PETERSON REVIEWS
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Cruel Summer
On ‘La Collectionneuse,’ ‘Long Weekend,’ and ‘La Ciénaga.’
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‘Never Rarely Sometimes Always’: An Essential Abortion Drama
On Eliza Hittman’s remarkable new movie.
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‘The Manchurian Candidate’ is an Arresting Thriller
Demme’s movie arguably creeps under the skin more than the more-unanimously acclaimed 1962 cinematization.
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On ‘Courage Under Fire’
This intermittently forceful war story, doubles as a kind of detective tale.
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‘Cobra’ is a Visual Tour-de-Force and Not a Lot Else
With its sound off, ‘Cobra’ is an exceptional entrée into the action genre.
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Just Be Yourself
On ‘Sympathy for the Devil’ and ‘Let It Be.’
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‘Phase IV’ Expands on Monster-Movie Limitations
On Saul Bass’ sole directing effort.
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Rebirth
On ‘Malcolm X,’ ‘He Got Game,’ and ‘Inside Man.’
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Wild Ones
On ‘Suzi Q’ and ‘The Go-Go’s.’
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‘Special Effects’ is a Plasticky Hitchcock Homage
‘Special Effects’ brims with good ideas, but a surplus of good but iffily executed ideas do not a good movie make.
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‘Angst’ is Relentless
In its commitment to uglifying the psychology and very nature of the mass murderer, ‘Angst’ arguably becomes subversively vital.
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Strange Days
On ‘Host’ and ‘She Dies Tomorrow.’
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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