The Short List of Things to Do

A guide to what you should see and what you should skip — and what you won't be able to avoid

Salo or the 120 Days of Sodom

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At the end of Mussolini's reign, four Fascists take pleasure in subjecting young villagers to the worst sexual degradation. Criterion has reissued this grim, notorious film — the last work of the gay Marxist poet and director — in a classy two-disc set, a death skull grinning from the box.

Grade: A-

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