A grieving man develops a burial shroud that allows him to observe the decaying body of his deceased wife in The Shrouds. Karsh (Vincent Cassell) has been grieving the death of his wife Becca (Diane Kruger), who died four years prior from cancer. Through his company GraveTech, Karsh has developed burial shrouds that can allow…
David Cronenberg makes his return to body horror in Crimes of the Future. Sometime in the future, humanity has evolved to the point where they can no longer feel pain, which has resulted in body mutilations becoming a perverse form of performance art. Saul Tenser (Viggo Mortensen) is one such performance artist, who regularly performs…
The Soska Sisters reimagine the original David Cronenberg classic with Rabid. Rose (Laura Vandervoort) is a meek assistant to fashion designer Gunter (Mackenzie Gray), who shows little attention to Rose’s designs. Going to a party with photographer Brad (Benjamin Hollingsworth), Rose ends up feeling humiliated when she finds out that the date was arranged for by…
This month I watched M. Butterfly, which is the only film directed by David Cronenberg that I had yet to see. René Gallimard (Jeremy Irons) is a French diplomat stationed in Beijing, China during the 1960s. René meets and falls in love with Chinese opera singer Song Liling (John Lone). The affair lasts for many years, with René…
It is time once again for me to announce the films that I plan to watch over the course of the next year as part of the Blindspot series. Since a huge event next year is Canada’s 150th anniversary as a country, it is a no-brainer that I would set out and watch films I…
David Cronenberg directs the Hollywood satire Maps to the Stars. Agatha (Mia Wasikowska) is a young woman with burn scars, who arrives into Los Angeles from Florida and become acquainted with limo driver, and aspiring actor, Jerome (Robert Pattinson). Through her connections, Agatha becomes the new personal assistant Havana Segrand (Julianne Moore), an aging actress…
Outside of a New York City building (that looks remarkably like Toronto’s Union Station), 28-year-old billionaire Eric Packer (Robert Pattinson) decides that he wants to get a haircut on the other side of town. His bodyguard Torval (Kevin Durand, doing his best Christopher Walken impression) advises against this, because the visiting U.S. President will make traffic…
I’m started to head into the cream of the crop of the Canada’s Top Ten selection. A Dangerous Method is of course the latest film by David Cronenberg. The very fact that the film is directed Cronenberg might affect the opinions of some from an auteuristic point of view. On it’s the own, I thought that…
