PETERSON REVIEWS
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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.’
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‘Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles’ is an Endurance Test with Big Rewards
Not a minute of ‘Jeanne Dielman”s three and a half hours feels inessential.
NOVEMBER 2026
The Theme is ‘Sibling Bonds’
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‘Twins of Evil’ is Sharper Than You’d Think
Though mostly made to capitalize on the newly minted sex symboldom of identical-twin sisters Mary and Madeleine Collinson, this 1971 horror movie ends up being a decent critique of puritanical hypocrisy.
October 16, 2026
August 19, 2026
May 25, 2026
Smoke and Mirrors
Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s inventive documentary isn’t just about the disgraced entrepreneur Elizabeth Holmes.
October 19, 2026
Ghost World
Kaneto Shindō’s ‘Kuroneko’ is still forward-looking in its contempt for patriarchal devastation.
October 15, 2026
Strong, Stoic Types
Director-star Paul Newman’s 1971 treatment of Ken Kesey’s ‘Sometimes a Great Notion’ perceptively observes the corrosiveness of toxic masculinity.
August 7, 2026
