PETERSON REVIEWS
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The Vashon Island Distributor Behind Kristen Stewart’s Feature-Directing Debut
For South Sound Business: The Forge is kicking off 2026 with its highest-profile release yet.
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Jodie Foster Shows Off Her French Cred in ‘A Private Life’
Plus: ‘Sound of Falling’ is a technically accomplished but dramatically inert coming-of-age drama. (For 425)
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Next Lifetime
Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s ‘Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives’ is a deceptively serene meditation on mortality.
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Life During Wartime
‘Mr. Nobody Against Putin’ and ‘Atropia,’ reviewed.
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Final Hours
Michael Roemer’s ‘Dying’ is breathtakingly honest about the emotional realities of terminal illness.
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‘Southern Comfort’ Compassionately Captures an Extraordinary Life
On Kate Davis’ 2001 documentary.
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Survivors
‘All That’s Left of You’ and ‘28 Years Later: The Bone Temple,’ reviewed.
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Mind Games
Mohammad Reza Aslani’s gorgeously shot melodrama ‘Chess of the Wind’ is a revelation that was very nearly lost forever.
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The Wintry, Melancholy Loveliness of ‘The Dead’
On John Huston’s posthumously released swan song.
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All in the Family
‘The Chronology of Water,’ ‘Father Mother Sister Brother,’ and ‘Rosemead,’ reviewed.
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Desperados
‘Marty Supreme,’ ‘No Other Choice,’ and ‘Dead Man’s Wire,’ reviewed.
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My 10 Favorite Movies of 2025
In alphabetical order.
NOVEMBER 2026
The Theme is ‘Sibling Bonds’
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‘Visible Secret’ is a Low-Key, Surprisingly Spooky Romantic Comedy
Ann Hui’s 2001 movie posits what a rom-com might look like with a ‘Sixth Sense’-esque underlay.
October 16, 2026
August 19, 2026
May 25, 2026
Smoke and Mirrors
Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s inventive documentary isn’t just about the disgraced entrepreneur Elizabeth Holmes.
October 19, 2026
Ghost World
Kaneto Shindō’s ‘Kuroneko’ is still forward-looking in its contempt for patriarchal devastation.
October 15, 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
