PETERSON REVIEWS
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‘Alone in the Dark’ Makes the Home-Invasion Thriller Feel New Again
Writer-director Jack Sholder lends the material a satirical edge.
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The Long Goodbye
On ‘The Kid Detective’ and ‘Let Him Go.’
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‘Crossing Delancey’ is Like if a Rom-Com Plot Played Out in Real Life
‘Crossing Delancey’ suggests what might happen if the narrative of a romantic-comedy movie were grafted onto life — a place where the genre’s big emotions, plot contrivances, and sudden appearances of soulmates would naturally be a little overwhelming.
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‘Color Adjustment’ is an Essential TV Documentary
We consider what has changed since ‘Color Adjustment’ was released.
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Closing In
On ‘Promising Young Woman’ and ‘The Little Things.’
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‘Rush’: In Too Deep
‘Rush’ is about a pair of undercover cops who get so deep into the world they’re infiltrating that they almost can’t find their way out.
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‘The Legacy’ Feels About a Decade Behind
‘The Legacy’ is like Agatha Christie’s ‘And Then There Were None’ with an occult edge.
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‘Crooklyn’: A Family Portrait
The movie functions like an affectionately made collage.
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‘Down in the Delta’: A Moving Directing Debut from Maya Angelou
The movie might have come across a lot more mawkish if not in Angelou’s sincere hands.
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‘The Housemaid’: A Precursor to ‘Parasite’
Though it has no more valuable insight than a trifling, plot-driven soap opera.
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Michelle Pfeiffer’s Radiance Takes ‘Married to the Mob’ to the Next Level
‘Married to the Mob’ is too good-natured and well-performed to have many damaging gripes with.
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A Gumshoe’s Last Days in ‘The Late Show’
The movie focuses on a kind of private eye not often checked in on in detective fiction.
MARCH 2026
The Theme is ‘Acting’
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‘Notting Hill’: A Star-Crossed Romance
Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant do wonders to soften — but not completely distract from — the contrivances of Roger Michell’s romantic comedy.
February 4, 2025
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October 27, 2025
Disobedience
John Sayles’ groundbreaking ‘Lianna’ was a landmark — albeit a criminally underseen one — for lesbian representation in cinema.
February 25, 2026
Trouble in Paradise
On the screwball-comedy perfection of 1937’s ‘The Awful Truth.’
February 23, 2026
The Heart of the Matter
Asghar Farhadi’s ‘A Separation’ more than sidesteps divorce-movie expectations.
February 16, 2026
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