PETERSON REVIEWS
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I’m on Spring Break. Posts will resume on April 20.
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Lauren Bacall Deserves a Better Vehicle Than ‘The Fan’
The most lurid elements of the movie — which take up most of ‘The Fan’ — almost feel tacked-on.
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‘I’ll Take You There’ is a Rom-Com That Avoids Convention
‘I’ll Take You There’ never feels less than empathetic.
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‘France’ and ‘No Exit’ Keep You On Your Toes
Much of the fun of these new streaming releases is the unexpected turns they take.
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‘Made in Hong Kong’: A Breakthrough for Fruit Chan
Made in Hong Kong’s absence of convincing emotional specificity makes it more admirable than truly affecting.
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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.
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 