The brutal murders of several couples on the outskirts of Florence lead authorities to investigate which of the town’s residents could be a serial killer. A Netflix release.
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‘The Monster of Florence’ Review: A True-Crime Puzzle That Still Haunts Italy (Netflix)
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‘It: Welcome to Derry’ Review: A Prequel Drenched in Racial Horror (HBO Max)
Set in 1962, this prequel to explores the racial and historical roots of Derry’s evil. Blending supernatural horror with social allegory, Andy Muschietti expands Stephen King’s universe into a chilling portrait of American fear.
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‘A House of Dynamite’ Review: Kathryn Bigelow’s Ticking Clock Thriller Fumbles Its Own Time (Netflix)
The ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ director turns a twenty-minute nuclear crisis into an intense, real-time thriller — then replays it twice from different angles, draining its own suspense. Despite strong performances and unrelenting tension, its time-loop structure undermines what could have been a much more gripping film.
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‘No Other Choice’ Viennale Review: Park Chan-wook Turns Capitalism into a Blood Sport
After losing his job at a paper company, loyal employee Mansu discovers that the competition for reemployment has turned deadly. The director of ‘Oldboy’ turns savage capitalism into a darkly hilarious tale of despair, rage, and absurd survival.
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‘Mother’s Baby’ Viennale Review: The Uneasy Space Between Postpartum Depression and Horror
After a complicated birth, a new mother becomes convinced that something happened while her baby was taken away —or maybe her own mind is unraveling. This Austrian film blurs the boundaries between postpartum depression and psychological horror.
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‘Gavagai’ Viennale Review: Cinema, Colonialism, and the Uneasy Politics of Representation
A German actress and a French-Senegalese actor reunite at a film festival after shooting a chaotic adaptation of Medea in Africa, only to confront the racial and cultural tensions lurking beneath the world of European art cinema.
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‘Ghost Elephants’ Viennale Review: In Search of Lost Giants with Werner Herzog
The German director ventures deep into the African wilderness with biologist Steve Boyes on a quest to find the legendary “ghost elephants,” in a journey that blends science, myth, and obsession.
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‘Roofman’ Viennale Review: Channing Tatum and Kirsten Dunst in Derek Cianfrance’s Strange, Sweet Crime Romance
After escaping from prison, a charming thief hides inside a Toys “R” Us store while falling for a divorced employee, risking everything for a shot at connection and redemption. Derek Cianfrance turns a real-life oddity into a tender, offbeat love story.
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‘Blue Moon’ Viennale Review: A Witty and Wounded Farewell to Rodgers & Hart’s Lost Poet
On the night of ‘Oklahoma!’s Broadway premiere in 1943, lyricist Lorenz Hart spends a long, drunken evening at Sardi’s, confronting the end of his partnership with Richard Rodgers—and of his own career. In real time, Richard Linklater turns that night into a bittersweet farewell to wit, love, and lost glory.
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‘Duse’ Viennale Review: Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi Channels the Grande Dame of Italian Theater
In her final years, legendary Italian actress Eleonora Duse (Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi) returns to the stage reigniting old passions and rivalries as her health declines and the shadows of fascism loom over Italy.



