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Z: Costa-Gavras’s Jolting Anti-Fascist Thriller | Dissident Cinema

Jun 15, 2026·43m

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Adam and Josh reach a definitive milestone in Filmspotting’s Dissident Cinema Marathon with Costa-Gavras’s Oscar-winning 1969 masterpiece, Z. A thinly veiled account of a political assassination and subsequent government cover-up in Greece, the film stands as a foundational text for the modern paranoid thriller.