is a Confused Coming-of-Age Drama
This 1980 cult drama is all promise and no effective follow-through. Read the review.
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‘Smoke Signals’ is a Stirring, Spirited Road Movie
Historical significance aside, Chris Eyres’ drama is in any case a soulful and often wise movie.
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‘The Fabelmans’ is One of the Year’s Best Movies
‘The Fabelmans’ is, among other things, a sublime love letter to the joys of filmmaking.
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The 1975 Brought Its Very Best to Seattle
The English rock outfit stopped by Seattle’s WAMU Theater Friday night with a boisterous, thoughtful performance.
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Long Journeys and Bloody Appetites in ‘Glass Onion’ and ‘Bones and All’
‘Knives Out’ gets a sequel, and Luca Guadagnino tells a cannibal love story.
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The Slow-Burning Dread of ‘Affliction’
‘Affliction’ is a frightening drama about the ripple effects of abuse.
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‘She Said’ is a By-the-Numbers, But Mostly Effective, Journalism Drama
Plus: ‘The Menu’ has no bite.
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‘In the Bedroom’ is a Powerful Meditation on Grief
On actor turned director Todd Field’s first effort as a filmmaker.
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‘Crimes of the Heart’ is a Sometimes Fun Acting Showcase and That’s About It
It’s a pleasure to watch Jessica Lange, Diane Keaton, and Sissy Spacek simulate sisterhood, but everything else about ‘Crimes of the Heart’ is at best thin and at worst offensive.
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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