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HomeAuthorsPeter Tonguette

Articles by Peter Tonguette

About Peter Tonguette
Peter Tonguette is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Sight & Sound, Film Comment and Cineaste. He can be reached at tonguetteauthor2@aol.com.
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Radical Thinking: How the Post Team Armed up for ‘One Battle After Another’

March 4, 2026
Leonardo DiCaprio stars as Bob Ferguson, a long-haired, amiable, long-retired radical whose past participation in the revolutionary group the French 75 has led him to adopt an underground lifestyle.

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Book Reviews

Another Look: ‘A Star is Born’ Has Proven to be Relevant Across Generations. A New Book Examines Why.

March 4, 2026
“A Star Is Born” is something of a best-in-class example of how a strong property can stand up to multiple remakes that span generations.

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Features

How Former Assistant Charlie Greene Moved up to the Big Chair with ‘Is This Thing On?’

February 11, 2026
“I wanted the movie to feel like New York in the late ‘90s.”

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In Memoriam

In Memoriam: Don Zimmerman: June 15, 1944 – July 24, 2025

February 11, 2026
Picture editor Don Zimmerman, ACE, had an abundant sense of humor. He had to. Over the course of a career […]
Book Reviews

Fun Junk: How Billy Wilder and Gloria Swanson Made a Showbiz Classic With ‘Sunset Boulevard’

February 10, 2026
“‘Sunset Boulevard’ is what my wife would call, and I would agree with her, fun junk,” Woody Allen once said. “You know, it’s great fun, but it’s a junky and silly movie.”

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PHOTO: PHOTOFEST. LONG LENS: Jimmy Stewart in “Rear Window.”
Book Reviews

BOOK REVIEW: A New View of Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘Rear Window’

September 4, 2025
By Peter Tonguette   In what may have represented a television first (and last) in June of 1972, Alfred Hitchcock […]
Web Exclusives

‘Superman’: Editors William Hoy and Craig Alpert Talk About Helping Reinvent the Quintessential Man of Steel

August 28, 2025
By Peter Tonguette Superman has been given many monikers in the course of seeking truth, justice, and the American Way: […]
WHERE THE BOYS ARE: Saagar Shaikh, center, and Asif Ali in “Deli Boys.” PHOTO: HULU
Features

The ‘Deli’: How the Editors Behind Hulu’s Cross-Cultural Series Broke Into the ‘Crimedy’ Genre

August 28, 2025
By Peter Tonguette   The premise of the hit Hulu series “Deli Boys” could be the stuff of a tough-minded […]
In Memoriam

In Memoriam: William Steinkamp, Ace: June 9, 1953 – March 25, 2025

August 28, 2025
Picture editor William Steinkamp, ACE, led a life defined by collaborations. Steinkamp, who died on March 25 at the age […]
In Memoriam

In Memoriam: Don Hall: July 10, 1928 – March 12, 2025

August 28, 2025
Sound editor Don Hall, MPSE had a golden ear. Over the course of a strikingly diverse and exceptionally long career, […]

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