A sequel to David Cronenberg’s bloody-knuckled 2007 classic Eastern Promises has been in-and-out of development countless times over the years, but now it appears that the Stephen Knight scripted follow-up is officially swimming with the fishes. While speaking with The Independent about his forthcoming Apple TV+ series Liason, Eastern Promises star Vincent Cassel revealed that “[Cronenberg] […]
Long Live The New Flesh: Videodrome At 40 Has Never Been More Relevant
On the 40th anniversary of its release, Tom Jolliffe revisits the 1983 cult classic Videodrome, which has never been more relevant…Director David Cronenberg has always been a specialist in dark sci-fi horror. In 1983 he made a cult film called Videodrome. A lot of film buffs around my age have seen it. It’s a big […]
Movie Review – Crimes of the Future (2022)
Crimes of the Future, 2022.Written and Directed by David Cronenberg. Starring Viggo Mortensen, Léa Seydoux, Kristen Stewart, Don McKellar, Welket Bungué, Scott Speedman, Tanaya Beatty, Denise Capezza, Lihi Kornowski, Nadia Litz, Yorgos Pirpassopoulos, Yorgos Karamihos, Jason Bitter, and Ephie Kantza.SYNOPSIS:Humans adapt to a synthetic environment, with new transformations and mutations. With his partner Caprice, Saul […]
Filmmaking With No Money and Big Ideas
Tom Jolliffe offers an insight into no budget film-making, and why you should aim as high as those means can reach… I won’t claim to be Steven Spielberg (or even Steven Spielbergo) but aspiring film-makers can learn a lot from not just the industry masters of past and present, but from each other. I’ve spoken […]
Let’s Get Weird! Cinematic Oddities
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 to […]
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 […]
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 clear. […]
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 the human body is […]
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 go, […]
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 at home in a […]
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