PETERSON REVIEWS
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The Midlife Crises of ‘Husbands’
The highest compliment I can give ‘Husbands’ is that I didn’t notice any false notes in it.
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Cold Sweat: Two by Samuel Fuller
On ‘Pickup on South Street’ and ‘The Crimson Kimono.’
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‘Devil in a Blue Dress’ Should Have Kicked Off a Franchise
‘Devil in a Blue Dress’ remains the only Easy Rawlins film adaptation to date.
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‘Pulp’ is a Winking Homage to Detective Fiction
‘Pulp,’ Mike Hodges and Michael Caine’s follow-up to the crime movie ‘Get Carter,’ continues in the hard-boiled tradition of its predecessor but is looser.
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‘The In-Laws” Relentless Chaos
The closing credits might begin before some viewers have caught their breath.
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Big Babies
On ‘Shiva Baby’ and ‘Godzilla vs. Kong.’
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On ‘Ghost Dog’
This is a movie where you’re more interested in watching Ghost Dog move about life than you are where the narrative takes you.
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Peter Falk Makes ‘Murder, Inc.’ Worthwhile — Barely
Although narratively busy — soon enough a police investigation subplot arrives — ‘Murder, Inc.’ is inanimate from the beginning.
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The Entity
On ‘Lucky,’ ‘The Empty Man,’ and ‘Violation.’
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The Tricky Surfaces of ‘Even the Wind is Afraid’
The film isn’t not gratifying, but you want it to boil over more — perhaps so far that a mess is left behind. Still, it has a hell of a simmer.
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Whirlpool
On ‘Christmas Holiday’ and ‘The Locket.’
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‘The Day the Earth Stood Still’ is Top-Tier Sci-Fi
Disheartening final sentiment aside, ‘The Day the Earth Stood Still’ is among its era’s most assuredly made, thoughtful science-fiction movies.
OCTOBER 2026
The Theme is ‘Thrills and Chills’
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Sin and Vice
On ‘The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh,’ ‘Your Vice is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key,’ and ‘All the Colors of the Dark,’ an informal trilogy from Sergio Martino starring Edwige Fenech.
August 19, 2026
May 25, 2026
May 13, 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
Working Girls
‘Broken Mirrors,’ Marleen Gorris’ 1984 follow-up to her still-transcendent feminist drama ‘A Question of Silence,’ expands on its predecessor’s themes while dramatically improving on its writer-director’s aesthetic command.
July 9, 2026
Found Connections
Donna Deitch’s ‘Desert Hearts’ was a breakthrough for lesbian representation in cinema. It also achieves another rarified thing: Characters who feel like they exist outside a screenplay’s bounds.
June 30, 2026
