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Steven Soderbergh's <em>Unsane</em> Is a Paranoid Nightmare

Shot entirely on an iPhone, the film sees a woman, played by Claire Foy, committed to a mental hospital against her will.
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There’s a fun, emerging subgenre of horror that should feel particularly resonant for anyone who’s ever clicked “accept” on a long, incomprehensible set of terms and conditions, or signed a petition without really reading it. Let’s call it the “Don’t sign the contract!” film. Last year, there was , where Dane DeHaan ended up taking a bath with some eels at a Swiss sanatorium after putting his John Hancock on a hefty stack of paperwork. This year, there’s , Steven Soderbergh’s queasy new

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