A delicious mix of Christian, pagan, and Icelandic mythology topped with a familiar A24 glaze of unsettling stillness and visual vibrancy, “Lamb” offers challenges in equal proportion to its rewards. A layered text that unpacks itself like a Russian nesting doll of human folly, the film showcases minimalist subtlety that deploys its pieces with exacting precision. Intriguing, suspenseful, occasionally hilarious, and perpetually engaging, “Lamb” exists in a space unencumbered by genre and unconcerned with expectation.

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A24 is back at it again doing peak-A24 stuff with the release of “Lamb” this week, a suspense drama chock-full of quiet desperation, rich imagery, and unsettling body horror. Early reviews and the trailer have been coy about how much they reveal of the plot, and for good reason: the journey of discovery is half the fun of the picture. It follows a middle-aged Icelandic couple who discover a lamb-human hybrid on their farm, using this as a platform to extend the narrative’s tendrils around concepts of grief, salvation, and humanity’s place in the natural world.

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Trust us when we say we hope there’s a day when the words pandemic and COVID-19 are never written on the pages of this website again, specifically in any intros to any features. However, the reality is that the collective disruption of 2020 was difficult, and it made 2021’s release schedule something of a log-jammed shitshow. That Delta variant could play havoc with things too, but we’re all starting to learn to live with a world that’s in flux. 

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All that said, the delays of 2021 have had their pluses.

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After 18 months of isolation and uncertainty and a 2020 cancellation due to COVID-19, Austin, Texas’s Fantastic Fest film festival is set to return this September. This year’s edition is being dubbed the “Post-Apocalyptic” Fantastic Fest, and according to the organizers, the newly returning festival is here to “remind us of the joy of cinema, community, and weird and wonderful movies.”

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The first wave of films is headlined by the truly extraordinary 2021 Palme D’Or winner “Titane” from “Parasite” distributor NEON.

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The Cannes Film Festival is only about two weeks old now, and one of the highlights, it seems, was “Lamb,” a dark, atmospheric, eerie-looking folktale from first-time Iceland director Valdimar Jóhannsson. Starring Noomi Rapace, Hilmir Snaer Gudnason, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, depending on who you ask and “Lamb” is a supernatural drama, a biblical film, a low-key horror or something else. One thing’s for sure; it looks cold and chilly based on previous teasers.

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Those looking to enjoy “Lamb” from Icelandic director Valdimar Jóhannsson would do well not to learn anything about it beyond its admittedly intriguing premise before watching it — to enter the screening room like lambs to the slaughter, if you will. Playing in the Un Certain Regard section of this year’s Festival de Cannes, the film centers on a couple living on a remote sheep farm, where they one day discover an unusual newborn that they immediately decide to raise as their own.

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One of this year’s most buzzed-about films coming to Cannes is the debut from filmmaker Valdimar Jóhannsson, titled “Lamb.” And if you need additional reasons to be excited about the new drama, take a gander at the new teaser trailer released for the film.

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As seen in the teaser, “Lamb” follows the story of a couple that lives on a rural farm in Iceland.

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After not having a Cannes Film Festival in 2020, obviously due to the pandemic, it appears the French event is making up for lost time with an absolutely stacked lineup of features in 2021. And thankfully, for film fans that aren’t able to make the trip to France right now, the festival has released a bunch of first-look photos for some of our most anticipated features of the festival.

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For those unaware, as mentioned, the 2021 Cannes Film Festival is chock full of incredible filmmakers and intriguing features that should get film fans excited.

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Watch: Trailer For Indie Spirit Award Nominated 'Lamb' With 'Southpaw' Star Oona Laurence

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