PETERSON REVIEWS
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‘Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion’ is an Electrifying Revenge Thriller
This movie has evidently been made by someone who had seen enough women-in-prison movies, enough revenge films, knew what both required/what drew people to them, and realized that you didn’t have to ascribe to their limitations if you knew they could be more.
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Soulmates
On ‘Girlfriends’ and ‘Old Boyfriends.’
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Alfre Woodard is Astounding in ‘Clemency’
‘Clemency’ is ultimately meant to be taken in as a pragmatic advocacy drama.
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New Normal
On ‘Pieces of a Woman,’ ‘Sound of Metal,’ and ‘Impetigore.’
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Deep Cuts
The last two installments of Steve McQueen’s Small Axe anthology.
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Age of Excess
On ‘Wonder Woman 1984.’
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Kind of Blue
New movies from Steven Soderbergh, Thomas Vinterberg, and George C. Wolfe.
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‘I’m Your Woman’: A Nice Change of Pace
‘I’m Your Woman’ is a response to a hypothetical I’m sure has crossed many a viewer’s minds watching certain crime dramas. What would this movie look like if it unfolded from the point of view of its woman lead?
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‘The Touch’: An Affair to Remember
Before ‘Scenes from a Marriage’ came ‘The Touch.’
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‘Silent Night, Deadly Night’: Bad Santa
Underrepresented in the typically cheery holiday-movie subgenre is the person for whom the season is legitimately nightmarish. ‘Silent Night, Deadly Night’ has a character who more than makes up for their representational absence.
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‘The Wolf of Snow Hollow’ Finds Jim Cummings Doing More of the Same
What is it with Cummings’ affinity for the small-town cop in the middle of a personal crisis?
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Celebration
On ‘Mr. Soul’ and ‘Zappa.’
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
November 6, 2025
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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