Articles by Laura Di Girolamo

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  Lights Out

  Directed by David F. Sandberg

  PUBLISHED Jul 22, 2016

  David F. Sandberg's acclaimed 2013 short film Lights Out was an excellent study in making the everyday seem terrifying. In less than three...

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  The Purge: Election Year

  Directed by James DeMonaco

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2016

  For a horror film about an annual night of free-for-all murder sprees, The Purge: Election Year sure is a bloodless film. It sets itself up...

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  The Shallows

  Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra

  PUBLISHED Jun 23, 2016

  Tense, aquatic survival thriller The Shallows doesn't really try to break new ground, or even really commit to being realistic, but that's...

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  The Conjuring 2

  Directed by James Wan

  PUBLISHED Jun 9, 2016

  The second entry in James Wan's Conjuring series, highlighting the adventures of real-life ghost hunters Ed and Lorraine Warren (played by...

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  Lolo

  Directed by Julie Delpy

  PUBLISHED May 27, 2016

  There are a lot of sharp, charming elements to admire in Julie Delpy's sixth directorial effort, Lolo, but by trying to straddle the line b...

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  The Man Who Knew Infinity

  Directed by Matthew Brown

  PUBLISHED May 19, 2016

  The Man Who Knew Infinity doesn't quite get the equation right.   Granted, it's difficult to make a good math movie. Math feels cold, indif...

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  Ovarian Psycos

  Directed by Kate Trumbull-LaValle and Johanna Sokolowski

  PUBLISHED Apr 30, 2016

  Ovarian Psycos is a punk rock doc in the vein of The Decline of Western Civilization: it may not be the most polished thing in the world, b...

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  League of Exotique Dancers

  Directed by Rama Rau

  PUBLISHED Apr 28, 2016

  Rama Rau's new documentary League of Exotique Dancers isn't shy about baring all, from its feminist leanings to its message of broadening t...