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By Anton Bitel (1,340) for Projected Figures (169) on 28 Aug 2016

Like A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night, this is feminist horror made by an Iranian in exile, looking in from the outside - and as ominous winds…

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By Noah Gittell (113) for Washington City Paper (500) on 01 Jun 2016

Her struggle to survive becomes a powerful liberation allegory, elevating the film from being just another spook story to a valuable and entertaining…

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By Elise Nakhnikian (118) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 16 Mar 2016

The film's horror is spookily and movingly expressive of the tenuous position of women in 1980s Iran…

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By Matt Goldberg (248) for Collider (1,032) on 23 Feb 2016

Under the Shadow is a movie that will not only get under your skin, but also eager to learn more about the history and culture depicted in the film…

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By Rob Hunter (276) for Film School Rejects (1,198) on 23 Feb 2016

Under the Shadow gives us something to fear and something to think about, and that's two more things than most horror films can claim…

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By Chris Newbould (81) for The National (UAE) (421) on 23 Feb 2016

The closing act is more akin to a white-knuckly ride on a particularly ferocious ghost train than a traditional horror movie…

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By Nigel M. Smith (79) for Guardian (4,584) on 23 Feb 2016

Under its scares, Under the Shadow serves as an impassioned allegory for female oppression - but Anvari doesn't shortchange horror fans…

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By Eric Kohn (1,203) for indieWire (3,631) on 23 Feb 2016

Under the Shadow smartly observes the emotions stirred up by a world defined by restrictions, and the terrifying possibility that they might…

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By Justin Chang (1,535) for Variety (12,700) on 23 Feb 2016

Slyly merging a familiar but effective genre exercise with a grim allegory of female oppression, Babak Anvari’s resourceful writing-directing…

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By Fred Topel (1,193) for Bloody Disgusting (327) on 23 Feb 2016

Under the Shadow has everything that makes great horror: a unique mythology that plagues us psychologically as well as viscerally, a confined…

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By Michael Roffman (138) for Consequence of Sound (1,431) on 31 Jan 2016

The Iranian filmmaker wisely uses the genre to work through themes of oppression, rebellion, and femininity without ever politicizing the film…

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By David Rooney (943) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 31 Jan 2016

Anvari deftly builds and sustains tension throughout, crafting a horror movie that respects genre conventions...while firmly establishing its…

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By John Fink (368) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 31 Jan 2016

Under The Shadow is a rare genre film of emotional and political complexity, one that’s well-acted and directed, even if the psychological…

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By Wendy Ide (1,500) for Screen International (2,241) on 31 Jan 2016

The culturally specific elements that Iran-born, British-based first time writer-director Babak Anvari brings to the picture makes this a distinctive…

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