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Amara Karan has 7 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2000s through the 2020s.
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2015
Mystery · Horror
Three American brothers who have not spoken to each other in a year set off on a train voyage across India with a plan to find themselves and bond with each other -- to become brothers again like they used to be. Their "spiritual quest", however, veers rapidly off-course (due to events involving over-the-counter pain killers, Indian cough syrup, and pepper spray).
Dir. Wes Anderson · With Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody, Jason Schwartzman
A decade after the death of an American TV star, a young actor reminisces about the written correspondence he once shared with the former, as well as the impact those letters had on both their lives.
Dir. Xavier Dolan · With Kit Harington, Natalie Portman, Jacob Tremblay
An ambitious chef opens a restaurant on a remote estate where she battles kitchen chaos, crushing self doubts… and a haunting presence who threatens to sabotage her at every turn.
Dir. Danielle Krudy, Bridget Savage Cole · With Ariana DeBose, Barbie Ferreira, Arian Moayed
Prosthetics scientist Abi and her adulterous husband Paul adjust to life outside the city as Abi begins working for high-tech company Integrate, developing a humanoid AI - T.I.M.
Dir. Spencer Brown · With Eamon Farren, Georgina Campbell, Nathaniel Parker
Jack is a children's author turned crime novelist whose detailed research into the lives of Victorian serial killers has turned him into a paranoid wreck, persecuted by the irrational fear of being murdered. When Jack is thrown a life-line by his long-suffering agent and a mysterious Hollywood executive takes a sudden and inexplicable interest in his script, what should be his big break rapidly turns into his big breakdown, as Jack is forced to confront his worst demons; among them his love life, his laundry and the origin of all fear.
Dir. Crispian Mills · With Simon Pegg, Paul Freeman, Clare Higgins
London cop and compulsive gambler Harry Clayton is on the verge of losing everything. On the night when his huge debts are to be called in, he meets the enigmatic Eve, who gives him a mysterious bracelet said to endow the wearer with immense luck. Harry's fortunes suddenly begin to shift, but he also soon finds himself sucked into a sinister crime wave sweeping through the city.
Dir. Stan Lee, Neil Biswas · With James Nesbitt, Sienna Guillory, Amara Karan
Something diabolical is taking place on the set of "The Task" a new reality show in which players complete terrifying missions within the confines of an abandoned prison hoping to win a hefty cash prize. As six young students explore their new environment, malicious spirits make their presence known in the most gruesome ways imaginable, Unable to escape the labyrinthine prison, the contestants become unwitting pawns caught at the centre of a blood-soaked night of terror.
Dir. Alex Orwell · With Alexandra Staden, Victor McGuire, Adam Rayner
