PETERSON REVIEWS
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Ways of Seeing
On ‘The Eyes of Tammy Faye,’ ‘Mogul Mowgli’, and ‘The Voyeurs.’
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‘The Straight Story’ is a Surprisingly Sweet Effort from David Lynch
I’ll admit that I teetered on the verge of tears for almost all of ‘The Straight Story.’
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‘The Loneliest Planet’ Upends the End-of-a-Relationship Movie
The movie isn’t about who these people are, but how they respond to the unexpected.
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‘Road to Morocco’ Has You Had-to-Be-There-Itis
This is a movie whose comedy feels distinctly 1942.
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Clouds
On ‘The Card Counter’ and ‘Malignant.’
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Detours
On ‘Bad Education.’
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Yes, No, Maybe
On ‘Ema’ and ‘No.’
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The Lull of the Road in ‘Two-Lane Blacktop’
The evocative ‘Two-Lane Blacktop’ is most interested in the road’s dreamy monotony and the spell it can put you under.
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Dark Pasts
On ‘Candyman’ and ‘The Night House.’
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The Keyed-Up Horrors of ‘Amores Perros’
You’re never at ease while watching it — almost everything about it is assaultive.
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‘Cooley High’ Hits You Where It Hurts
This is a hopeful and funny, then profoundly tragic, coming-of-age comedy that has a well-worn quality.
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Bill Murray Gives One of His Best Performances in ‘Broken Flowers’
I’d have liked it if his Don were less inscrutable. But I suppose the central, mostly unanswered enigma — why is he like this — is also sort of the point.
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
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