IAN BIRNIE 1 Vincere (Marco Bellocchio) Mussolini’s scorned “first wife” descends into madness while Italy rushes to crown the Duce. Mixing Soviet montage, Expressionist lighting, silent films, newsreels, melodrama, and parody, Vincere plunges the viewer into the black hole of Fascism. 2 The White Ribbon (Michael Haneke) In a north German village ca. 1914, evil walks among the farmers and sits dow
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