Peter Debruge

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‘Anaconda’ Review: High-Concept Cover Version Flips Genres, Revisiting Killer-Snake ‘Classic’ With Scant Laughs and Zero Scares

With “Anaconda,” the Hollywood studio system comes closer than ever to devouring its own tail. In 1997, Sony Pictures made “Anaconda,” a notoriously insipid creature feature starring Jennifer Lopez, Ice Cube...

‘Sanatorium’ Review: Irish Filmmaker Provides a Striking Glimpse Inside a Ukrainian Health Facility

Gar O’Rourke joins the likes of Frederick Wiseman with an immersive observational documentary that takes a sensitive look at a community attempting to relax under conditions of growing unease. Though O’Rourke...

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‘The Stories’ Review: An Improbable Connection Between Two People From Different Worlds Reveals Egypt’s Recent History

Ahmed (Amir El-Masry) belongs to an Egyptian family accustomed to defeat. The soccer team they root for can’t win a single match, no matter how they follow their household-specific superstitions. And...

Peter Debruge

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