PETERSON REVIEWS
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‘La Llorona”s Horrors Aren’t Confined to Fiction
It’s not immediately clear how ‘La Llorona,’ the excellent new film from Jayro Bustamante, relates to the 500-year-old legend from which it takes its title.
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The Limits and Revelations of ‘Portrait of Jason’
Even through the elision-heavy editing and its subject’s initially, almost defensively romantic storytelling, we see so much.
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Time Crisis
On ‘High Noon’ and ‘Broken Lance.’
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‘Hollywood Shuffle’ Cuts Deep
The movie is a semi-autobiographical product of frustration for co-writer and director Robert Townsend.
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‘His House’ Inventively Unites Supernatural and Real-World Horrors
On Remi Weekes’ excellent debut.
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Something More
On ‘Kajillionaire’ and ‘Shithouse.’
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‘The Brute’ is an Unusually Straightforward Melodrama from Luis Buñuel
This is a a tawdry melodrama, but it’s fun-tawdry.
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‘Atlantics’ is a Mesmerizing Debut from Mati Diop
It will likely not take many more movies for Diop to be included in the pantheon of great filmmakers.
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‘Dick Johnson is Dead’ is a Daring, Mostly Successful Documentary
‘Dick Johnson is Dead’ might make you appreciate life a little more.
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Moving Forward, Looking Backward
Sofia Coppola’s latest and ‘Yes, God, Yes,’ Karen Maine’s smart and funny directing debut.
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‘First Cow’ is a Tender Tale of Friendship
John Magaro’s and Orion Lee’s performances are perfectly poignant.
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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