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
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Videodrome (Review)
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
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My viewing of David Cronenberg’s catalogue of films has been anything but sequential. In fact, I have almost unconsciously been watching a number of his films in backwards order, which has inadvertently offered an interesting
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During my recent endeavours to better understand Canadian cinema, I encountered a film highly regarded in its history. Consequently, I decided to give my own impressions of David Cronenberg’s 1988 psychological horror film, Dead Ringers.
Continue ReadingEastern Promises (Review)
Many films now considered modern classics premiered in 2007: There Will Be Blood, Juno, No Country For Old Men, and Zodiac chief among them. Another I frequently see mentioned is Canadian director David Cronenberg’s Eastern
Continue ReadingA New High for Canada
Canada and its film industry have received considerable attention in the last two years, first with the Oscar-nominated film Room, starring Brie Larson and the young Jacob Tremblay, and more recently at the 2016 Cannes
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