PETERSON REVIEWS
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The Leisurely Darkness of ‘The Beach Bum’
Considering everything that happens to Moondog, the protagonist of ‘The Beach Bum,’ over the course of a season, we find it surprising that there never comes a point where we find him sitting down, hunched over with his head in his hands, moaning, ‘the world’s out to get me.’
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‘The Decline of Western Civilization’ Evocatively Captures a Moment
Much would change by the time ‘The Decline of Western Civilization,’ premiered in the summer of 1981.
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‘Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami’ Doesn’t Want to Be Definitive
On Sophie Fiennes’ tessellated documentary.
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‘Three … Extremes’ Lives Up to Its Title
On an inspired horror-anthology movie.
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‘Branded to Kill’ is Thrillingly Unruly
Seijun Suzuki’s 40th film for the Nikkatsu Company was at one time a final straw.
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‘Black Sunday’ is an Early Masterpiece from Mario Bava
‘Black Sunday’ looks so incredible that it immediately becomes a horror masterstroke in a purely aesthetic sense.
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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