Take a BITE out of this week's episode! Lily Ana Amirpour's vampire flick: A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night! Discussion topics include: feminism in the middle east and in the west, fantasy worlds, Sergio Leone, and punkette filmmaking!

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Episode Resources:

Articles:

Abdi, Shadee, and Bernadette Marie Calafell. “Queer Utopias and a (Feminist) Iranian Vampire: a Critical Analysis of Resistive Monstrosity in A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night.” Critical Studies in Media Communication, vol. 34, no. 4, 2017, pp. 358–370.

Atkinson, Michael. “Vampire Princess of Persia.” In These Times, vol. 38, no. 12, Dec. 2014. Questia.com.

Ito, Robert. “The Shadow in a Chador ; Ana Lily Amirpour's Film, with an Iranian Vampire, Breaks Hollywood's Rules.” International New York Times, 14 Nov. 2014. Questia.com.

McDavid, Jodi. “A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night.” Journal of Religion and Film, vol. 18, no. 1, 1 Jan. 2014. Questia.com.

Online:

AGWHAAN Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Girl_Walks_Home_Alone_at_Night

Sundance Film Review: ‘A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night’ by Guy Lodge

https://variety.com/2014/film/markets-festivals/sundance-film-review-a-girl-walks-home-alone-at-night-1201069599/

The Feminist Iranian Vampire Western You’ve Waiting For by Andrew Hehir

https://www.salon.com/2014/11/21/a_girl_walks_home_alone_at_night_the_black_and_white_feminist_iranian_vampire_western_youve_been_waiting_for/

Meet the Woman Who Directed the World's Only Iranian Vampire Western by Angela Watercutter

https://www.wired.com/2014/02/girl-walks-home-alone-at-night/

‘A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night’ and Scares Us by Ren Jender

http://www.btchflcks.com/2014/12/a-girl-walks-home-alone-at-night-and-scares-us.html#.XBK4uRNKiu4

Feminist Fangs: The Activist Symbolism of Violent Vampire Women by Melissa-Kelly Franklin

http://www.btchflcks.com/2015/10/feminist-fangs-the-activist-symbolism-of-violent-vampire-women.html#.XBK6pBNKiu4

A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night: A Vampire with No Name by Samantha “Sam” Cross

http://www.btchflcks.com/2017/04/a-girl-walks-home-alone-at-night-a-vampire-with-no-name.html#.XBK4vRNKiu4

A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night: Interview with Ana Lily Amirpour by Virginie Sélavy

http://www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk/features/2015/05/19/a-girl-walks-home-alone-at-night-interview-with-ana-lily-amirpour/