Remember the name Cory Finley.
The astonishingly gifted writer-director of “Thoroughbreds” is going places, which could also be said for Olivia Cooke (“Vanity Fair”) and Anya Taylor-Joy (“Split”), the two note-perfect lead actresses who star in Finley’s icy psychological thriller — a refined, upper-class riff on “Heavenly Creatures,” “Fun,” and the entire wicked subgenre in which two girls, perfectly harmless on their own, prove to be homicidal in one another’s company.
That dynamic may be familiar, but Finley’s unsettling, slow-burn debut has a voice and feel all its own, heralding this dark-minded dramatist as a talent to watch.Some people are born with a silver spoon, while others go straight for the steak knives.
The latter could be said of Lily (Anya Taylor-Joy) and Amanda (Olivia Cooke), childhood best friends from posh Connecticut families whose days of horseback riding are far behind them.
Amanda is no longer allowed
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