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Support the Guardian Support us   Fund independent journalism with £5 per month Spotlight ‘Good and evil are at war, and the battlefield is the female body’   How satanic horror has returned to haunt the age of Trump The devil and his minions crop up in a rash of new horror films, from Deliver Us and Immaculate to reboots of The Exorcist and The Omen. What does this tell us about our current anxieties? Picks of the week Civil War film-maker Alex Garland   ‘In the US and UK there’s a lot to be very concerned about’ More than a contender   Marlon Brando’s greatest performances – ranked! ‘I have not been living in the Himalayas!’   The return of Spirit of the Beehive director Víctor Erice ‘We shot it in the murder capital of the world’   How we made The Lost Boys Oscar-winning director Ryûsuke Hamaguchi   'The world is full of mystery and absurdity’ ‘As with all such moments, there are innocent victims’   Marco Bellocchio on his new film about the notorious kidnapping of a Jewish child Peter Bradshaw's film of the week Io Capitano review   Chilling indictment of the refugee exploitation economy Two teenage boys star in Matteo Garrone’s passionate exposé of how greed, trauma and corruption drive the modern-day slave trade in would-be migrants This week's reviews We 12 review   Cantopop boy band Mirror turn super-skilled crime fighters Evil Does Not Exist review   Ryu Hamaguchi’s enigmatic eco-parable eschews easy explanation The Human Surge 3 review   Hopeful odyssey of globe-trotting twentysomethings Monkey Man review   Dev Patel goes wild in ultraviolent Mumbai revenge flick Three Women review   Intimate snapshot of rural Ukraine before the invasion We recommend Plein Soleil review   Dorian Gray portrait of male beauty and unscrupulous daring René Clément's 1960 adaptation of The Talented Mr Ripley may be a little dated, but Alain Delon puts in a terrifically good performance Get in touch If you have any questions or comments about any of our newsletters please email newsletters@theguardian.com Manage your emails | Unsubscribe | Trouble viewing? You are receiving this email because you are a subscriber to Film Today. Guardian News & Media Limited - a member of Guardian Media Group PLC. Registered Office: Kings Place, 90 York Way, London, N1 9GU. Registered in England No. 908396