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‘Holy Spider’: Film Review | Cannes 2022
The Hollywood Reporter via Yahoo News· 2 years ago'Border' writer-director Ali Abbasi’s third feature tells the true story of Saeed "Spider Killer" Hanaei, who preyed on women in Iran at the start of the...
‘Holy Spider’ Review: Ali Abbasi’s Venomous Serial Killer Drama Bites Back at Misogyny in Iran
Indiewire via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAli Abbasi’s “Holy Spider” is sure to be compared to any number of modern serial killer movies, but...
‘Holy Spider’ Film Review: Disturbing Serial-Killer Drama Goes to Extremes to Show Violence Against...
The Wrap via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Cannes Film Festival’s iconic red carpet played host to a rare form of protest on Sunday, as a...
Cannes Review: Ali Abbasi’s ‘Holy Spider’
Deadline via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSometimes it hardly matters whether we know a story is based on truth or not. Watching Ali Abbasi’s thunderously damning Holy Spider, on the other hand,...
‘Holy Spider’ Review: A Taut, True-Crime Procedural Tangled in the Wicked Web of Iranian Patriarchy
Variety via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIt is hard to watch the brutalization of women on screen, especially when you know it is a...
‘Holy Spider’ Director Ali Abbasi Says Protests in Iran Have Made His Film About Murdered Sex...
The Wrap via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThis interview with “Holy Spider” director Ali Abbasi originally appeared in the International Film...
‘Holy Spider’ Review: Iranian Serial-Killer Thriller Misses the Mark
The Wrap via Yahoo News· 2 years agoHow should we balance a movie’s aims and execution, when the two very evidently diverge? In...
Ali Abbasi’s Thriller ‘Holy Spider’ Acquired by Utopia After Cannes Premiere
The Wrap via Yahoo News· 2 years ago“Holy Spider,” Ali Abbasi’s Iranian thriller that has earned rave reviews after premiering at Cannes...
‘Tatami’ Review: Guy Nattiv and ‘Holy Spider’ Star Zar Amir Ebrahimi Co-Direct Potent Political...
Variety via Yahoo News· 8 months agoBilled as the first feature film to be co-directed by an Iranian and an Israeli filmmaker, “Tatami”...
‘Holy Spider’ Star Zar Amir Ebrahimi Was Banned From Iranian Cinema and Sentenced to Prison. Now...
Variety via Yahoo News· 2 years agoZar Amir Ebrahimi (also known as Zahra) should be basking in the glow of her best actress win at...