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Aubrey Plaza and Jeff Baena pose for a cute photo while attending Arclight’s Drive-in screening of their film The Little Hours on Wednesday (August 19) in Los Angeles.

Aubrey Plaza and boyfriend Jeff Baena enjoy some fresh air while taking their dogs for a walk around the neighborhood on Saturday afternoon (April 18) in Los Feliz, Calif.

In his three previous trips to the fest as director, Jeff Baena has brought Sundancers offerings ranging from a heartfelt zombie love story (Life After Beth) to a winking take (The Little Hours) on bawdy 14th-century tales of nuns and priests. So it's little surprise that Horse Girl, starring and co-written by Alison Brie, is hard to categorize.

A funny thing happens about a third of the way into “Horse Girl,” Jeff Baena’s fourth Sundance feature after “Life After Beth,” “Joshy” and “The Little Hours.” Or rather, a funny thing stops happening: the familiar, steady-heartbeat rhythms of the low-budget social awkwardness comedy become erratic, tachycardiac, as the initially endearing foibles of the film’s heroine, Sarah (a revelatory Alison Brie), are found to have deeper roots and more painful ramifications than feels right to laugh at.

GLOW star Alison Brie will be returning to your Netflix Originals queue long before Season 4 takes us back into the wrestling ring. The actress stars in Horse Girl, a new film that is poised to be way more twisted than anything we've seen from her before.