"Depressingly timely" is one way of looking at Luigi Bazzoni's 1971 corker The Fifth Cord/Giornata nera per l'ariete, and not just because it's partly set on New Year's Eve.

CW: Violence, gendered violence, sexual abuse of minors, problematic portrayals of LGBTIQ+ characters.

Copyright © 2026 David Thomas and Jon Dear

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