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Laura Valenza

Laura Valenza
Laura Valenza is a film editor at the Brooklyn Rail. She has also published short fiction in Gulf Coast, Cream City Review, and elsewhere. Follow her on Instagram and Twitter @ljvalenza.


The Five Devils is a Cinematic Gothic Novel for the Contemporary Age

The Gothic Aesthetic Becomes Fertile Ground for Exploring Legacies of Homophobia, Colonialism, and Racism in France
May 12, 2023  By Laura Valenza
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Can a Movie Both Cause Harm and Have Merit? Reckoning with My Love for The Whale

What Do We Do When We Like a Movie That Causes Pain?
March 3, 2023  By Laura Valenza
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Why a Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Porn Industry Is the Feminist Film I Needed

Laura Valenza on Pleasure, Power, and Visions of the Future
July 7, 2022  By Laura Valenza
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It’s a Man’s Art World: The Centuries-Long Struggle of the Leading Lady in Rocco and His Brothers

Laura Valenza on How Women in Italian Modern Art Become Symbolic of National Crisis
June 2, 2022  By Laura Valenza
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Petroleum and Patriarchy: How Art Functions in Written on the Wind and Giant

Laura Valenza on the Subversive Power of (Over-the-Top) Artwork
March 1, 2022  By Laura Valenza
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