PETERSON REVIEWS
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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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‘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.
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My Favorite First-Time Watches of 2025
The best movies I saw in 2025 that weren’t released in 2025.
FEBRUARY 2026
The Theme is ‘Divorce’
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The Slow-Burning Dread of ‘Affliction’
‘Affliction’ is a frightening drama about the ripple effects of abuse.

November 6, 2025

October 27, 2025

September 17, 2025

Next Lifetime
Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s ‘Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives’ is a deceptively serene meditation on mortality.
January 29, 2026
Final Hours
Michael Roemer’s ‘Dying’ is breathtakingly honest about the emotional realities of terminal illness.
January 26, 2026


Mind Games
Mohammad Reza Aslani’s gorgeously shot melodrama ‘Chess of the Wind’ is a revelation that was very nearly lost forever.
January 19, 2026












