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  • A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night (2014)
    Review preview for A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night

    An astonishing début that marks out Ana Lily Amirpour as an extraordinary directorial talent.

    Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
    A lonely vampire and a young man exhausted by caring for his father come together in a nightmare city.
  • Reading Lolita In Tehran (2024)
    Review preview for Reading Lolita In Tehran

    The film’s strength lies in its quieter observations of change.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    A teacher gathers students to read classic books, despite the threat from the authorities.
  • Tehran Taboo (2017)
    Review preview for Tehran Taboo

    The society it depicts is one in which ordinary people – and especially women – are crushed beneath the joint burdens of a medieval moral code, and an unfeeling bureaucratic enforcement process.

    Jane Fae · 4 out of 5
    An insight into the society of underground Tehran.
  • Under The Shadow (2016)
    Review preview for Under The Shadow

    The sleeping and waking worlds begin to tumble together, with cinematographer Kit Fraser using his camera to add to the unsettling atmosphere, spinning the image at key moments or rocking it to ratchet tension.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    A mum and daughter in fear of war find they are being stalked in their home by a malevolent djinn.

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