PETERSON REVIEWS
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Daliah Lavi Carries ‘The Demon’
Her fantastic work is sometimes undercut by the movie’s rather clinical presentation, though.
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It’s a Good Thing ‘Opera’ Looks Amazing
Though a marked improvement on 1985’s ‘Phenemona,’ Dario Argento’s last movie of the ’80s is distractingly illogical.
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The Rock Switches It Up in ‘The Smashing Machine’
Plus: ‘The Official Release Party of a Showgirl’ is a disappointing theatrical accessory to a disappointing album.
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Delphine Seyrig is Transcendent in ‘Daughters of Darkness’
The actress is magnetic as a villainous character that riffs on the legend of the homicidally vain noblewoman Elizabeth Báthory.
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The Chaotic Charms of ‘One Battle After Another’ and ‘The Balconettes’
For South Sound: New movies from Paul Thomas Anderson and Noémie Merlant, reviewed.
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‘Death on the Nile’ is a Cozy Stew of a Murder Mystery
The cinematic sequel to 1974’s ‘Murder on the Orient Express’ is especially propelled by the infectious fun its star-studded cast seems to be having.
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‘Police Story,’ a High-Water Mark for Action Filmmaking, is Spoiled By Poor Taste
When not boasting some of film history’s most athletic action set pieces, the 1985 comedy thriller often cloddishly attempts slapstick humor.
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‘Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid’ is Like Catnip for Classic Hollywood Devotees
This 1982 parody film might be a little less entertaining for non-adherents, though.
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Seattle Couldn’t Quit Haim
For 425: The eminently lovable sister act stopped by Seattle’s WAMU Theater as part of its I Quit tour.
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‘House of Bamboo’’s Style Can Only Take It So Far
Samuel Fuller’s Tokyo-set noir is a visual treat, but it’s thwarted by a thoroughly unengaging lead performance.
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‘It’s Really Important to Us to Bring That Female Perspective’: Inside Emergence Films’ Mission to Support Women Filmmakers
For 425: Launched in 2016, and with a new philanthropic initiative announced this year, the Sienna Beckman- and Rachel Noll James-founded film company looks to give creative opportunities to women in a male-dominated field.
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Get Shorty
It doesn’t matter that Howard Hawks’ 1946 adaptation of ‘The Big Sleep’ doesn’t make any sense.
JUNE 2026
The Theme is ‘Pride’
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‘Desperate Living’ Feels Like the End of an Era
John Waters’ last movie before making his foray into the mainstream is among his most underrated.
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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