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"Train Dreams"
Railroad man Joel Edgerton faces the ravages of fire in “Train Dreams,” from Netflix

"Train Dreams"

Out of the past when railroads were built to run and race against time, comes a movie dream that qualifies as a thing of beauty and terror.

Movies Reviews

Peter Travers

Peter Travers

Nov 7, 2025 — 3 min read
Peter's Picks: "The Worst Person in the World"
Renate Reinsve is the best in “The Worst Person in the World,” from Neon

Peter's Picks: "The Worst Person in the World"

Never heard of the movie that started the climb to stardom for Renate Reinsve? I envy you the discovery of this one.

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Peter Travers

Peter Travers

Nov 7, 2025 — 4 min read
Peter's Picks: "The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)"
Adam Sandler andBen Stiller in “The Meyerowitz Stories,” from Netflix

Peter's Picks: "The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)"

Let us now praise Adam Sandler for the subtle mastery he brought to a movie he made before “Uncut Gems” that has unfairly evaporated from public memory.

Movies Reviews

Peter Travers

Peter Travers

Nov 7, 2025 — 3 min read
Peter's Picks: "I Care a Lot"
Rosamond Pike plays a ruthless court-appointed guardian of the elderly in “I Care a Lot,” from Netflix

Peter's Picks: "I Care a Lot"

Rosamond Pike took her bad girl vibe from “Gone Girl” and raised it to the next level in a stinging healthcare satire that audiences foolishly skipped. Make amends now.

Screening Room Movies

Peter Travers

Peter Travers

Nov 7, 2025 — 3 min read
"Bugonia"
Emma Stone insists she’s not an alien in “Bugonia,” from Focus Features

"Bugonia"

Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons work miracles with this sci-fi, black-comic kidnap thriller from the vibrant, vexing mind of Yorgos Lanthimos.

Movies Reviews

Peter Travers

Peter Travers

Oct 31, 2025 — 3 min read
"Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc"
The shark fiend Beam partners up with Denji in “Chainsaw Man – the Movie: Reze Arc,” from Sony Pictures Releasing

"Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc"

Half hot romance, half gory action, this big screen take on the Japanese anime TV series is not a blockbuster for nothing.

Movies Reviews

Peter Travers

Peter Travers

Oct 31, 2025 — 3 min read
"Novelle Vague"
Aubry Dullin is Jean-Paul Belmondo to Zoey Deutch’s Jean Seberg as they recreate a scene from “Breathless” in “Novelle Vague,” from Netflix

"Novelle Vague"

Richard Linklater catches Jean-Luc Godard in the exhilarating act of creating a whole new way of seeing movies. Only a fool would miss it.

Movies Reviews

Peter Travers

Peter Travers

Oct 31, 2025 — 4 min read
"Hallow Road"
Rosamund Pike gets very bad news in “Hallow Road,” from Universal Pictures

"Hallow Road"

Rosamund Pike and Matthew Rhys, both dynamite, are out to shatter your nerves in a claustrophobic thriller that keeps springing surprises.

Movies Reviews

Peter Travers

Peter Travers

Oct 31, 2025 — 2 min read

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