Peter Debruge
Chief film critic for @Variety ... and cinemasochist extraordinaire. Watches bad movies so you don't have to, and good ones so you can, too.
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variety.com | Peter Debruge
When film historians speak of the first screenings of Louis Lumière’s “The Arrival of a Train,” they describe the Paris audience flinching in their seats to avoid being struck by the image of a locomotive rushing toward them on screen. The story is almost certainly apocryphal, but it makes me wonder how those who attended the 1971 premiere of James Bidgood’s iconic queer classic “Pink Narcissus” must have reacted to its, er, climactic moment.
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flipboard.com | Peter Debruge
NowComedian Michael Kosta says when he's on tour he's warns the crowd when he is about to make fun of Trump, followed by a promise that he will poke fun at Biden. Kosta says as soon as he makes fun of Trump the crowds "go crazy and can't take it" and he wonders why this "alpha male president" is so …
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msn.com | Peter Debruge
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variety.com | Peter Debruge
For the second time in six years — and only the fourth in its 78-year history — the movie that cinched the Palme d’Or at Cannes went on to win best picture at the Oscars. When it happened to “Parasite,” it was easy to look on that as a fluke. Not since “No Country for Old Men” (another film launched at Cannes) had a genre film earned the Academy’s top prize. And of course, no South Korean movie had ever won (or even so much as been nominated) for best picture before.
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variety.com | Peter Debruge
A diet of romantic literature is a recipe for disappointment in real life, argues French director Laura Piani with “Jane Austen Wrecked My Life,” about an aspiring writer who’s convinced she was born in the wrong century, if only because she still believes in things like soulmates and courtship.
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Discover the luscious queer classic that redefined how male bodies can be celebrated on screen: James Bidgood's PINK NARCISSUS (the same labor of love/lust that inspired the look of Pierre et Gilles, Charli XCX and David LaChapelle). https://t.co/Y4lVmh8Iu4
ANORA winning best picture (following Cannes breakouts faring well in that category these past few years) puts the festival in a curious new position ... giving art cinema a platform, while finally being seen as a potential Oscar launchpad. https://t.co/6StCnJykBL
RT @EgyptianLA: Announcing our newest @LAFilmCritics event on March 26: a double feature of THE IRON GIANT and THE INCREDIBLES! 🍿 Writer/di…
