In ‘Holy Spider,’ a Serial Killer Murders Prostitutes in Iran—and the Country Supports Him

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The latest from filmmaker Ali Abbasi, premiering in Cannes, sees a journalist track down a man killing prostitutes in Iran. It’s guilty of the very misogyny it’s criticizing.

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