Articles by Laura Di Girolamo

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  Fantasia Review: 'Bleed with Me' Puts an Emotional Twist on "Cabin in the Woods" Horror Films

  Directed by Amelia Moses

  PUBLISHED Aug 27, 2020

  Quebec-based director Amelia Moses's debut feature, Bleed with Me, expands on concepts present in her previous short films (such as 2017's...

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  Fantasia Review: '12 Hour Shift' Is a Dark Comedy That Works Best When Placing an Emphasis on Laughs

  Directed by Brea Grant

  PUBLISHED Aug 27, 2020

  The second feature from Brea Grant (writer and star of the excellent Lucky, also playing at the virtual version of the Fantasia Internation...

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  'Uncle Peckerhead' Is a Loveable Punk Rock Road Movie Infected by Zombies

  Directed by Matthew John Lawrence

  PUBLISHED Aug 23, 2020

  Despite its foul-mouthed title, Uncle Peckerhead is much sweeter than one might imagine. More road movie than balls-to-the-wall zombie madn...

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  'The Soul Collector' Puts a Uniquely South African Spin on Folk Horror Traditions

  Directed by Harold Hölscher

  PUBLISHED Jul 8, 2020

  The Soul Collector is a welcome respite from cookie-cutter possession films, thanks in large part to its commitment to highlighting uniquel...

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  'Exit Plan' Is Wonderfully Nordic but Totally Confusing

  Directed by Jonas Alexander Arnby

  PUBLISHED Jun 22, 2020

  Exit Plan (or Suicide Tourist, as it was originally titled in its native Denmark) may not be the most coherent thriller, it's certainly one...

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  'Spaceship Earth' Sheds Light on Environmental Activism's Corporate Downfall

  Directed by Matt Wolf

  PUBLISHED May 19, 2020

  In 1991, a group of environmentalist hippies/theatre geeks got together to develop Biosphere 2, an endeavour that, at its core, was a noble...

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  'Diablo Rojo PTY,' Panama's First Horror Film, Is a Total Blast

  Directed by Sol Moreno

  PUBLISHED May 14, 2020

  Diablo Rojo PTY, Panama's first-ever horror feature film (PTY is the airport code for Panama), is an ode to '80s creature-feature horror —...

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  'Other Music' Is a Bittersweet Obituary for a Record Store and Its Community

  Directed by Puloma Basu and Rob Hatch-Miller

  PUBLISHED Apr 16, 2020

  These days, it's great to see reminders of how important collective physical spaces are, even if the story of that space is a bittersweet o...