Hi, I’m Peter Travers.
I’ve been banging on about movies since I gained the power of speech — and writing about them soon after. For decades at Rolling Stone and later ABC News and Good Morning America, you may have seen my digital mug on Popcorn with Peter Travers, doing pushy interviews with everyone from Spielberg to Tarantino, Streep to Lady Gaga, Denzel to DiCaprio, Viola Davis to Timothée Chalamet.
This, believe it or not, is my first blog.
A place where I can let it rip.
What Is The Travers Take?
It’s an insider’s view from the author of The 1000 Best Movies and contributor to the collections Produced and Abandoned, They Went Thataway, Flesh and Blood, The “A” List, The “B” List, and The “X” Factor.
It’s the work of a former chair of the New York Film Critics Circle and a member of the National Society of Film Critics and the Critics Choice Association.
But more than credentials, it’s freedom..
No bull. No restraints.
What You’ll Find Here
Reviews of what’s hitting theaters, TV and streaming.
Festival dispatches from Cannes to Sundance.
Award-season handicapping — Oscar, Emmy, you name it.
Deep dives into films from the past that still have the juice to speak to right now.
And for members inside the Screening Room, bonus extras drawn from a lifetime as a screen nerd — insider details on how movies get made and the livewire egos who get the job done.
Why It Matters
Let me tell you a story.
Once, deep in conversation with Martin Scorsese, I asked him why he doesn’t see movies in theaters anymore. He went full Raging Bull about audiences glued to phones, ordering snacks mid-scene and drowning out the actors.
“Come on, Marty,” I said, “we couldn’t keep our mouths shut when we were kids.”
His eyes darkened. “Yeah, maybe,” he conceded, “but when we talked it was always about the movie and the fun we had chewing over the details.”
That’s it.
The give and take. The arguing over details. The fun of it.
The Goal
Above all, this site is about the dialogue between you and me.
The fun we’ll have dissecting what works and what doesn’t.
Setting up a space where film is alive — something to debate, defend, praise, or put on the hot seat.
No detail is too small.
So come on, fellow film fanatics.
Start free. Then step inside the Screening Room.
Let’s get this party started.
— Peter Travers
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