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Venice Film Festival 2026 | “The Spiral”: Genre excellence

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By Arash Azizi
| universalcinema.net
Because genres such as horror rely on formulas and habitual elements, it is often hard to come up with original and non-formulaic genre films. But Paolo Strippoli does the wonder with The Spiral which fixed many on their seats at the Venice competition this year. The film’s slow-burn tale of ambition, avarice, vanity and tragedy mixes a social critique of contemporary Italy with seductive supernaturalism and excellent horror elements which all guarantee to make it a success at home and beyond.
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DSA’s Problem Isn’t ‘Media Training’

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By Arash Azizi
| The Atlantic Verified
American socialists are convinced that they have a media-training problem. In the past year, members of the Democratic Socialists of America, the country’s largest leftist organization, have won electoral victories in places such as New York City and Michigan, drawing a spotlight that the group has struggled to handle. Last month, the DSA’s co-chairs, Megan Romer and Ashik Siddique, gave several high-profile interviews that even many of their most fervent supporters agree were disastrous.
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Venice Film Festival 2026 | “It Will Happen Tonight”: There is still time for love

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By Arash Azizi
| universalcinema.net
Nani Moretti must have known his It Will Happen Tonight will court the accusation of being sappy and corny. It is, after all, a film whose main plot revolves around a man attending a wedding only to instantly fall in love with the bride-to-be; during an impromptu tennis match, no less. But to complain about the film’s melodramatic flavor is to miss the point about what makes Moretti the auteur he has long been.
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