Despite being cut from the same cloth as dozens of other musician biopics released over the past several decades, I Am Woman, a look at the life and career of Australian icon Helen Reddy, carries enough intelligence and emotional heft to rise above many of its contemporaries.
Evan Peters
A fascinating and effective marriage of documentary interview techniques with slick, stylish, fictional filmmaking, director Bart Layton’s unique heist drama American Animals delivers plenty of thrills and high spots while demanding the viewer to acknowledge and wrestle with the narrative’s true story roots from the opening frames.