PETERSON REVIEWS
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The Purgatorial Drama of ‘My Brother’s Wedding’
I was less compelled by the plot’s movement than I was by how Burnett captures the dynamic between family members.
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Darkness and Cold
On ‘The Leopard,’ ‘The Train,’ and ‘The Swimmer.’
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‘Starship Troopers’ is Classic Paul Verhoeven
On Verhoeven’s 1997 masterpiece.
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A Couple of Reasons to See ‘The Stud’
Though neither one exactly speaks to the quality of the movie itself.
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Introspection
On ‘Stromboli’ and ‘Journey to Italy,’ two crucial collaborations between Ingrid Bergman and Roberto Rossellini.
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Every Star of the Month
The people on whom Peterson Reviews has trained its gaze over the years.
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You Can Handle ‘The Truth’
The disconnect between Binoche’s and Deneuve’s characters feels just right for a mother-daughter duo whose relationship has always been lopsided. But it’s too uncluttered and inconsistently introspective to stir.
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A Thousand Stars Burst Open
On ‘The Living End,’ ‘Totally Fucked Up,’ and ‘Mysterious Skin.’
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Playing Your Song
On ‘Intermezzo’ and ‘A Woman’s Face.’
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‘Gaslight’: Bad Love
This movie lays out a specific, common kind of torment that until then had not been so concisely asserted in the popular imagination.
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Smile Now, Cry Later
On Maurice Pialat’s ‘Loulou’ and ‘Police.’
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‘The Comfort of Strangers’ is a Nightmare That Looks Like a Dream
I hate it in movies when at the end, a character wakes up and is relieved to confirm to themselves and us that everything terrible we’ve just seen was a nightmare. Yet if such an epilogue were screwed on The ‘Comfort of Strangers,’ we might some find comfort.
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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