PETERSON REVIEWS
space
-
‘Happiest Season’ Asks You to Overlook a Lot
Still, it worked over me — mostly.
-
Cuts Deep
On ‘Mangrove,’ ‘Lovers Rock,’ and ‘Red, White, and Blue,’ the first three parts of Steve McQueen’s new Small Axe anthology series
-
‘Mank’ Might Be David Fincher’s Most Meticulous Movie Yet
Even though Mank is dramatically lacking, it’s a movie I liked living inside.
-
Trouble is My Business
On ‘The Long Goodbye’ and ‘California Split.’
-
‘The Silent Partner’ Curbs Expectations
‘The Silent Partner’ is escapist in the best way
-
‘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.
-
‘Time’: The Waiting is the Hardest Part
On Garrett Bradley’s essential documentary.
-
‘The Velvet Vampire’ Transcends Its Origins
On Stephanie Rotham’s sexy, somnolent vampire movie.
-
‘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.
-
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.
-
Time Crisis
On ‘High Noon’ and ‘Broken Lance.’
OCTOBER 2026
The Theme is ‘Thrills and Chills’
ASDFJHGSD
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
