PETERSON REVIEWS
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‘Postcards from the Edge’ Has an Unforgettable Mother-Daughter Pair in Meryl Streep and Shirley MacLaine
The film is imperfect and in ways that should be debilitating. But the writing and the performances cushion the blows.
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‘Dolemite is My Name’ and ‘The King,’ Reviewed
Two new movies.
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‘A Touch of Class’ Feels Like Two Movies
‘A Touch of Class’ could be a nice subversion of old tropes with a biting twist. But instead it’s an update on old tropes with a contrived twist.
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In ‘Parasite,’ the Laughs Cost You
On Bong Joon-ho’s immediate classic.
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On ‘Crash’
You watch it astonished that Cronenberg not only dared to make it but dared to make it with such artful dedication.
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‘The Lighthouse’ and ‘The Laundromat,’ Reviewed
A look at the latest efforts from Robert Eggers and Steven Soderbergh.
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On ‘Wanda’
On Barbara Loden’s sole feature-length project.
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It Would Almost Be Impolite Not to Be Enchanted by ‘A Matter of Life and Death’
On Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s 1946 masterpiece.
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Ingrid Pitt Makes ‘The Vampire Lovers’ Worth Watching
Aside from Pitt and the way it gets us to root for a villain, ‘The Vampire Lovers’ isn’t very good on the whole.
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Paul Morrissey and Andy Warhol Do ‘Horror’
On ‘Flesh for Frankenstein’ and ‘Blood for Dracula.’
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‘Critters’: Creepy Crawlies
‘Critters’ is for most intents and purposes a home-invasion thriller, not the roving chase movie one might expect.
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The Deceptive Scope of ‘Ad Astra’
At its crux, ‘Ad Astra’ is an intimate and traditionalist father-son story.
MARCH 2026
The Theme is ‘Acting’
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‘Notting Hill’: A Star-Crossed Romance
Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant do wonders to soften — but not completely distract from — the contrivances of Roger Michell’s romantic comedy.
February 4, 2025
November 6, 2025
October 27, 2025
Disobedience
John Sayles’ groundbreaking ‘Lianna’ was a landmark — albeit a criminally underseen one — for lesbian representation in cinema.
February 25, 2026
Trouble in Paradise
On the screwball-comedy perfection of 1937’s ‘The Awful Truth.’
February 23, 2026
The Heart of the Matter
Asghar Farhadi’s ‘A Separation’ more than sidesteps divorce-movie expectations.
February 16, 2026
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