Tom Jolliffe looks at the weird wonders of cinema… There are pretty standard films when it comes to cinema. It could be straight horror (masked killer stalks teens) or Die Hard formula (terrorists take over something, everyman hero stops them). Sometimes a film lowdown tells you everything you need to know about what you’re about […]
Second Generation Directors: The Apple Doesn’t Fall Far From the Tree
Tom Jolliffe takes a look at directors following in their parents’ footsteps… Undoubtedly the influence of your parents plays a big part in shaping you as a person. In the almost surreal world of cinema and movie-making, there will be a kind of magical allure at the power a film director can wield. Offspring of […]
The Art of Ambiguity in Cinema
Tom Jolliffe looks at the finest in ambiguous cinema, and asks ‘how do you pull it off?’… Often in the law books of screenwriting there’s a section which might tell the studious aspiring writer that a film must have clarity. Plot threads must lead to resolution. Each act and your central character arcs should be […]
Shivers (1975) – October Horrors 2022
Shivers, 1975. Directed by David Cronenberg. Starring Paul Hampton, Joe Silver, Lynn Lowry, Alan Migicowsky, Susan Petrie and Barbara Steele. SYNOPSIS: After a botched science experiment, an apartment complex becomes infested with a dangerous parasite that turns all those it infects into depraved sex obsessed maniacs. Crafting a varied filmography of terrifying films in which […]
HBO adapting David Cronenberg’s Scanners as a series
It’s enough to make your head explode with excitement. David Cronenberg’s 80’s classic Scanners is being adapted and reimagined as a series for HBO Max. Five years since the idea of a small-screen Scanners was first mooted as a project for Michael Ellenberg’s Media Res and Bron Studios, THR are reporting that it’s now a […]
Movie Review – Crimes of the Future (2022)
Crimes of the Future, 2022. Directed by David Cronenberg. Starring Viggo Mortensen, Léa Seydoux, Kristen Stewart and Don McKellar. SYNOPSIS: In a future where medical advances have eliminated pain for most, performance artists engage in extreme body modification and the growth of unusual new organs. It’s difficult to think of anyone who would be more […]
David Cronenberg’s Crimes of the Future gets a UK trailer and poster
Vertigo Releasing is set to unleash David Cronenberg’s new body horror Crimes of the Future upon UK audiences this September, and you can check out a new poster and trailer for the film starring Viggo Mortensen, Lea Seydoux and Kristen Stewart below… As the human species adapts to a synthetic environment, the body undergoes new […]
David Cronenberg’s Videodrome gets new 4K Ultra HD release from Arrow Video
Arrow Video has announced that David Cronenberg’s 1983 cult classic Videodrome is coming to 4K Ultra HD this October with a brand new 4K restoration of both the theatrical and director’s cuts, approved by Cronenberg himself. Check out the details here… Max Renn (James Woods) is looking for fresh new content for his TV […]
David Cronenberg’s Crimes of the Future sets UK release date
Vertigo Releasing has announced that it has acquired the UK distribution rights to Crimes of the Future, legendary director David Cronenberg’s return to the body horror genre. “It’s an honor to be working with David Cronenberg whose films are always an event, which is what we need more of in the independent marketplace right now,” […]
David Cronenberg’s Crash coming to 4K Ultra HD
Arrow Video has announced that it is set to release a 4K Ultra HD restoration of Crash, director David Cronenberg’s controversial adaptation of J.G. Ballard’s 1973 novel starring James Spader, Holly Hunter, Elias Koteas and Deborah Kara Unger. The recipient of the Special Jury Prize at the 1996 Cannes International Film Festival, Crash stars James […]
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