PETERSON REVIEWS
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The Communication Breakdowns of ‘Howards End’
This ambitious, nearly two-and-a-half-hour-long drama additionally functions as a romance, a cultural critique, a comedy of manners, and an ensemble piece.
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‘Fun with Dick and Jane’ is No Fun
The 1977 comedy leaves a bad taste in the viewer’s mouth.
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‘Born in Flames’ is as Urgent as Ever
‘Born in Flames’ galvanizes — reminds us that simply believing in something like a revolution is never enough.
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Rebel Rebel
On ‘Cuties’ and ‘Mulan.’
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The Comedy and Horror of ‘The Devils’
‘The Devils’ lampoons, fairly spectacularly, the weaponization and power-leveraging of religion while chillingly underlining just how frightening the practice is.
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‘Earth Girls Are Easy’ Could Stand to Be Campier
‘Earth Girls Are Easy’ revels in its presentation so much that it forgets a lot of the time to make fun of itself as well.
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Talk a Good Game
On ‘The Burnt Orange Heresy’ and ‘Class Action Park.’
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‘Between the Lines’: For the Love of the Game
In Joan Micklin Silver’s equal parts bighearted and devastating ‘Between the Lines,’ journalists are put on a pedestal — elevated like characters in a soap opera.
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In ‘Original Cast Album: Company,’ Recording an Album is as Tense as a Thriller
One does not need to be familiar with ‘Company’ to be roused by its soundtrack’s making.
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‘Society’: Sins of the Flesh
One might think the conceit of Brian Yuzna’s ‘Society’ was silly if there weren’t so much truth at its core.
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It’s Gonna Rain
On ‘I May Destroy You’ and ‘Selling Sunset.’
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‘A Quiet Place in the Country’ Has No Trouble Unsettling Us
Does ‘A Quiet Place in the Country’ belong to the haunted-house subgenre, or the ‘descending into madness’ subgenre?
APRIL 2026
The Theme is ‘High Anxiety’
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The Unrelenting Grimness of ‘Frozen River’
Misty Upham and especially Melissa Leo are excellent in this frostbitten drama.
March 27, 2026
February 4, 2026
November 6, 2025
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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