The question has never been definitively answered: Did Amanda Knox kill her roommate Meredith Kercher while studying abroad in Italy? Netflix’s new documentary Amanda Knox reexamines the case, but based on two new trailers, you may end up more unsure than ever.
In a brilliant marketing ploy, the streamer’s trailers offer conflicting points of view. One, entitled Believe Her, makes the case for a girl who ended up being scapegoated after her roommate was tragically murdered. The other, called Suspect Her, doesn’t shy away from the fact that she could be “a psychopath in sheep’s clothing.”
Tonally, the two trailers couldn’t be more different. Believe Her gives Knox a chance to tell the story in her own words, revisiting her childhood, why she went to Italy, and how horrible the ordeal was for her. A reporter also weighs in, criticizing media coverage of the case and the media treatment of Knox.
Suspect Her, on the other hand, calls her behavior into question. Ambiguous sections of interviews and interrogations with Knox provide the narrative, along with headlines and commentary from the prosecutor. The seed of doubt is firmly planted.
With Knox having been both convicted and acquitted by Italian courts — twice each, no less — the speculation hasn’t ended in the nine years since the murder occurred. The trailers capitalize on this lingering curiosity, and they highlight the documentary’s exclusive interviews with Knox, co-defendant Raffaele Sollecito, prosecutor Guiliano Mignini, and Daily Mail reporter Nick Pisa. The film looks fascinating, whether or not you followed the original case.
Rod Blackhurst and Brian McGinn directed the documentary, and Mette Heide produced. Amanda Knox is set to premiere Friday at the Toronto International Film Festival, and then it will be available around the world on Netflix on September 30.
Some of the best shots in Grok Imagine’s AI-made Odyssey don’t contain actors. Ancient landscapes stretch into the distance. Close-ups of grimy hands suggest people who have touched something rougher than a keyboard. For a few seconds, the illusion holds.
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YouTube videos could soon look better without eating quite so much data, right? Thankfully, the platform plans to introduce a new video format called AV2 on its web player in early 2027, promising more efficient streaming and potentially fewer playback hiccups on slower internet connections. The big headline is a roughly 30% improvement in compression efficiency over AV1, YouTube's existing video format. That doesn't guarantee every video will use 30% less data, but it could make streaming a little easier on both internet connections and data allowances.
What is AV2, and why should viewers care?
YouTube is changing how its Home page works, giving viewers more control over what shows up there and making some of the app’s most-used sections easier to reach. Custom Feeds are now replacing the existing topic chips for eligible users, while YouTube is also testing a redesigned top bar on mobile that moves Subscriptions closer to the Home feed.
YouTube first started experimenting with Custom Feeds earlier this year, letting you type out what you wanted to watch and turning that request into its own stream of recommendations. Now, the feature is starting to look less like a side experiment and more like something YouTube actually wants people to use as part of their everyday Home page.