PETERSON REVIEWS
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‘The Bride Wore Black’: Sweet Revenge
In which Jeanne Moreau becomes an angel of death.
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Death Proof
On ‘F9’ and ‘Siberia.’
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Tokyo Drifters
Two Seijun Suzuki movies — ‘Youth of the Beast’ and ‘Gate of Flesh’ — starring Joe Shishido.
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Fairy Tales
On ‘The Company of Wolves’ and ‘Lemora.’
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The Fragmentations of ‘Je T’aime, Je T’aime’
Alain Resnais tries out sci-fi.
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‘Slow Machine’ is the Right Amount of Enigmatic
Joe DeNardo and Paul Felte’s feature debut is stubbornly mysterious. But it doesn’t alienate you.
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Hiders & Seekers
On ‘The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It’ and ‘A Quiet Place Part II.’
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‘La Main du Diable’ is a Nightmare
‘La Main du Diable’ was made during an especially dark moment in France’s history.
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Curses
On ‘Army of the Dead,’ ‘The Dry,’ and ‘Undine.’
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‘Massacre Gun’ is a By-the-Book Yakuza Thriller
But it’s steadily generous to the senses.
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‘La Otra’: An Excellent Good-Twin-Bad-Twin Melodrama
Dolores Del Rio is sensational.
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Possessed
On ‘French Exit’ and ‘Cruella.’
JUNE 2026
The Theme is ‘Pride’
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‘Edge of Seventeen’: A Wonderful Coming-of-Age Movie with Few False Notes
Even when the narrative of the film itself isn’t always, it’s a joy to watch a gay coming-of-age movie that neither sugarcoats things nor emphasizes hardship.
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 