Halloween, Mon 31 Oct, 8.30pm) – £7/£5
The Lexi Cinema
The Lexi offers up a slightly alternative Hallowe’en offering – Babak Anvari’s allegory of 1980s Iran-Iraq war era oppression which drew favourable comparisons to The Babadook and left Sundance audiences impressed. A.A. Dowd writes in his review: “How many horror movies feature someone fleeing the unholy terror in their home, only to be arrested for not wearing proper attire in public?”
Read the (very favourable) Smoke Screen review of Under the Shadow here.
Reel Good Film Club Presents: Under The Shadow at The Lexi Cinema (31 Oct)