PETERSON REVIEWS
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I’m on Spring Break. Posts will resume on April 20.
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Kathleen Turner is a Knockout in ‘Crimes of Passion’
And so is Anthony Perkins.
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‘Official Competition’ is a Mischievous Backstage Comedy
Plus: ‘Montana Story,’ now available to stream, is a sensitive, engaging family drama.
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Teena Thach Knows a Place
The Tacoma-born influencer uses her popular TikTok account to shine a light on Washington’s best — and often overlooked — BIPOC-owned eateries.
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‘Miami Blues’ is a Cockeyed Procedural
Adapting George Willeford’s 1984 novel, writer-director George Armitage doesn’t lacquer this material over with the commonly romanticized gloss of a crime procedural.
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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.
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 