PETERSON REVIEWS
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‘I Can’t Sleep’ Isn’t Your Average Serial-Killer Thriller
You wouldn’t expect anything less from Claire Denis.
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‘Hopscotch’ is a Laid-Back Caper
It feels wrong calling a spy or chase movie “laid back,” but I can’t think of a better way to describe ‘Hopscotch,’ which could be classified under both subgenres.
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Bodies in Trouble in ‘Crimes of the Future’ and ‘Watcher’
David Cronenberg’s long-awaited return and a thoughtful woman-in-peril thriller.
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‘Six Degrees of Separation’ Doesn’t Go Far Enough
Stockard Channing, though, is phenomenal.
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‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Outranks the Original
And ‘Pleasure’ is a fascinating look at an underexplored industry.
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‘Saving Face’: Family Values
This is a great movie about a testy mother-daughter bond.
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‘Men’ is Terrible
And ‘Lux Æterna’ electrifies.
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The Love Games of ‘César and Rosalie’
The movie is so likable and spiritedly acted that its flaws are only incidental in our overall enjoyment of it.
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Bright Eyes — Older, Wiser, and with a New Album — Returns to the Stage
The rock trio, whose ‘comeback’ was thwarted by the pandemic, comes to Seattle in June.
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There Are Scary Movies. Then There’s ‘Threads’
‘Threads’ reinforces the truth that no spectacle-driven horror movie is ever as scary as war.
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‘eXistenZ’: Sins of the Flesh
‘eXistenZ’ is the closest Cronenberg has come to making a nifty, economic thriller meant above all to be escapist.
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‘Death Watch’ is an Inspired, Prescient Reality-TV Satire
Romy Schneider gives a mesmeric performance wavering from heartrendingly restrained to unselfconsciously exposed.
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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