Holy Spider DVD Criterion director's short films

director's short films

In November 1974 on hearing that his mentor Lotte Eisner was dying in Paris

Peter Kramer offers an insightful reflection on Stanely Kubrick's "mysterious artefact" that continues to inspire a generation of filmmakers

A journalist in North Africa switches the identity with a dead man who looks like him

Restoring the Classics

Holy Spider DVD Criterion director's short films'Holy Spider' Director: Ali Abbassi (2022) Persian English Includes Q&A with director and Ana Liliy Amirpour Crime thriller offering a critique of Iranian society and featuring a compelling central performance. In the holy city of Mashhad a female journalist investigates the murders of several sex workers.