Favorite films
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Ana Lily Amirpour’s A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night is a stylish and eerie take on the vampire genre, but as an Iranian American, I found myself wanting more. While the Persian language and chador-clad vampire create a striking image, the film doesn’t feel distinctly Persian in the way. Instead, Amirpour’s film leans into a Western indie sensibility, more akin to Let the Right One In or Only Lovers Left Alive, prioritizing mood and aesthetics over narrative depth. It's…