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A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night

August 2022

  • Casey Affleck in A Ghost Story, directed by David Lowry.

    I called it ‘post-horror’ – and now I’ve created a monster

    When I coined the term ‘post-horror’, gore fans showered me with abuse. Now it has been adopted by a festival celebrating the films that pushed the boundaries of cinematic terror

February 2018

  • Big copies of Facebook pages held up by a woman

    Social media firms must tell users exposed to Brexit propaganda, MP says

    Head of inquiry into Russian interference in EU referendum cited new research on influence of Kremlin-backed outlets

March 2017

  • Left to right: Ana Lily Amirpour, Julia Ducournau, Alice Lowe, Jennifer Kent and Karyn Kusama. Photographs by Getty, WireImage, Aurelie Lamachere/Rex, Linda Nylind for the Observer

    The female directors bringing new blood to horror films

    Women are sinking their teeth ever deeper into horror. We chart their rise and talk to directors Ana Lily Amirpour, Julia Ducournau and Karyn Kusama

December 2015

  • INSIDE OUT ? Pictured: Joy. INSIDE OUT film still

    Observer critics' review of 2015
    Mark Kermode: the best films of 2015

    A female Iranian vampire, forbidden love and Pixar’s brilliant depiction of a teen’s inner turmoil helped make 2015 a great year for cinema

September 2015

  • First class trip ... Taxi to Tehran

    Film blog
    The best films of 2015 so far – UK

    Gathering together the best movies released in the UK this year, updated weekly

July 2015

  • A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night.

    Charlie Lyne's home entertainment
    A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night: ‘the first Iranian vampire western’

    ‘That buzzy strapline doesn’t account for half the pleasures to be found in this silkily strange little film’

May 2015

  • Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy in Mad Max: Fury Road.

    Box office analysis: UK
    Pitch Perfect 2 and Mad Max: Fury Road continue UK box office domination

  • A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night

    Peter Bradshaw's film of the week
    A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night review – vampire in a veil stalks Iran

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