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‘Holy Spider’ Review: Brutality Tale

Like many a serial-killer drama, this movie about a real-life Iranian murderer who targeted prostitutes is a grisly thriller parading as a morality tale.

By Devika Girish

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Zar Amir Ebrahimi, an Iranian Exile, Channels Trauma in ‘Holy Spider’

Zar Amir Ebrahimi, who had to flee Iran after an intimate tape was leaked, has been transfixed by the protests erupting there as her film “Holy Spider” is released in the U.S.

By Roger Cohen