PETERSON REVIEWS
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‘Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?’ is a Fashion-Industry Satire Made by Insiders
‘Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?’ has an in-your-face, in-a-rush look.
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‘Flux Gourmet’ is Peter Strickland’s Most Lighthearted — and Strangest — Movie Yet
Though it isn’t his best.
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‘Elvis’ is a Spectacular Product
Baz Luhrmann’s biographical drama is characteristically hyperactive, visually thrilling, and more than a little shallow.
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‘Mirage’ is Shockingly Dull
Shouldn’t a movie where everybody is trying to either deceive or kill the main character make us feel something?
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‘Wife of a Spy’ is a Welcome Change of Pace for Kiyoshi Kurosawa
But the director, known best for his horror movies, doesn’t altogether file his usual sensibilities away.
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‘Thomasine & Bushrod’ is an Underappreciated Lovers-on-the-Run Movie
‘Thomasine & Bushrod’ remains one of the blaxploitation era’s best made, and most thoughtful, works.
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‘Bigger Than Life”s Resounding Anger
By ‘Bigger Than Life’’s end, which offers no resounding resolution, you feel practically pummeled by its driving dilemma.
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Emma Thompson Gives One of Her Best, Boldest Performances in ‘Good Luck to You, Leo Grande’
Plus: ‘Mad God,’ visual-effects master Phil Tippett’s new passion project, is among the year’s most visually thrilling, original movies.
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Halsey Brings Their Best Album Yet to Auburn
The pop star stopped by the White River Amphitheater last night.
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Good Times with Haim at WAMU Theater
A dispatch from the sister band’s Seattle show.
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‘Charley Varrick’ is an Expertly Constructed Thriller
One of its many wonders is how it moves to and from the several characters involved in this cat-and-mouse chase without losing any of its high-stress momentum.
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The Boundless Thrills of ‘Neptune Frost’ and ‘RRR’
An electric Afrofuturist musical and the Tollywood hit everyone is talking about.
MARCH 2026
The Theme is ‘Acting’
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‘Notting Hill’: A Star-Crossed Romance
Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant do wonders to soften — but not completely distract from — the contrivances of Roger Michell’s romantic comedy.
February 4, 2025
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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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