Articles by Laura Di Girolamo

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  Darling

  Directed by Mickey Keating

  PUBLISHED Apr 14, 2016

  Filmed in high-contrast black and white that lends itself well to the glamour and sophistication of the imposing home the film almost entir...

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  Body

  Directed by Dan Berk and Robert Olsen

  PUBLISHED Apr 14, 2016

  Body starts with a familiar setup: Three young, archetypal women — the sweet one, the funny one and the hot one — decide to take their Frid...

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  Glassland

  Directed by Gerard Barrett

  PUBLISHED Mar 11, 2016

  Glassland is a grim, unrelenting film that's also quiet and meditative, a more introspective, thoughtful interpretation of the ways in whic...

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  The Forest

  Jason Zada

  PUBLISHED Jan 8, 2016

  The whole point of the horror film genre is to take something society finds frightening and exploit it to make audiences uncomfortable. In...

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  The Car

  Elliot Silverstein

  PUBLISHED Dec 14, 2015

  There are a lot of things about The Car that were rare in thriller films circa 1977, and make it feel younger than its 38 years. It feature...

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  Love & Peace

  Sion Sono

  PUBLISHED Oct 23, 2015

  Love & Peace is a different kind of film than expected for both director Sion Sono and the Toronto After Dark Film Festival. Sono is known...

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  Tag

  Sion Sono

  PUBLISHED Oct 23, 2015

  Tag is one of those films where, even half an hour in, you have no idea where any of it is going. You like what you're seeing, but it could...

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  The Hexecutioners

  Jesse Thomas Cook

  PUBLISHED Oct 22, 2015

  Sometimes, the scariest part about death isn't the afterlife, but the pre-afterlife — the years and weeks and days that lead up to in...