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‘Wounds’ Trailer: Armie Hammer And Dakota Johnson Terrorize One Another In This Hulu Thriller

September 24, 2019 3:58 pm

Over the past few years, Armie Hammer and Dakota Johnson have quietly climbed their way to the top of the independent A-list, smoothly transitioning from studio blockbusters like “The Lone Ranger” and “Fifty Sh...

Wounds: Dakota Johnson & Armie Hammer Do Psychodrama Horror For The ‘Under The Shadow’ Director [Sundance Review]

Jason Bailey

January 27, 2019 10:05 am

Festivals, News, Reviews

Babak Anvari’s “Wounds” is a movie that includes gaping injuries, rearranging heads, and thousands of cockroaches, but you come away with the distinct impression the filmmaker just wanted to make a film about a...

‘Wounds’ First Look: Dakota Johnson & Armie Hammer Star In Babak Anvar’s New Sundance-Bound Horror

Rodrigo Perez

December 20, 2018 5:01 pm

Festivals, News

You know what’s high up on our list of the most anticipated films of 2019? British-Iranian filmmaker Babak Anvar’s latest horror film and follow-up to the critically acclaimed “Under The Shadow.” Titled “Wounds...

Dakota Johnson & Armie Hammer’s Film From Director Babak Anvari Now Has A Title And Release Date

Charles Barfield

June 6, 2018 11:55 am

News

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Safely “freed” from her commitments with the “Fifty Shades of Grey” series, Dakota Johnson has been making some very interesting career choices as of late. First, she has the highly-anticipated Luca Guadagnino ...

Armie Hammer To Star In Annapurna Thriller From ‘Under The Shadow’ Director Babak Anvari

Kevin Jagernauth

February 7, 2018 2:05 pm

News

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Two years ago, Babak Anvari delivered the terrifically atmospheric and scary "Under The Shadow." A little unfairly, the movie didn't quite garner the same attention as other new wave horror movies like "The Bab...

‘La La Land’ Wins 5 BAFTA Awards Including Best Film, ‘Moonlight’ Snubbed

Oliver Lyttelton

February 12, 2017 2:09 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, News

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We are entering the late fall of the awards season, with only a handful of major precursor awards left to unveil their winners before the Oscars in two weeks time. Tonight brings one of the biggest, in the shap...

The 25 Best Breakthrough Directors Of 2016

Oliver Lyttelton

December 8, 2016 12:32 pm

Features

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We’re looking back at 2016 during December, and while it’s been a shitshow in so many ways, it has also been a very good year at the movies —particularly when it came to discovering new talent. From massive blo...

‘American Honey’ Leads Winners At British Independent Film Awards, ‘Under The Shadow’ Surprises

Kevin Jagernauth

December 5, 2016 9:19 am

Awards Campaign, News

As December rolls along (only twenty more shopping days until Christmas!) the awards keeping coming, and over the weekend, it was the folks at the British Independent Film Awards turn to hand out the honors. In...

The Movies That Changed My Life: ‘Under The Shadow’ Director Babak Anvari

The Playlist Staff

October 13, 2016 2:57 pm

Features

Horror generally doesn't get the respect it deserves at the Academy Awards, which makes it all the more remarkable that the U.K. selected Babak Anvari's "Under The Shadow" as its entry for Best Foreign Film at ...

‘Under The Shadow’ Finds The Balance Between Introspective Terror And Supernatural Intrigue [Review]

Kenji Fujishima

October 7, 2016 5:04 pm

Reviews

This is a reprint of our review from the 2016 New Directors/New Films festival. The culprit at the heart of the terrors of Babak Anvari’s debut horror feature “Under The Shadow” is a djinn, a supernatural cr...

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