PETERSON REVIEWS
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The Burned-Out Comedy of ‘Repo Man’
That ‘Repo Man’’s happy ending could only exist in a movie seems like another one of director Alex Cox’s dark jokes.
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‘Murder, He Says’ is Morbidly Funny
‘Murder, He Says’ is a kind of companion piece to ‘Arsenic and Old Lace.’
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Miracle Pictures
On ‘Hollywood Boulevard’ and ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll High School.’
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‘Brother from Another Planet’ Has an Intriguing Premise, But It Struggles to Sustain a Feature-Length Movie
Our curiosity depletes before the journey has ended — or has just begun.
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She’s Got It
On ‘The Girl Can’t Help It.’
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The Dance
On Fritz Lang’s Indian epic
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A Life Ahead
On ‘Minari’ and ‘The World to Come.’
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‘Danger: Diabolik”s Eye-Catching Comic-Book Style
At times the movie suggests a fashion magazine’s idea of pulp storytelling.
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Her Future
On ‘The World’s a Little Blurry.’
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‘Night of the Comet’: One to Remember
‘Night of the Comet’ loses some of its vigor once the action moves to the scientist base. By then it’s become clear that the movie doesn’t need a sci-fi-typical climactic showdown to be effective.
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Is What It Is
On ‘Monster Hunter’ and ‘Space Sweepers.’
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‘I’ll See You in My Dreams’ Lingers
The movie pleasantly moves along as a textured and sincere examination of a septuagenarian’s life.
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
