Rick W / Thursday, September 3, 2026 / Categories: Film Score News Paolo Strippoli on His Venice Thriller ‘The Spiral’ and Directing Valeria Bruni Tedeschi as a Demonic Character Who Does ‘Truly Horrible Things’ (EXCLUSIVE) Paolo Strippoli, who is Italy’s hottest young helmer of genre movies, is back at Venice Film Festival with “The Spiral.” The high-concept thriller stars Valeria Bruni Tedeschi as a demonic character called The Stranger, who entices a young mother played by Jasmine Trinca into forging a Faustian pact. “The Spiral” centers on a mother-daughter relationship […] Previous Article How Rooney and Kate Mara Learned to Speak in Unison for Werner Herzog’s ‘Bucking Fastard’: ‘It Happened Quite Naturally’ Next Article Busan-Bound ‘Khoriya’ Leads Future East’s 2026-27 Slate (EXCLUSIVE) Print 0 Tags: Film Festival