Although it outsmarts itself right out of the gate, the austere, elevated, and still sufficiently gruesome Canadian horror flick The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw is a good example of a movie that steals from the best while still carving out an identity of its own.
Jared Abrahamson
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.
Better as a dark family drama than as a twisting mystery, the Canadian indie-noir Hollow in the Land has just enough great ideas to be intriguing, and a commanding lead performance from Dianna Agron that’s memorable enough to make it more than worthwhile.