Amandla Stenberg and Bobbi Salvör Menuez star in a stylish take on the werewolf genre that captures the aching loneliness of small-town queer life.

My Animal instead correlates that Otherness with relatable emotions tied to feeling out of place within society.

Sundance 2023: Both the horror and coming-of-age elements feel overly familiar, but Menuez walks away with the whole film, tooth and claw

My Animal Review: Even though the characters are both cis queer women, it’s still thrilling to have two nonbinary actors on-screen together.

A look at two films that premiered as part of Sundance 2023's Midnight section.

Eventually, the lack of werewolf-related carnage is the least concerning thing about My Animal.

Poignant addition to the teen wolf movie pack

Sundance: Filmmaker Jacqueline Castel unleashes a cadre of tropes for her debut, but she smartly pulls them together into a unique vision.

Amandla Stenberg and Bobbi Salvör Menuez's chemistry heats up Jacqueline Castel's ice-cool 'My Animal,' an Eighties-set spin on the werewolf genre.

Bobbi Salvor Menuez plays a werewolf in love with a local girl (Amandla Stenberg) in 'My Animal.'