Articles by Laura Di Girolamo

Who is Arthur Chu?

Directed by Yu Gu and Scott Drucker

PUBLISHED Apr 29, 2017

Who is Arthur Chu? is a deeply personal documentary. While it deals with very in-vogue themes, it is committed to telling the story of one...

David Lynch: The Art Life

Directed by Jon Nguyen, Rick Barnes and Olivia Neergaard-Holm

PUBLISHED Apr 6, 2017

David Lynch: The Art Life is a strange, intriguing portrait of Lynch's influences and formative years that will likely resonate with only t...

Ghost in the Shell

Directed by Rupert Sanders

PUBLISHED Mar 30, 2017

You know you're in for a rough ride when the first ten minutes of a film are spent explaining its title to you.   The big-budget, live-acti...

Life

Directed by Daniel Espinosa

PUBLISHED Mar 23, 2017

Life doesn't exactly re-invent the wheel; it hits familiar notes that genre fans are well acquainted with, but when it hits them, it hits t...

The Lure

Directed by Agnieszka Smoczyńska

PUBLISHED Mar 15, 2017

Agnieszka Smoczyńska's The Lure is enjoying a fair bit of buzz after a successful festival circuit and a subsequent release in cities world...

Hot Docs Sticks It to Trump's Travel Ban with Free 'Ban This Series' Screenings

PUBLISHED Feb 28, 2017

On January 27, 2017, President Donald Trump enacted an executive order that effectively banned citizens of seven predominantly Muslim commu...

Rings

Directed by F. Javier Gutiérrez

PUBLISHED Feb 3, 2017

2002's horror phenomenon The Ring was a rare success: a well-made and effectively creepy American adaptation of a Japanese horror. The Ring...

Split

Directed by M. Night Shyamalan

PUBLISHED Jan 20, 2017

M. Night Shyamalan's Split is another entry into what could be the "Shyamalanaissance": a return to form for a director whose failures ende...