PETERSON REVIEWS
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‘Get Shorty’: A Loan Shark’s Hollywood Dreams
‘Get Shorty’ is such a breezy movie that even the violence has a levity.
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Simon Rex is Perfectly Cast in ‘Red Rocket’
Plus: Joel Coen’s visually inspired but inessential ‘Macbeth’ adaptation.
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Torment
On ‘The Lost Daughter’ and ‘The Humans.’
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My Favorite First-Time Watches of 2021
My favorite movies I saw in 2021 that weren’t released that year.
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The 25 Best Movies of 2021
Looking back on a great year for movies.
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‘Don’t Look Up’ Isn’t as Smart as It Thinks It Is
Adam McKay’s limitations contaminate more than just the film’s comedy.
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The Sweet-and-Sour Nostalgia of ‘Licorice Pizza’
Alana Haim hits you like a moonbeam.
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‘The Matrix Resurrections’ is Full of New Life
On Lana Wachowski’s new sequel.
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Judy Davis is Electrifying in ‘My Brilliant Career’
‘My Brilliant Career’’s ending feels like a beginning — the first stages of one’s potential finally being seen through.
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‘Nightmare Alley’ is Beautifully Hollow
Plus: ‘Drive My Car.’
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Waves
On ‘Before Night Falls’ and ‘The Sea Inside.’
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‘Broadcast News’ is a Great Romantic Comedy
Nothing exists in a simple binary in Albert L. Brooks’ dazzling 1987 comedy.
JUNE 2026
The Theme is ‘Pride’
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‘By Hook or By Crook’ is a Moving Ode to Friendship
Despite its low budget and the sometimes-amateurishness of its performances, it isn’t obvious that 2001’s ‘By Hook or By Crook’ was made by people who came into filmmaking practically on a whim.
May 25, 2026
May 13. 2026
March 27, 2026
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 