Articles by Laura Di Girolamo

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  Fantasia Fest: 'Blue My Mind' Review

  Directed by Lisa Brühlmann

  PUBLISHED Jul 25, 2018

  A fascinating spiral downwards into a teenager's metamorphosis, Blue My Mind is a beautifully shot debut from Swedish newcomer Lisa Brühlma...

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  Fantasia Fest: 'Cam' Review

  Directed by Daniel Goldhaber

  PUBLISHED Jul 24, 2018

  An engaging psychological thriller where the dangers are both paranormal and real, Cam takes a premise that could have been trite and explo...

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  Fantasia Fest: 'Laplace's Witch' Review

  Directed by Takashi Miike

  PUBLISHED Jul 23, 2018

  Takashi Miike doesn't do anything by half-measures. When he wants to make a movie, he does it to the max, no matter how balls-to-the-wall i...

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  Fantasia Fest: 'The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot' Review

  Directed by Robert D. Krzykowski

  PUBLISHED Jul 23, 2018

  The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot, a film that definitely wins the award for best title at Fantasia Fest, isn't really about B...

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  Fantasia Fest: 'Under the Silver Lake' Review

  Directed by David Robert Mitchell

  PUBLISHED Jul 20, 2018

  Under the Silver Lake couldn't be more different than the critically acclaimed It Follows, director David Robert Mitchell's second feature...

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  My Name is Myeisha

  Directed by Gus Krieger

  PUBLISHED Jun 11, 2018

  My Name is Myeisha answers a question: what would happen if the story of a black teenager being gunned down by police was told from the per...

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  The Stranger

  Directed by Nicole N. Horanyi

  PUBLISHED Jun 11, 2018

  The Toronto True Crime Festival has done an excellent job at programming films that, in various ways, break established conventions of what...

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  Abducted in Plain Sight

  Directed by Skye Borgman

  PUBLISHED Jun 7, 2018

  Abducted in Plain Sight is a total mindfuck of a true crime documentary. With brutal honesty, it tells the harrowing story of a deeply twis...