Programmed October 2021

True Crime

While most genres wax and wane in popularity over time, one thing remains constant: our unending fascination with true crime stories. Real-life murderers, mobsters, and swindlers have provided models for popular horror, disquieting psychological realism, and avant-garde experiments alike. Inspired by some of the most infamous cases of all time—including the Papin sisters ( Les abysses , La cérémonie ), John Dillinger ( Dillinger ), Jack the Ripper ( From Hell ), and the Zodiac Killer ( Zodiac )—these ripped-from-the-headlines tales of notorious killers and outlaws prove that truth is often stranger, and more shocking, than fiction.