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Peter Debruge

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Robert Redford Remembered: How Hollywood’s Golden Boy Used His Star Power to Boost Indies and Launch the Sundance Film Festival 

Today, the film industry lost not only one of its brightest stars, but also one of its biggest champions: Robert Redford, who was instrumental to two...

18.09.2025 10

Variety

Peter Debruge

There’s Magic in Reliving ‘The Wizard of Oz’ at Sphere, but the AI Technology Saps Dorothy and Friends of Their Humanity

No city on earth feels more like the mythical land of Oz than Las Vegas — with its tacky towers and the hordes of dreamers who make the trek,...

30.08.2025 20

Variety

Peter Debruge

The ‘M3GAN’ ‘Second Screen’ Chatbot Is an Epic Fail — and Offers Another Dire Warning for Our Future

While the rest of the world was in Easter mode, Blumhouse hatched a deliciously blasphemous bit of counterprogramming the horror shingle is calling...

02.05.2025 20

Variety

Peter Debruge

Gene Hackman Remembered: How the ’70s Acting Legend Left His Mark and Shaped ‘The Conversation’

On the Mount Rushmore of great American actors — specifically those who emerged in the late 1960s and brought a transformative, bone-deep intensity...

01.03.2025 10

Variety

Peter Debruge

Critic’s Notebook: At Berlin, New Talents and Youthful ‘Dreams’ Signal a Fresh Chapter for 75-Year-Old Fest

How far back in the Berlin Film Festival’s 75-year history do you have to go to find an edition as strong as this one? About a quarter-century, I...

25.02.2025 10

Variety

Peter Debruge