PETERSON REVIEWS
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‘Mank’ Might Be David Fincher’s Most Meticulous Movie Yet
Even though Mank is dramatically lacking, it’s a movie I liked living inside.
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Trouble is My Business
On ‘The Long Goodbye’ and ‘California Split.’
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‘The Silent Partner’ Curbs Expectations
‘The Silent Partner’ is escapist in the best way
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‘The 40-Year-Old Version’: A Vibrant Debut from Radha Blank
The film lolls around in the disorienting reality of Radha’s alternately tugging responsibilities, and what sorts of ripple effects can form when you begin to prioritize your creative vagaries over your everyday obligations.
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‘Time’: The Waiting is the Hardest Part
On Garrett Bradley’s essential documentary.
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‘The Velvet Vampire’ Transcends Its Origins
On Stephanie Rotham’s sexy, somnolent vampire movie.
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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.
JUNE 2026
The Theme is ‘Pride’
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‘Edge of Seventeen’: A Wonderful Coming-of-Age Movie with Few False Notes
Even when the narrative of the film itself isn’t always, it’s a joy to watch a gay coming-of-age movie that neither sugarcoats things nor emphasizes hardship.
May 25, 2026
May 13. 2026
March 27, 2026
Superheroines
On Julia Loktev’s towering, terrifying ‘My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow.’
March 30, 2026
Everything Everywhere
William Greaves’ ‘Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One’ is almost 60 years old and still feels ahead of the curve.
March 11, 2026
Next Big Things
Gregory La Cava’s ‘Stage Door’ is often at once hysterically funny and brutally pragmatic about the personal toll a career in entertainment can take.
March 4, 2026
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