[Fantastic Fest Review] A24's 'Lamb' Takes Earnest Approach to Oddball Folk Tale

The opening scene makes it clear that guessing where Valdimar Jóhannsson's feature debut will head makes for an exercise in futility. The suggestive depravity of it sets up something far more rooted in horror than what transpires. Instead, Lamb plays like a quiet, often bleak folk tale that's tonally all over the map but approached with an […]