Peter Debruge

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‘I Swear’ Review: Down-to-Earth Tourette Syndrome Drama Is a Fine Showcase for ‘Rings of Power’ Star Robert Aramayo

Based on the real life of Tourette Syndrome campaigner John Davidson, who takes an exec credit here, “I Swear” is a biopic about a man who came of age in 1980s...

With ‘Franz,’ Agnieszka Holland Shares Her Unique View of Kafka, Informed by a Career of Outsider Insights

Guillermo del Toro isn’t the only celebrated international filmmaker who managed to realize a decades-long passion project this year. Where Del Toro had “Frankenstein,” Agnieszka Holland has “Franz,” in which the...

‘Roofman’ Review: Channing Tatum Charms as a Homeless Fugitive Who Shacks Up Inside a Toys R Us Store

Getting robbed at gunpoint can be a traumatizing thing, though “Roofman” subject Jeffrey Manchester’s victims describe him as unusually conscientious. Breaking into McDonald’s restaurants to steal the loot, he’d lock the...

‘Rental Family’ Review: Hiring Actors to Play Relatives Would Be Weird Enough Without Brendan Fraser Being One of the Options

Six years ago, the inimitable Werner Herzog made “Family Romance, LLC,” an odd pseudo-documentary about a Japanese service that specialized in hiring actors to play a loved one, colleague or potential...

Peter Debruge

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