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<\/a><\/p>\n\nI reviewed A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night<\/i> for Rogerebert.com<\/a>, and put it on my Top Movies of the year list<\/a>. <\/p>\n It weaves some kind of weird spell, with its genre mix of vampire-horror, family-angst-drama, 1950s gearhead\/rebel-kids, and Spaghetti Westerns (with lots of Ennio Morricone in the soundtrack, interspersed with Iranian pop songs: maybe the first time that has happened in the history of movie soundtracks?). It’s not just that the film looks so good, although director Ana Lily Amirpour is indeed in love with her images. Somehow her love does not become a fetish. Each gorgeous haunting image serves a purpose and they all slowly accumulate to create a mood of dread. There were some critics who thought she lingered too long on some shots, reveling in her own artistry a bit too much. I can understand that criticism and point of view, but for me – the lingering quality works, and the mood created by those lingering shots is extremely effective. There are images shown in A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night<\/i> that I have never seen before, and that’s saying something, since there is very little that is new under the sun. But a vampire skating down the middle of an empty road, her burqa billowing out behind her? That’s new. A black-and-white Farsi-language vampire film? That’s new. <\/p>\n Aside from the stunning imagery, the film exerts a kind of mysterious emotional power, released through the images, through the placement of figures in the frame and the tension between them. The moments of tenderness (and there are not many) are breath-taking.<\/p>\n And it’s fun to watch a new director, in love with her own creativity and visual power. I really look forward to seeing what she does next.<\/p>\n Here’s a series of shots I love, but this is just the tip of the iceberg. Every shot in the film is beautiful, and well-chosen. <\/p>\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I reviewed A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night for Rogerebert.com, and put it on my Top Movies of the year list. It weaves some kind of weird spell, with its genre mix of vampire-horror, family-angst-drama, 1950s gearhead\/rebel-kids, and Spaghetti … Continue reading <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n