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Taking the Saga of a Criminal Gang From Page to Screen to Opera Stage

Italians can’t get enough of β€œRomanzo Criminale,” a best-selling novel that has been made into a hit film, a bigger hit TV show and now, an opera.

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β€œRomanzo Criminale,” an opera based on the best-selling novel, at the Maggio Musicale theater in Florence, Italy, this month.

Hong Kong’s Property Market Is (Literally) the Stuff of Horror Movies

In the city’s β€œapartment horror” films, one of the world’s least affordable housing markets is a backdrop for exploring superstition and socioeconomic anxiety.

Β© Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times

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