“It has a philosophy, and that is what makes it dangerous,” says a character at one point in Videodrome of the eponymous snuff broadcast discovered by TV station programmer Max Renn. She might well be speaking of the movie itself: arriving at a time when horror cinema was turning... Read More »
David Cronenberg’s Shivers (1975) is a fascinating, though rather disturbing, exploration of sexuality and the body. In his signature style of venereal horror, Cronenberg enigmatically unravels a macabre narrative about a scientifically synthesized parasite—part aphrodisiac, part... Read More »
David Cronenberg’s masterful 1986 horror film The Fly intuitively understands that the best horror films deal with internal, not external, threats. Sure, there’s enough external evil in the world to keep anyone busy, but none of the badness out there strikes as close to home as ... Read More »
M. Butterfly represents a departure for David Cronenberg. Fast Company notwithstanding, it was with this film that he left the worlds of science fiction and horror in order to explore his key themes in a dramatic and realistic setting. M. Butterfly is a textured and multilayered ... Read More »
It may be self-evident to some, but adaptations of literary works in film are entirely new works of art, inspired by their namesake but filtered through the creative genius of an artist that flourishes through other modes of expression. Cronenberg takes William S. Burroughs’ Nak... Read More »
Put the words “gynecologist,” “twins,” “Cronenberg,” and it’s impossible not to consider the possible body horrors that await us in a film described as such. If you add Jeremy Irons into the mix, then we’ve got sinister prospects on escalating levels. Dead Ringers is based loo... Read More »
The following review is part of our coverage for TIFF's Films in From Within: The Films of David Cronenberg which runs from November 1st to January 19th at TIFF Bell Lightbox. For more information on upcoming TIFF film series visit http://tiff.net and follow TIFF on Twitter at @T... Read More »
Twenty years in the making, TIFF’s Evolution—a major exhibition on David Cronenberg—is finally going to be unveiled to the public this Friday, November 1. Replete with an intricate, museum-like, exhibit on the ground floor, a lab that crosses boundaries between science and humani... Read More »
