Peter Martin

Dallas

Freelance Writer and Editor at Freelance

@ScreenAnarchy Managing Editor. @DallasFilmNow editor. #EverythingButHorror creator/writer. @DFWFilmCritics member. @RottenTomatoes individually-accredited.

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Criterion in September 2025: BORN IN FLAMES Leads an Impressive Slate

1 week ago | screenanarchy.com | Peter Martin

Lizzie Borden's incendiary (?!) Born in Flames (1983) leads an impressive slate of films due for release from the Criterion Collection in September 2025.
Tribeca 2025 Review: THE WOLF, THE FOX AND THE LEOPARD, Sprawling, Unwieldy, and Utterly Mesmerizing

2 weeks ago | screenanarchy.com | Peter Martin

What does the wolf say? The Wolf, the Fox and the LeopardThe film enjoys its world premiere at Tribeca 2025. Written and directed by David Verbeek, the film is structured as an epic dive into a world that's been shaken by environmental disaster, or at least the prospect of a coming, world-changing event. Is it science fiction? Or an allegory? Or memories of a waking nightmare?
Tribeca 2025 Review: DEEP COVER, Stumbling, Bumbling, and Improvising

2 weeks ago | screenanarchy.com | Peter Martin

Think fast! ... If only. Deep Cover (2025)The film enjoyed its international premiere at Tribeca 2025. It is now streaming on Prime Video. An easy-going comic action picture that falls flat more often than not, Deep Cover resembles its own sketchy, improv-comedy premise. Bryce Dallas Howard stars as a struggling actress in Britain whose visa is expiring soon.
Tribeca 2025 Review: CUERPO CELESTE, Highs and Lows, Amplified By Shifting Tides

2 weeks ago | screenanarchy.com | Peter Martin

Where were you in 1990? Cuerpo CelesteThe film enjoys its world premiere at Tribeca 2025. In Chile, the long dictatorship of Pinochet was coming to an end. But what does that matter when you're 15 and spending the holiday on a beach during the summertime? Celeste (Helen Mrugalski) is surrounded by her loving parents, her maternal aunt's family, and a friend or two as they enjoy leisurely days in a coastal town near the Atacama Desert. They are making lazy plans for New Year's Eve.
Tribeca 2025 Review: PEOPLE AND MEAT, Korean GOING IN STYLE Goes Dine and Dash

2 weeks ago | screenanarchy.com | Peter Martin

Meat! It's what's for dinner. If you can't afford it, well ... People and MeatThe film enjoys its world premiere at Tribeca 2025. As a vegetarian, I don't have much inherent empathy for the three protagonists in director Yang Jong-hyun's lighthearted tale of three senior citizens who dine and dash around Seoul.
THE WIZ 4K Review: Looks Great Now, and Even More More Deeply Weird

2 weeks ago | screenanarchy.com | Peter Martin

In which the director of Dog Day Afternoon, Serpico, and Network makes an all-Black musical extravaganza. The WizThe film is now available from the Criterion Collection in a two-disc 4K+Blu-ray edition, as well as a separate Blu-ray edition.
Now Streaming: THE ACCOUNTANT 2 Doesn't Add Up, But No One Cares. NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH Goes to Sleep.

3 weeks ago | screenanarchy.com | Peter Martin

If you're not able to get out to see Ballerina or Dangerous Animals or The Phoenician Scheme, you may wish to visit your local book store or comic book store or public library instead. Or, you can watch one or both of these films. The Accountant 2The film is now streaming on Prime Video.
RESIDENT ALIEN S4 Review: High Quality Comfort Food

3 weeks ago | screenanarchy.com | Peter Martin

Sunny with a chance of rain. Ah, summertime! Resident AlienThe first four episodes of the fourth season premiere Friday, June 6 at 11 p.m. ET/PT. The show will be simulcast on USA Network and SYFY. Episodes will be available to stream on Peacock one week after airing on USA. I've seen the first three seasons in their entirety, as well as the first four episodes of Season 4. Alan Tudyk can do anything and make me laugh, whether his character intends to induce amusement or not.
Tribeca 2025: Opening Night Kicks Off with BILLY JOEL: AND SO IT GOES

3 weeks ago | screenanarchy.com | Peter Martin

The latest edition of the Tribeca Festival kicks off tonight with the world premiere of Billy Joel: And So It Goes, an expansive, 147-minute documentary, directed by Susan Lacy and Jessica Levin, that goes deep on the life and career of a musician who is deeply rooted in New York City.
STICK S1 Review: Varying Degrees of Comic Amusement

3 weeks ago | screenanarchy.com | Peter Martin

Sunny with a chance of rain. Ah, summertime! StickThe first three episodes are now streaming on Apple TV+. Subsequent episodes in the 10-episode season will debut every Wednesday through July 23. I've seen all 10 episodes. Owen Wilson stars as Owen Wilson in Stick. That's a good thing if you have enjoyed his lazy charm over the past quarter century, beginning with Bottle Rocket (1996), which he co-wrote with Wes Anderson and starred in with his brother, Luke Wilson.