MARVELOUS “Who’s the Monster” MONDAYS!!
guest curator: Amy Khoshbin

It’s Halloween-eve and the final week of my curatorial exploration of Hollywood’s portrayal of Middle Easterners as the terrorist/monster. This week I’m flipping the script to include an Iranian-American-made horror film I love: A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night by Ana Lily Amirpour. A Vampire Western, this film portrays a chador-wearing, skateboarding vampire that is also a feminist hero- surviving on the blood of misogynists and manipulators that everyone watching wants dead. With a mostly Iranian-American cast speaking in Farsi and shot in CA, this film speaks to the outsiderness of being an immigrant. The visuals are Jarmuschian, the pacing is on-point, and the main character, while technically a monster, is actually relatable. A lot of you may have seen this one already, but if not, it’s worth a hallowatch.