David Cronenberg Archives

Crash (Review)

January 30, 2019February 5, 2020ReviewCrash, David Cronenberg, Deborah Kara Unger, Holly Hunter, James Spader

Erotic thrillers, from my experience, usually try to cash in on excessive sex scenes to sell themselves, which tend to be at the expense of the thrills. This can make for a deeply shallow experience

Spider (Review)

January 16, 2019February 5, 2020ReviewDavid Cronenberg, Ralph Fiennes, Spider

Time and again I find myself coming back to review a work by David Cronenberg, who by this stage I believe is one of the most purposefully enigmatic and multi-faceted directors still working today. What

My Top 5 Canadian Directors

September 12, 2018September 12, 2018OpinionAtom Egoyan, David Cronenberg, Denis Villeneuve, Directors, James Cameron, Sarah Polley, Top 5

Canadian cinema possesses an undeniably longstanding tradition, and has been home to some of the most significant and influential figures working in the industry today. Here is my list of the Top 5 Canadian Directors:

Cinéma Vérité and David Cronenberg’s Camera

November 22, 2017November 21, 2017Equipment, ReviewCamera, Cinema Verite, David Cronenberg

Although the director of a short film has the daunting task of achieving so much in so little time, it also opens up many creative avenues that simply would not work in a feature-length film.

The Dead Zone (Review)

March 1, 2017July 31, 2019ReviewChristopher Walken, David Cronenberg, The Dead Zone

1983 was an important year for David Cronenberg. Last week I reviewed the first of his two films released that year, Videodrome, which I found to be a great artistic leap for the director from

Videodrome (Review)

February 22, 2017February 20, 2017ReviewDavid Cronenberg, James Woods, Max red, Videodrone

The works of David Cronenberg have always been a draw for me, flaws and all. Given his fondness for depicting grotesque body horror, which has made me squirm on more than one occasion, it would