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iranian

reviews 3.5 stars, a girl walks home alone at night, ana lily amirpour, arash marandi, foreign film, horror, iranian, marshall manesh, mozhan marnò, sheila vand, vampires, women in film

A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT

February 1, 2015

We portray a certain side of ourselves to the world at large…and sometimes that person just invites bad things.

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Ryan McNeil
blind spot series 1990, 2014 blindspot, abbas kiarostami, blindspot, close-up, documentary, foreign film, hossain sabzian, iranian, mohsen makhmalbaf

Blindsided by CLOSE-UP

September 30, 2014

What is fact, what is truth, and when does it even matter?

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, drama, foreign, iranian, leila hatami, peyman moaadi, sarina farhadi

A SEPARATION

January 26, 2012

Believe it or not, the separation is just the start of the troubles in this intimate story from Iran.

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Ryan McNeil
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