The Auteurs hosts a dense roundtable discussion of CANARY which goes from this this:

[T]he dilemma we have here in writing about Canary seems related to the one that Adams had in constructing it--how to talk about something diffuse, spectral, invisible while looking right at it.

To this:

The film stands on its own merits wherever it goes. Adams's talent is undeniable. And we may also be observing a small change in the way talented, independent artists get their work out into the world. What has happened with Canary, which is only partly the result of the film festival circuit, is worth ten thousand Hulus.

When you're able to set aside an hour or so, you can read this sometimes combative, always incisive roundtable here. We want to thank host Daniel Kasman and participants Dave McDougall, Craig Keller, Michael Sicinski and Ignatiy Vishnevetsky.