When you conjure up the image of an occult detective in your mind, what do you see? Wrinkled trenchcoat—or trenchcloak? Smoke—tobacco laced with brimstone? Shadowy alleys, filled with unseen, ...

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The 2024 film Immaculate opens with a prayer whispered in the dark. A sweet-faced Catholic nun kneels before a portrait of ...