PETERSON REVIEWS
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‘After the Hunt’’s Shades of Gray
Luca Guadagnino’s higher education-set follow-up to November 2024’s ‘Queer’ is ambiguous to the point of not saying much at all.
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Dancing the Night Away with Dua Lipa
For 425: What I saw at last night’s Dua Lipa concert in Seattle.
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The Slippery, Enigmatic ‘Yella’
Nina Hoss is entrancing in Christian Petzold’s ‘Carnival of Souls’-inspired movie.
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‘Night of the Demon’: Stylish Supernatural Horror Nearly Ruined by Its Producers
Jacques Tourneur’s tampered-with 1957 film proves that his good instincts are better off not being messed with.
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Jealousy is a Disease in ‘2LDK’
This Yukihiko Tsutsumi-directed face-off-style movie packs a punch.
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Daliah Lavi Carries ‘The Demon’
Her fantastic work is sometimes undercut by the movie’s rather clinical presentation, though.
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It’s a Good Thing ‘Opera’ Looks Amazing
Though a marked improvement on 1985’s ‘Phenemona,’ Dario Argento’s last movie of the ’80s is distractingly illogical.
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The Rock Switches It Up in ‘The Smashing Machine’
Plus: ‘The Official Release Party of a Showgirl’ is a disappointing theatrical accessory to a disappointing album.
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Delphine Seyrig is Transcendent in ‘Daughters of Darkness’
The actress is magnetic as a villainous character that riffs on the legend of the homicidally vain noblewoman Elizabeth Báthory.
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The Chaotic Charms of ‘One Battle After Another’ and ‘The Balconettes’
For South Sound: New movies from Paul Thomas Anderson and Noémie Merlant, reviewed.
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‘Death on the Nile’ is a Cozy Stew of a Murder Mystery
The cinematic sequel to 1974’s ‘Murder on the Orient Express’ is especially propelled by the infectious fun its star-studded cast seems to be having.
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‘Police Story,’ a High-Water Mark for Action Filmmaking, is Spoiled By Poor Taste
When not boasting some of film history’s most athletic action set pieces, the 1985 comedy thriller often cloddishly attempts slapstick humor.
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 