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‘Zone of Interest’ Review: A Close-up of the Banality of Evil
The latest A24 film’s dullness is precisely what makes it so cutting. Following the family of Nazi commandant Rudolf Höss living right next to Auschwitz, there is no glitz or glamor to lure viewers into thinking that evil is anything but banal.