PETERSON REVIEWS
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‘Nappily Ever After’ is a Rocky, But Intermittently Touching, Empowerment Tale
Sanaa Lathan elevates material susceptible to limiting tropes and thorny conclusions.
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Virginie Efira is Wonderful in ‘In Bed with Victoria’
‘In Bed with Victoria’ is a movie where the character that gives it its reason for being is better than the film itself.
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The Truths and Distortions of ‘Like Someone in Love’
This great 2012 drama was the Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami’s second movie made outside his native country and the last he saw released in his lifetime.
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‘Les Girls’ Does Both Too Much and Not Enough
This musical, historically significant for being Kelly’s last under an MGM contract originally ratified in 1942, feels less like a victory lap for the storied dancer-actor than a winded last few steps toward the finish line.
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‘Infinity Pool,’ Reviewed: An Interesting Premise, a Fun Mia Goth Performance, and Not a Lot Else
Plus: ‘To Leslie.’
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Forbidden Love and Old Scandals in ‘Fried Green Tomatoes’
The movie’s genuine warmth toward its characters and the stories it tells makes up for most, though hardly all, of its flaws.
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How Sheryl Lee Remembers ‘Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me’
The actress made an appearance at a special screening of David Lynch’s 1992 masterpiece over the weekend at Olympia’s Capitol Theater.
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A Touching, Tentative Midlife Romance in ‘Starting Over’
Burt Reynolds, sans mustache, gives one of his best performances in Alan J. Pakula’s tender dramedy.
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‘Skinamarink’ Makes You Feel Like a Little Kid Again
‘Skinamarink’ taps into a child’s fear of the dark — and the monsters maybe lurking with it — with chilling clarity.
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Gene Kelly and Judy Garland Are Off the Charts in ‘The Pirate’
Vincente Minnelli’s ‘The Pirate’ is one of the oddest movies to come out of MGM’s musical golden era; it’s also among the most fun and boundary-pushingly playful.
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Struggling to Care About Billy Liar
It’s a mostly effective study of a young man who craves artistic success but isn’t willing to put in the work to make it happen, but it’s not very good at actually pulling us in.
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Short Takes: ‘Sick,’ ‘Broker,’ and ‘Women Talking’
A slasher, a road movie, and a stagey drama.
NOVEMBER 2026
The Theme is ‘Sibling Bonds’
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‘Visible Secret’ is a Low-Key, Surprisingly Spooky Romantic Comedy
Ann Hui’s 2001 movie posits what a rom-com might look like with a ‘Sixth Sense’-esque underlay.
October 16, 2026
August 19, 2026
May 25, 2026
Smoke and Mirrors
Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s inventive documentary isn’t just about the disgraced entrepreneur Elizabeth Holmes.
October 19, 2026
Ghost World
Kaneto Shindō’s ‘Kuroneko’ is still forward-looking in its contempt for patriarchal devastation.
October 15, 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
