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  1. Dec 5, 2019 · The Twin Peaks influence looms large over Knives and Skin, writer-director Jennifer Reeder's delectably twisted slice-of-life, starting with the disappearance of another blonde teenager and a...

  2. Knives and Skin 's daunting ambitions occasionally elude its grasp, but this remains a powerfully written and uniquely timely coming-of-age thriller. Read Critics Reviews. TOP CRITIC. Carolyn is...

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    • Marika Engelhardt
    • Jennifer Reeder
    • Mystery & Thriller, Drama
  3. Dec 5, 2019 · A girl has gone missing in the restless and surreal “Knives and Skin,” but filmmaker Jennifer Reeder is on the hunt for more than just one lost and searching soul in this bold arthouse...

    • Who Killed Carolyn Harper?
    • Overstuffed and Undercooked
    • Knives and Skin: Worth It?

    On a cold, quiet evening, high school choir student Carolyn Harper (Raven Whitley) plans a sexual encounter with abusive jock Andy (Ty Olwin). After carving her initials into his forehead, she ultimately rejects his advances, with the bruised athlete turning the situation violent and leaving the girl stranded in the middle of nowhere without her gl...

    After kicking off the film with startling urgency, the disappearance of Carolyn Harper is ignored for a large portion of the runtime, finding Reeder preferring to focus on the more unusual characters and their relationships with each other in this secluded town. There’s Joanna (Grace Smith), Andy’s sister and the Audrey Horne of this universe, who ...

    There are some elements to admire in Knives and Skin, such as the twisted relationship that develops between Lisa and Andy after Carolyn’s disappearance. And the film is shot beautifully by Christopher Rejano, drenching the frame in a gorgeous tinge of neon lighting. But the film ultimately suffers from being an under-baked slice of surrealism set ...

    • Jake Tropila
  4. Dec 6, 2019 · Jennifer Reeder’s Knives and Skin has frequently been compared to David Lynch’s Twin Peaks. It’s a good comparison. Both focus on the waves of grief that ripple out through a small town community after the loss of a young woman. In Knives and Skin Carolyn Harper (Raven Whitley) goes missing. In Twin Peaks, Laura Palmer is murdered.

  5. Dec 4, 2019 · Fellow classmates Joanna (Grace Smith), Laurel (Kayla Carter), and Charlotte (Ireon Roach) find their own home crises are coming to a head from the disappearance of a girl they haven’t spoken to since seventh grade. It’s as though all this little Midwestern town needed was one good push to blow open the doors of disaster everywhere.

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  7. Comparisons of Jennifer Reeder’s ’80s-flavored coming-of-age thriller Knives and Skin to Lynchian cult classic “Twin Peaks”—as well as to the work of auteurs like Gregg Araki and Yorgos Lanthimos—are well earned.

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