PETERSON REVIEWS
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‘Brown Sugar’ Feels Like a Classic Before You’ve Even Finished It
‘Brown Sugar’ is one of the best romantic comedies of its decade.
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Terror and Transformation in ‘The Cursed’ and ‘Strawberry Mansion’
Diving into a new werewolf movie and a trippy comedy.
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‘Sudden Manhattan’: A Charming Debut from Adrienne Shelly
‘Sudden Manhattan’ is one of the best elucidations of being in your mid-20s and thinking everything is hopeless — including yourself — I’ve seen in a long time.
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‘The Pizza Triangle’ Reminds You That Monica Vitti Was So Much More Than a So-Called Ice Maiden
I unwittingly watched ‘The Pizza Triangle’ the night before Vitti died at the age of 90.
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‘The Unbelievable Truth’ Leaves a Mark
Hartley and Shelly’s partnership might have been fleeting, but the imaginativeness of ‘The Unbelievable Truth’ presses on.
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Looking for Answers in ‘The Worst Person in the World’ and ‘KIMI’
Notes on a Best International Film nominee and a new Seattle-shot thriller.
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‘Big Girls Don’t Cry … They Get Even’ Reminds You How Much More Joan Micklin Silver Was Capable Of
This is a pleasant, diverting movie, though it’s distractingly a bit at war with itself.
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‘The Novice’ is an Intense Filmmaking Debut
Plus: HBO Max’s ‘The Fallout’ examines a sensitive subject with empathy and care.
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‘Alone Together’ is a Riveting Portrait of an Artist in Quarantine
Plus: ‘Flee.’
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In ‘Scarecrow,’ the Small Details Count the Most
Photographer turned filmmaker Jerry Schatzberg’s unpolished, expansive direction complements his characters’ dawdling, their ever-changing relationship, and the wide-open possibilities of the road.
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‘Vera Drake’ is Devastating
The arc of ‘Vera Drake’ engenders some thriller-like tension but never rises into the sensationalism it easily could.
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‘Duelle’ Feels Neither Here Nor There
This is a willfully unpindownable gambol of a movie whose mysteriousness and dream-like quality are hypnotic virtues rather than alienating setbacks.
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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