PETERSON REVIEWS
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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.
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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.
SEPTEMBER 2026
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In ‘Menus-Plaisirs – Les Troisgros,’ It’s All in the Process
Revisiting Frederick Wiseman’s 44th documentary, which trains its gaze on the Troisgros family and its various culinary pursuits.
August 19, 2026
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May 13. 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
Working Girls
‘Broken Mirrors,’ Marleen Gorris’ 1984 follow-up to her still-transcendent feminist drama ‘A Question of Silence,’ expands on its predecessor’s themes while dramatically improving on its writer-director’s aesthetic command.
July 9, 2026
Found Connections
Donna Deitch’s ‘Desert Hearts’ was a breakthrough for lesbian representation in cinema. It also achieves another rarified thing: Characters who feel like they exist outside a screenplay’s bounds.
June 30, 2026
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