Vortex (Movie)

A Quiet Word With Dario Argento, Italy’s Master of Horror

ROME — For a man who has spent nearly 50 years scaring the pants off movie audiences, the Italian director Dario Argento does not come across as frightening at all. Soft-spoken, even a bit reserved, Argento was anxious to wrap up a recent interview so that he could see his grandchildren — the offspring of […]

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‘Vortex’ Review: A Split Screen and a Shared Fate

In the abstract, maybe — and also in movies like “The Father,” “Still Alice” and “Amour,” a Paris-set tragedy that “Vortex” very much resembles — but Noé is less interested in clinical details than in sensations and states of consciousness. A prominent avatar of what’s sometimes called the New French Extremity, he has specialized in […]

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