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Night Vision is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer® when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): Peter Howell.

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Rating Title | Year Author Quote
4/4
Perfect Days (2023) Peter Howell The Japanese word “komorebi” refers to sunlight shimmering through leaves. Hold that calming thought and behold how beautifully it is expressed in Perfect Days, the glorious new film by Wim Wenders.
Posted Feb 12, 2024  Edit critic review
1.5/4
Argylle (2024) Peter Howell The body count soars as an absurd number of plot twists ensue, each undermining interest in a story that’s dedicated more to servicing franchises than to making the most of potentially interesting characters.
Posted Feb 02, 2024  Edit critic review
4/4
Past Lives (2023) Peter Howell As a writer, Song’s lovely screenplay keeps the tension free of rom-com contrivances. As a director, her keen eye, attention to detail and artful framing announce an exciting new filmmaker.
Posted Jun 12, 2023  Edit critic review
1/4
Beau Is Afraid (2023) Peter Howell A bleak Oedipal nightmare that throbs like a migraine for three lost hours.
Posted Apr 14, 2023  Edit critic review
3/4
A Thousand and One (2023) Peter Howell Taylor is terrific in a role that doesn't seek our sympathy and rarely commands it. The three kids who play her son over the years, especially Josiah Cross, truly seize the heart. An excellent '90s hip-hop soundtrack directs the flow.
Posted Apr 01, 2023  Edit critic review
3.5/4
EO (2022) Peter Howell An affecting ode to empathy and nature. Inspired in part by Robert Bresson's "Au Hasard Balthazar."
Posted Nov 28, 2022  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022) Peter Howell How much you'll enjoy "Glass Onion" may depend entirely on your fondness for ridiculous coincidence and crowded contrivance , but none of it is meant to be taken seriously.
Posted Nov 28, 2022  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths (2022) Peter Howell "Bardo" is a magical memory tour de force.
Posted Nov 21, 2022  Edit critic review
1/4
Black Adam (2022) Peter Howell After the banal prologue and wake-up theatrics, director Jaume Collet-Serra seems to have just turned the film over to the CGI team with the instruction, "Do your worst, people!"
Posted Oct 21, 2022  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Till (2022) Peter Howell Deadwyler is a dynamo in this career-defining and awards-beckoning role, as she evolves from a woman of caution into a fearless fighter for civil rights.
Posted Oct 21, 2022  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Tár (2022) Peter Howell Blanchett is splendidly horrid in this spellbinding psychodrama; another "O" for Lydia's EGOT is entirely attainable.
Posted Oct 15, 2022  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Eternal Spring (2022) Peter Howell Jason Loftus and illustrator Daxiong combine potent recollections with gorgeous animation...
Posted Oct 07, 2022  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Triangle of Sadness (2022) Peter Howell Amounts to a laboured mash-up of "Gilligan's Island" and "Lord of the Flies."
Posted Oct 07, 2022  Edit critic review
3/4
The Black Phone (2021) Peter Howell The Grabber is supposed to be a magician, but the real sleight-of-hand is from Derrickson... The Black Phone makes quotidian rage more horrifying than the stuff of nightmares.
Posted Jun 29, 2022  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood (2022) Peter Howell Houston, we have a memory. A whole vivid bunch of them, actually, pulled from the photographic mind and boundless imagination of Richard Linklater.
Posted Apr 04, 2022  Edit critic review
3/4
Studio 666 (2022) Peter Howell Goofy and grisly, musical and visceral, this Foo Fighters horror comedy is like a Marx Bros. or “Spinal Tap” movie made by “The Evil Dead” wizard Sam Raimi. Which is to say: It’s a bloody hoot!
Posted Feb 25, 2022  Edit critic review
1/4
Eternals (2021) Peter Howell Chloé Zhao's dreadfully dull Marvel movie "Eternals" should really have been titled "Loiterers."
Posted Nov 05, 2021  Edit critic review
2/4
Last Night in Soho (2021) Peter Howell Midway through, Wright abruptly shifts into a lurid homage to Italian giallo horror films, breaking the spell and losing my allegiance. That's one tribute too many, Edgar.
Posted Oct 29, 2021  Edit critic review
2/4
The French Dispatch (2021) Peter Howell My main beef with "The French Dispatch" is that it's too much of everything and not enough of anything.
Posted Oct 22, 2021  Edit critic review
3/4
The Many Saints of Newark (2021) Peter Howell The film presumes a large knowledge of "The Sopranos," rewarding the faithful and the attentive with glimpses of young versions of familiar characters to come.
Posted Oct 01, 2021  Edit critic review
3/4
Titane (2021) Peter Howell Ducournau is a vital talent, a filmmaker of mad vision and uncanny power. I think, though, that her best is still to come.
Posted Oct 01, 2021  Edit critic review
3/4
The Night House (2020) Peter Howell Hall... makes terror all the more real because she refuses to yield to it.
Posted Aug 20, 2021  Edit critic review
2/4
Annette (2021) Peter Howell The writing is at fault, not the acting.
Posted Aug 05, 2021  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Beans (2020) Peter Howell Strong storytelling doubles as a tremendous showcase for the talents of young Mohawk actress Kiawentiio.
Posted Jul 23, 2021  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Black Widow (2021) Peter Howell All the action set pieces and explosions happen on cue and [Shortland] handles character development better than most MCU directors.
Posted Jul 13, 2021  Edit critic review
3/4
In the Heights (2021) Peter Howell "In the Heights" offers no easy path to dream fulfillment. Instead, it turns the quest into joyous summer entertainment.
Posted Jun 11, 2021  Edit critic review
3/4
Undine (2020) Peter Howell The film is slight by Petzold's standards. But Beer and Rogowski, who previously teamed for Petzold's refugee drama "Transit," pump life and intrigue into their diluted characters.
Posted Jun 10, 2021  Edit critic review
3/4
Cruella (2021) Peter Howell It makes for jarring yet engaging viewing; I liked this better than I thought I would.
Posted May 28, 2021  Edit critic review
3/4
About Endlessness (2019) Peter Howell Andersson is cinema's maestro of mundanity, a man who can make a sigh seem as heavy as an anvil.
Posted May 03, 2021  Edit critic review
3/4
French Exit (2020) Peter Howell A lively film that I'd describe as screwball meets surreal. Pfeiffer is the main draw as she spends and rages, a shooting star in the City of Lights.
Posted Apr 05, 2021  Edit critic review
3/4
Godzilla vs. Kong (2021) Peter Howell Watching this blockbuster is like eating a big bag of Cheetos before dinner: You know it's bad, but you can't help yourself.
Posted Mar 31, 2021  Edit critic review
3/4
Shiva Baby (2020) Peter Howell It's a comic buffet of awkwardness, served up lox, stock and bagels.
Posted Mar 29, 2021  Edit critic review
3/4
Nobody (2021) Peter Howell You almost expect to see Wile E. Coyote leaping off a cliff with an Acme anvil on his back.
Posted Mar 29, 2021  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Mank (2020) Peter Howell "Mank" gets to the dark heart of Hollywood's "magic" the way few films ever have.
Posted Nov 20, 2020  Edit critic review
3/4
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (2020) Peter Howell He's still funny, the humour is still gross, the cultural and political revelations are even nastier and the cinematography and screenplay seem even more improvised.
Posted Oct 22, 2020  Edit critic review
3.5/4
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020) Peter Howell The movie puts the past on the stand to inform the present - and also to galvanize it.
Posted Oct 15, 2020  Edit critic review
2.5/4
On the Rocks (2020) Peter Howell Our attention is drawn more to the brushwork of paintings by Monet and Cy Twombly than to the inner lives of Coppola's human creations. She's chosen to merely coast this time out, hinting at depths unsounded.
Posted Oct 07, 2020  Edit critic review
4/4
Hamilton (2020) Peter Howell The film pulses with energy and life - and yes, this Revolution is genuinely cinematic, even if it is being televised.
Posted Aug 25, 2020  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Tenet (2020) Peter Howell Christopher Nolan's most challenging film - and also his most satisfying.
Posted Aug 25, 2020  Edit critic review
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